# NIH Reporter #5U54CA267776-05

NIH FIRST Cohort Cluster Hiring Initiative at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

**Recipient:** Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

**Award Amount:** $195,180.00
**Ceiling:** $195,180.00

**Awarded:** September 14, 2026

**Identifier:** 5U54CA267776-05

NIH funding supports Mount Sinai’s FIRST Cohort initiative to recruit and develop diverse early-career faculty and advance inclusive excellence.

### Description

The FIRST Cohort Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai integrates an inclusive excellence strategic plan, recruitment of a diverse cohort of early-career faculty, and faculty development to support sustainable institutional culture change and help faculty hires obtain extramural funding.

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