NPR has received a $1.5-million grant to boost the its reporting on race, ethnicity and culture in America, the Associated Press writes.

The money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will fund a six-person team of journalists to produce “a major storytelling initiative focused on the racial, ethnic, ideological and generational issues that define an increasingly diverse America,” according to a statement issued by the nonprofit radio and digital network.

The president and chief executive of NPR, Gary Knell, said the two-year award announced Thursday at the quadrennial Unity convention of minority and gay and lesbian journalists will help the network “turbocharge” its coverage of diversity and related issues. A recent study by NPR’s ombudsman found that 87 percent of its audience and 77 percent of its newsroom staff are white.