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Facilitating sustainable partnerships for STEM education and accessible pathways for STEM students using an evidence-based model

Award Number: R25GM132923
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/06/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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Facilitating sustainable partnerships for STEM education and accessible pathways for STEM students using an evidence-based model - Abstract The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), are deeply impacted by systemic educational inequities in the U.S. public school system, creating barriers to science, often among racial minorities and individuals from underserved communities. Results of our recent work suggests that some of these barriers can be mitigated through weekly STEM enrichment activities in underserved high school classrooms, facilitated by a team of near-peer mentors (NPMs) from the same or nearby communities; high school students gain more positive attitudes toward science and scientists, increased content knowledge, and increased understanding of the relevance of science in their lives by the conclusion of the program. Our objectives in this proposal are to disseminate sustainable, refined NPM-led science enrichment programs with enhanced in-classroom and virtual mentoring in underserved classrooms through partnerships within our home state, and to further investigate shifts in participants’ attitudes toward science. In pursuing these objectives, we aim to: (1) Determine whether enhanced in-classroom mentoring, paired with virtual mentoring can be used as effective strategies to engage underserved students; (2) Elucidate the underlying mechanism(s) for students’ attitudinal changes towards science with near- peer mentoring; and (3) Evaluate effective strategies for the dissemination and the sustainability of NPM programs. We will partner with minority-serving universities in Maryland, and local high schools in their communities to disseminate the NPM model. We hypothesize that dissemination of this enhanced NPM model will lead to a network of sustainable programs that will promote shifts in students’ classroom performance, attitudes, engagement, and growth mindsets. Our expertise puts us in a unique position to train others in implementation of this model, thus increasing the number of under-represented students who have access to meaningful and preparatory experiences in STEM. We will use a matched comparison group design to evaluate the efficacy of the near-peer mentorship programs for students, and fidelity surveys to evaluate the consistency of program implementation across sites. The dissemination of a sustainable NPM model will help us accomplish our long-term goal of addressing systemic educational inequities, and increase our capacity for recruitment of students from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds into STEM internships, providing an element of continuity for participants. The proposed work will also provide a blueprint for other SEPA programs to disseminate evidence-based outreach programs.


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 = $250,000 )
2024	2024	ARMY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE	503 ROBERT GRANT AVE	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	5	5/24/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2023	2023	ARMY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE	503 ROBERT GRANT AVE	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	4	4/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2022	2022	ARMY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE	503 ROBERT GRANT AVE	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	4/21/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2021	2021	ARMY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE	503 ROBERT GRANT AVE	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	2	5/10/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$250,000
2021	2020	ARMY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE	503 ROBERT GRANT AVE	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	3/10/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $250,000

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $250,000 )
2020	2020	ARMY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE	503 ROBERT GRANT AVE	SILVER SPRING	MD	20910	MONTGOMERY	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	7/6/2020	NEW	$250,000
														Subtotal = $250,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,250,000

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Facilitating sustainable partnerships for STEM education and accessible pathways for STEM students using an evidence-based model

Award Number: R25GM132923

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/06/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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