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MARC at University of California Riverside

Award Number: T34GM149470
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2028

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MARC at University of California Riverside - Project Summary The University of California Riverside (UCR) is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation and is in one of the most rapidly growing and diverse regions of the U.S. Most undergraduate students at UCR come from this region and are from underrepresented groups in the sciences. Thus, there is a broad base of underrepresented (UR) students from which to select and promote interest in a research career in biomedical or behavioral sciences. The main goal of the MARC Program at UCR is to increase the number of UR students pursuing PhD degrees and research careers in the biomedically-related sciences. This training grant provides a summer Pre-MARC Development Program (9-10 students/year) to increase the eligible pool of students for the research Trainee Program (16 positions/year; 2-3 years of training). The Objectives of the Program are: (1) Increase the number of UCR minority students majoring in the sciences who are qualified to become MARC Trainees through outreach to local high schools and community colleges. (2) Increase the number of qualified students who apply to the MARC Program by using freshman courses and discovery seminars, by synergizing with Honors and existing Minority programs on campus, and by engaging students in Pre-MARC undergraduate research before their sophomore year and stimulating their interest in a biomedical research career. (3) The core of the program is preparing the MARC Trainees for graduate studies in highly competitive research institutions. We will achieve this by immersing MARC Trainees in intensive cutting-edge research in laboratories of Faculty Mentors on campus during the academic year and in one other off-campus laboratory at a high-caliber research institution during one summer; we will also provide specific classes that will prepare the Trainees to think critically, to design and implement rigorous and ethical experiments, to learn modern research methods, to write scientific reports/papers and fellowships, and to be efficient communicators in front of expert and lay audiences. Guidance in applying to graduate programs will be provided. This will give self-confidence and prepare the trainees to enter and succeed in the most competitive graduate programs in the U.S. This program is for 5 years and proposes to train about 48 MARC students with the goal that about 80% of them will succeed in entering high quality PhD or MD/PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. Relevance: This MARC training grant will not only contribute to increase the number of UR biomedical scientists but should also have broader impacts. MARC Scholars will be role models that inspire new generations and help break down discriminatory barriers.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $525,773 )
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE	200 UNIVERSTY OFC BUILDING	RIVERSIDE	CA	92521	RIVERSIDE	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	002	3	7/10/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$525,773
2025	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE	200 UNIVERSTY OFC BUILDING	RIVERSIDE	CA	92521	RIVERSIDE	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	2	7/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE	200 UNIVERSTY OFC BUILDING	RIVERSIDE	CA	92521	RIVERSIDE	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	6/16/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $525,773

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $521,419 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE	200 UNIVERSTY OFC BUILDING	RIVERSIDE	CA	92521	RIVERSIDE	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	6/3/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$521,419
														Subtotal = $521,419

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $521,419 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE	200 UNIVERSTY OFC BUILDING	RIVERSIDE	CA	92521	RIVERSIDE	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	5/11/2023	NEW	$521,419
														Subtotal = $521,419

Grand Total All Awards = $1,568,611

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MARC at University of California Riverside

Award Number: T34GM149470

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2028

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