NIEHS will facilitate development of a cadre of top-notch, innovative and dedicated environmental health scientists and professionals. In tandem with the development of the scientific cadre, NIEHS must also seek to develop a base of professionals who can translate the scientific knowledge into policy, education, communications, and outreach, to meet the needs of NIEHS stakeholders. Efforts in both of these areas should include specific focus on increasing the involvement of underrepresented groups in environmental health research. Our goal is to inspire a diverse and well-trained cadre of scientists to move our transformative environmental health science forward, and train the next generation of environmental health science leaders from a wider range of scientific disciplines and diverse backgrounds.  One of the ways to accomplish this goal is to increase diversity within training programs for environmental health scientists.