Future HGSI program information coming soon.
The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative is a program that launched in April 2019 to:
- Identify, mentor, and help prepare a diverse cohort of high-potential, early-career individuals for professional success.*
- Develop and sustain a community of researchers across generations committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, who are willing to foster sustained attention to these issues in their research institutions and training programs.
*Consistent with applicable law, an individual candidate’s race, ethnicity, or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or transgender status) may not be considered a factor for purposes of program eligibility or in selecting participants.
ASHG recognizes there is a great need to foster diversity and inclusion in the human genetics research workforce—a need reinforced by many studies of the larger research community and experience within human genetics. Greater diversity welcomes and includes individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups; individuals with disabilities; and individuals from socially, culturally, economically, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds.
Over the course of this two-year, intensive program, each scholar will receive:
- Complimentary ASHG membership for two years.
- Complimentary registration, travel, and hotel accommodation for two Annual Meetings.
- A dedicated mentor for the two-year period, and support in identifying and building other potential mentor relationships, such as peer and subject-matter mentors.
- $1,000 annually in enrichment funds for qualified career development of their choosing.
ASHG members can also get involved in this program by becoming a mentor to a future scholar!
Please contact Zenobia Bryant, PhD, Associate Director, Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, at zbryant@ashg.org with any questions.
Meet our HGSI scholars and alumni.
Partners & Sponsors
Thank you to our partners and sponsors for their support of the 2024 HGSI program.
