Tag: "underrepresented" at biology news

NSF awards four-year, $3.9 million grant to plant biology team led by University of Georgia

...oratory in New York State will train teachers from underrepresented minority high schools and university settings in plant genomics and bioinformatics....

AACR awards scholarships to minority and underrepresented scientists

...er Research, will provide scientists traditionally underrepresented in cancer research with financial support to parti...ancer Institute definition of groups traditionally underrepresented in cancer and biomedical research: African Americans, Alaskan Natives, Hispanics, Native Americans,...

APS awards 55 minority travel fellowships to EB 2004 (April 17-21) in Washington, DC

...dvanced undergraduate students for minority groups underrepresented in science (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders). For more information, please contact Stacy Brooks at 301-634-7253 or sbrooks@the-aps.org , or visit http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/index.htm ....

John Alderete honored with 2004 William A. Hinton Award

... his outstanding efforts in encouraging members of underrepresented minorities to achieve their educational and profes... impressive results in his work with students from underrepresented minority groups. He has mentored dozens of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduat...

Jorge Escalante-Semerena receives 2004 ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award

...its to encourage students, particularly those from underrepresented minorities, to pursue careers in science. After completing his undergraduate education at the School of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico (UNAM), Mexico City, Escalante-Semerena earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in microbiology at ...

White House lauds Physiological Society for mentoring underrepresented minorities in biomedicine

...hysiology Fellowship Program designed to encourage underrepresented minority students in pursuing a doctorate in the p...The Society's programs to promote physiology among underrepresented minority students from kindergarten through post-doctoral studies started in 1966 when the Porter Fe...

The $50 million solution

...ning environment for some students, and they serve underrepresented minorities extremely well." Undergraduate biology is not well-funded nationally, notes Stephen Barkanic, director of HHMI's undergraduate science education program. "Public and private funders tend to focus their support on research programs, infras...

Fostering Diversity in the Sciences Symposium

Increasing participation of underrepresented groups in the environmental and biological science...ost successful ways to identify, recruit and train underrepresented groups."...

Beware cancer, insomnia and liver disease UH students are taking aim

...e number of doctoral graduates and professors from underrepresented groups. Established in 1999, HLSAMP is funded by a five-year NSF grant. "It's so rewarding to take part in mentoring these students and witness their enthusiasm and dedication," Miller said. "At the ICC symposium, it was noticed many times that U...

Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging

...centers will implement an action plan to encourage underrepresented minorities to pursue education and careers in the ...training to college and post-college students from underrepresented communities. ...

ESA awarded new SEEDS grant

...knowledgeable students who have traditionally been underrepresented in the ecology profession," says ESA President Wil...tion of our membership in recruiting and mentoring underrepresented students."Specifically, this new phase of SEEDS will expand existing activities designed to reach ou...

APS awards more than $140,000 to minority students of physiology

...d its Porter Physiology Fellowship to historically underrepresented minorities in science to encourage diversity among...hips are designed to increase the participation of underrepresented minority students in the physiological sciences and to encourage their recruitment to responsible po...

Conference at UH opens doors for new scientists, engineers

...ican, Native American and Pacific Islander descent underrepresented within STEM professions. Others in the H-LSAM...ach programs and leadership in producing women and underrepresented minority doctoral recipients in mathematical sciences. WHAT: Fourth Annual Houston-Lo...

Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance

...ck to achieve its goal of increasing the number of underrepresented minority students who graduate with degrees in sci...th significant enrollments of minority populations underrepresented within STEM professions. The program requires awardees to establish meaningful partnerships among a...

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