Applications

Eligibility

The Learning Interventions Institute is directed to all participants with an interest in and curiosity about how and why students, particularly those from underrepresented minority groups in the STEM disciplines, persist into advanced training in STEM disciplines, including the biomedical, behavioral, and interdisciplinary sciences. Participants must be actively engaged in providing administrative, management, and/or leadership support to campus-based student programs for more than 3 years. Participants must actively collect program assessments and question why, how, and for whom their institution’s student programs serve.

Preference will be given to (i) directors, managers, and administrators of programs that increase diversity in undergraduate and graduate education in STEM disciplines, including the biomedical, behavioral, and interdisciplinary sciences, and (ii) researchers trained in the natural and physical sciences, with an interest in the social and behavioral sciences, to illuminate understanding in student learning and encourage persistence into advanced training.

Application Guidelines

Applications must include:

1. 2010 Learning Interventions Application Form

2. 2010 Learning Interventions Institutional Form

3. Summary of minority outreach programs at the applicant's institution (limited to three double-spaced, typewritten pages). Be sure to include:

• Nature of the program (what, format, components, etc.)

 

• Number and type of students enrolled and/or served

 

• Year established

 

• Previous record of training/mentoring/advancing students into STEM disciplines and/or medicine

 

• Previous and/or existing program challenges

4. Summary of your research questions (limited to three double-spaced, typewritten pages). Be sure to include:

• Program, student, or institutional challenges

 

• Previous findings from assessment data and evaluations

 

• Questions to study

 

• Previous work, if any (e.g., literature search or collaborations) to address your questions

 

5. Proof of institutional support. Please provide a letter of support from an administrator documenting (i) your commitment to student outreach and support and (ii) your institution’s plans to sustain your work. The letter must originate from the nominator's email account. Send recommendations to facultyprograms@asmusa.org

Submitting the Application

All application materials must be submitted electronically as attached documents to facultyprograms@asmusa.org with the following subject line: NIGMS/ASM Learning Interventions Institute [insert applicant name here]. Complete applications are due on or before October 15, 2009.

Questions about the application process should be directed to KaRyn Daley, Coordinator, Education Programs and Resources at kdaley@asmusa.org

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