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Steer and trees summer research program

Award Number: R25ES021649
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/15/2013
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2024

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Steer and trees summer research program - We believe that research is a mentoring process, and that to encourage students to pursue research careers, it is important to give them hands on experience with a research project. We propose to continue our two highly successful summer research programs at the University of Pennsylvania, the Teen Research and Education in Environmental Science (TREES) program, a high school research program and the Short Term Educational Experiences for Research (STEER) program, an undergraduate research internship program. TREES and STEER are educational activities of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) through its COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT CORE (COEC). The programs offer mentored summer research experiences to high school and college students and are run in parallel each summer with many integrated activities. In addition, we provide a high-school teacher training program. The goals of the program are to provide a meaningful summer experience in environmental health science so as to attract individuals at formative stages in their career development into STEM careers, particularly environmental studies. Our programs are the first step of the educational pipeline that we created to train tomorrow's scientists in the environmental health sciences. Additionally, because graduate students, many of whom are supported by a T32 training grant in Environmental Toxicology, teach the TREES students, our summer program provides them with valuable classroom experience. From 2007 through 2016, 76 high school students participated in the TREES program, 76 undergraduates participated in the STEER program and four teachers participated in the teacher program. The programs were funded through R25 ES016146 and renewed as R25 ES021649. Here we propose to continue our programs under NIEHS PAR-15-184, which is the currently active NIEHS RFA.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2022	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	10	8/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2022	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	10	3/20/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $105,405 )
2022	2022	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	10	1/19/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$105,405
														Subtotal = $105,405

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $106,083 )
2021	2021	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	9	1/27/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$106,083
														Subtotal = $106,083

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $106,740 )
2020	2020	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST STE 440A	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	8	1/29/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$106,740
														Subtotal = $106,740

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $107,379 )
2019	2019	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	7	2/1/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$107,379
														Subtotal = $107,379

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $108,000 )
2018	2018	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	002	6	6/7/2018	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$3,130
2018	2018	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	6	12/5/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$108,000
2018	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	3451 WALNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	001	5	6/7/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$3,130
														Subtotal = $108,000

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $59,282 )
2017	2017	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	5	1/26/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$59,282
														Subtotal = $59,282

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $59,282 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	4	1/26/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$59,282
														Subtotal = $59,282

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $59,282 )
2015	2015	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	3	1/23/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$59,282
														Subtotal = $59,282

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $59,282 )
2014	2014	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	2	2/19/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$59,282
														Subtotal = $59,282

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $59,282 )
2013	2013	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	3451 WALNUT STREET	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Environmental Health	000	1	5/15/2013	NEW	$59,282
														Subtotal = $59,282

Grand Total All Awards = $830,017

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Steer and trees summer research program

Award Number: R25ES021649

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/15/2013

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2024

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