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Spectrum: Building Pathways to Biomedical Research Careers for Girls and Women o

Award Number: R25RR024307
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2007
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2015

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Spectrum: Building Pathways to Biomedical Research Careers for Girls and Women o - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Science Education Partnership and Assessment Laboratory (SEPAL) in the Department of Biology at San Francisco State University (SFSU) - in strong collaboration with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), the Exploratorium, and the National Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Network - proposes Spectrum: Building Pathways to Biomedical Research Careers for Girls and Women of Color. While progress has been made in encouraging girls in science, women of color are still largely absent from the biomedical research community and no materials or models currently exist that are designed specifically to attract girls of color to these careers. Through the Spectrum initiative, SEPAL seeks to pioneer a multi-pronged program that brings together K-12 teachers and students with individuals from multiple stages on the biomedical research career pathway to learn together about the biology behind women's health issues and about research being conducted by women biomedical researchers of color. Together, a community composed of biomedical scientists who are women of color - including SFSU undergraduate students, SFSU Masters degree students, SFSU alumni in local doctoral and biotechnology positions, and SFSU Faculty - and middle and high school students and teachers will partner to address the following specific aims: 1) to educate local middle and high schools students, especially girls of color, and teachers about research on women's health and research by local NIH-funded researchers who are primarily women of color, 2) to develop a community of biomedical research role models and mentors that include females of color at multiple stages along the career pathway from middle school to faculty, 3) to develop a series of biomedical science activities tailored to the interests of adolescent girls and linked to the research programs of NIH-funded biomedical researchers who are primarily women of color, 4) to partner with the local and national Expanding Your Horizons organizations to disseminate the resulting curriculum on the science of women's health issues and this mentoring model nationwide, and 5) to investigate the role of participation in Spectrum on the interest of girls of color in biomedical science and retention of women of color in the research career pathway. Spectrum is so named to reflect its dual emphasis on developing scientists of color and on involving individuals from the entire spectrum of positions along the biomedical research career track. Spectrum activities will be open to all students and are designed specifically to attract the involvement of girls of color, and as such, will address a pressing equity issue by encouraging underrepresented students, especially girls and women of color, to pursue biomedical science research careers and by producing curricular materials designed to engage this target audience.


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: 2014 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2014	2011	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	National Center for Research Resources	000	5	3/28/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2013	2011	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	National Center for Research Resources	000	5	8/8/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $361,848 )
2011	2011	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	National Center for Research Resources	001	5	9/20/2011	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$102,818
2011	2011	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	National Center for Research Resources	000	5	7/26/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$259,030
														Subtotal = $361,848

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $261,646 )
2010	2010	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	National Center for Research Resources	000	4	7/21/2010	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$261,646
														Subtotal = $261,646

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $444,507 )
2009	2009	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	National Center for Research Resources	001	3	7/20/2009	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$261,411
2009	2009	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support	002	3	9/15/2009	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$183,096
2009	2008	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Clinical Research	000	2	11/10/2008	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $444,507

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $260,029 )
2008	2008	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Clinical Research	000	2	9/23/2008	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$260,029
														Subtotal = $260,029

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $269,491 )
2007	2007	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIV	1600 HOLLOWAY AVENUE	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94132	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Clinical Research	000	1	9/29/2007	NEW	$269,491
														Subtotal = $269,491

Grand Total All Awards = $1,597,521

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Spectrum: Building Pathways to Biomedical Research Careers for Girls and Women o

Award Number: R25RR024307

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2007

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/31/2015

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