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Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine

Award Number: R25HG009644
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/22/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine - SUMMARY Students interested in pursuing a career in genome sciences and medicine research will require a strong foundation of core genome sciences technology, analytical skills, and inter-disciplinary training. The overarching goal of this renewal application is to continue to provide a high-quality mentored research experience for promising students in the rapidly growing area of genome sciences and precision medicine. The 10-week summer program centers around a mentored research project in genome sciences and medicine, supplemented with didactic and interactive training, research seminars and career development skills-building. The program is open to all under-represented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who are rising sophomores and juniors. In this renewal, we are expanding our current partnership with North Carolina Central University (NCCU), an historically black college and university (HBCU), to include three additional HBCUs in North Carolina to create a core network of students for the summer program. Faculty mentors for this program span a wide range of disciplines in basic and applied genome sciences, data sciences, translational genomic medicine, bioinformatics and computational biology, engineering, and statistics. The research experience will be complemented by a series of research seminars by faculty at Duke and HBCU partners, and visits to sequencing facilities and companies using genome sciences technologies or data in their research in nearby Research Triangle Park, and other science-related community service activities. Given the increased recognition of the importance of data sciences, we are proposing to incorporate more learning opportunities on data sciences specifically to introduce students to some of these tools and work with open access datasets. In addition, students will have the opportunity to consider broader issues impacted by their research through a weekly discussion on the ethical, legal, social, and policy issues and gain important skills such as critical reading of scientific papers, leading a discussion group, conducting literature reviews, and making formal presentations. All students will be required to present their research at the conclusion of the program. We will administer annual surveys to summer scholars to gather information about their educational and career paths in STEM as a measure of the training program's impact. To date, this R25 program has supported 24 students over four summers (no students were accepted in summer 2020 due to Covid restrictions); a majority of students were female and African-American. Several students have successfully continued on in research throughout their undergraduate career and been accepted into leading graduate programs and medical schools around the country. With the proposed changes in this renewal application and our expanded partnerships with other HBCUs in the region, we hope to be responsive to the rapidly changing science and required skillsets and to increase awareness and recruitment for the program. In summary, we aim to continue to offer under-represented students a rich and highly interdisciplinary research experience in genome sciences and medicine.


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: 2026 ( Subtotal = -$278,826 )
2026	2024	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	7	12/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$278,826
														Subtotal = -$278,826

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	7	4/15/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1 )
2024	2024	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	003	7	6/14/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1
2024	2023	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	002	6	3/14/2024	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$377,044
2024	2021	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	001	5	3/14/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$209,657
2024	2020	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	4	3/14/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$167,387
														Subtotal = $1

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $161,448 )
2023	2023	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	6	6/30/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$161,448
														Subtotal = $161,448

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $209,657 )
2021	2021	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	5	6/30/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$209,657
														Subtotal = $209,657

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $190,645 )
2020	2020	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	001	4	6/22/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$190,645
2020	2019	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	3	2/7/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $190,645

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $199,583 )
2019	2019	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	001	3	9/1/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$199,583
2019	2018	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	2	8/31/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $199,583

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $212,314 )
2018	2018	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	2	9/24/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$212,314
														Subtotal = $212,314

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $212,743 )
2017	2017	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Human Genome Research	000	1	9/22/2017	NEW	$212,743
														Subtotal = $212,743

Grand Total All Awards = $907,565

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Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine

Award Number: R25HG009644

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/22/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2025

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