Make EEB financially accessible and attractive
Another key method for making PhD programs more accessible and attractive to BIPOC scholars is through increased funding opportunities. BIPOC students are more likely than their white peers to come from financially disadvantaged backgrounds (Estrada et al. 2016), and low PhD stipends may discourage promising BIPOC scholars from pursuing graduate studies in EEB (Brazziel & Brazziel 2001). Increased funding in the form of scholarships and grants increases access and achievement rate of racialized students from low-income backgrounds (Ononye & Bong 2018), and is a proven strategy that has, for example, increased women representation in STEM (Buzzetto-More et al. 2010). Importantly, existing funding programs need to be modified to include intersectional structures that specifically target BIPOC scholars, as, for example, programs directed at broad inclusion can still favor white women (Huntet al. 2012).
Funding opportunities for BIPOC scholars can come from all levels of organization of the Academy. Departments and principal investigators should ensure their BIPOC graduate students are well-funded, both through base stipends and by assisting students with grant applications. Funding agencies should increase the targeted funding available to BIPOC students to support their access to and achievement within EEB.  Societies should create BIPOC-focused awards and grants aimed at visibility (e.g., Weir 2020). Last, we recommend that EEB experiences critical to the development of successful EEB graduate students (e.g. , summer projects, fieldwork, internships) be well-funded, rather than unpaid or underpaid, to promote participation of BIPOC students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds (Fournier and Bond 2015; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2017).