A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Achieving the Goals: Goal 4 Teacher Professional Development - August 1996

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

* - designates programs that have a particular usefulness at the school or school district level

Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)*

Assists minority institutions to: (1) train greater numbers of scientists and teachers in health-related fields; and (2) increase the number of minority students who can compete successfully for entry into graduate programs which lead to the Ph.D. degree or the M.D.-Ph.D. degree in biomedical science fields. Any nonfederal public or private nonprofit four-year university or college with substantial enrollment of ethnic minority students may apply for the institutional National Research Service Awards. To be eligible for funding, a proposal must first receive favorable recommendations from a scientific review committee and a national advisory council. Individual National Research Service awardees must be nominated and sponsored by a public or nonprofit private institution having staff and facilities appropriate to the research training program. All awardees must be citizens or have been admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Postdoctoral applicants must have a professional or scientific degree (M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.Eng., or equivalent domestic or foreign degree).

Adolphus Toliver, Program Director
MARC Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
NIH Westwood Building, Room 950
45 Center Drive, MSC-6200
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6200
Phone: (301) 594-3900.

Minority High School Student Research Apprentice (MHSSRA) Program*

MHSSRA focuses on high school students, and in-service and preservice teachers. MHSSRA's six to eight-week apprenticeship program cultivates interest among minority high school students in the biomedical sciences. Students work with local biomedical investigators and learn research procedures, collect and analyze data, help write scientific papers, and deliver presentations at research seminars.

National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
Biomedical Research Support Program
1 Rockledge Centre
6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7965
Bethesda, MD 20892-7965
Phone: (301) 435-0760

Minority High School Student Research Apprentice (MHSSRA) Program for In-service Teachers*

The MHSSRA In-service Program supports the participation of minority teachers or teachers who teach large numbers of minority students in cutting-edge biomedical research. Teachers work with biomedical investigators who are committed to broadening teachers' scientific knowledge and understanding of technical skills in the hopes that it will transfer into the classroom.

Minority High School Student Research Apprentice (MHSSRA) Program for Preservice Teachers

The MHSSRA Program for Preservice Teachers supports the participation of minority undergraduate students interested in a science teaching career in biomedical research while working with local biomedical investigators. The Program's intent is to expand teachers' basic scientific knowledge and expose them to research experiences before they enter the classroom.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Summers of Discovery Environmental Science Education Outreach Program*

Summers of Discovery, a program for precollege science teachers and high school through graduate school students who are interested in pursuing careers in the biological sciences, matches participants with volunteer mentors from the intramural program to spend between two and three months in the mentor's laboratory working on a research project that exposes them to some of the latest biomedical, molecular, and cellular techniques.

Dr. Mike Hogan
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Summers of Discovery
Attention: Personnel Office
P.O. Box 12233/RTP.NC 2NN09
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 541-3433
e-mail: Johnso21@NIEHS.NIH.GOV

Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)*

The program supports the development of model programs that join working scientists and educators in enhancing the precollege science areas such as: molecular biology; molecular genetics; immunology; neuroscience; knowledge about the brain and behavior and their relation to addiction and mental disorders; bioinformatics; ethical issues; the benefits and risks of genetic engineering; and the role of environmental health. NIH initiated the NIH SEPA Program beginning in fiscal year 1991. To address the goals of the SEPA Program, proposed science education projects were developed for students at the kindergarten through twelfth grade levels and/or the general public. Programs aimed toward school children conveyed the scientific process in a way that makes science fun and interesting for the students and that captures their enthusiasm for science. Programs aimed toward the general population were designed to increase knowledge of scientific terms, concepts, and reasoning and understanding of scientific public policy issues. To gain maximum benefit from the program, priority was given to projects that were innovative, had the potential to be replicated for widespread use, and built on existing science education programs whenever possible. Public and private for-profit and nonprofit institutions (e.g. universities, colleges, professional organizations, school systems, scientific societies, science museums, research institutes, private foundations, and other organizations engaged in the conduct of, or concerned about, science education). Applications from educational institutions with significant minority enrollments, and from applicants who are women or minority group members, are especially encouraged.

Marjorie A. Tingle, Ph.D.
NIH SEPA Program
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
Public Health Service
Westwood Building, Room 10A11
5333 Westbard Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
Phone: (301) 594-7947

Grants Management Contact:
Ms. Lacey Durham
Grants Management Officer
Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
Public Health Service
Westwood Building, Room 853
5333 Westbard Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: (301) 594-7955
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