Are you aware of NIH research supplements to promote diversity? It's basically extra money that can be tacked on to an existing grant to support researchers from underrepresented backgrounds. Awesome for these reasons (short thread keep clicking plz)...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/p…
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/p…
These are generous and can support individuals at variety of levels, including jr faculty, post-docs, PhD/master's students, undergrads. For jr faculty they are roughly equivalent to two years of K funding (75% FTE for two years!!!). For PhD students, could cover a yr of funding. 
They are **administrative supplements** which mean they are reviewed by the institutes and not regular study sections. Amongst other things, this means they are much quicker. In general they also have a much higher success rate (e.g. a lot of these get funded).
For postdocs and faculty, these are awesome. Consider for example that a new jr faculty member could work with a PI to submit a supplement easily in their first year (maybe even first 6 mos) of a position; then get two years of protected time (in which they could write a K).
The awards are available for a wide variety of awards, from R01s to Ps to dozens of other mechanisms, and most institutes participate. In my view, this is money many people are leaving on the table (and money that can specifically support researchers who might most benefit).
So - NIH funded researchers, get out there and support some students, postdocs, or jr faculty. Students postdocs and jr faculty, approach some PIs about this (many might be unaware of the mechanism).
