The (JABSOM) at the has been awarded a multimillion-dollar grant to provide undergraduate-level college students with unique research opportunities.
The nearly $19 million award will continue to fund JABSOM‘s (INBRE) program, which supports students with an affinity for science by providing hands-on laborato??ry time and mentoring in biomedical research.
INBRE offers college students statewide “eye-opening” experiences, according to , principal investigator and director.
“It’s often transformative for their careers, with many continuing on to graduate school, medical school or other professional schools, or to science-related employment,” said Nichols.
Over the past 17 years, the 麻豆传媒 INBRE program has received continuous funding from the , which has led to the creation of a 麻豆传媒 Statewide Research and Education Partnership.
“The fundamental idea is to really build up research at a grassroots level,” said Nichols.
In addition to inspiring high-quality scientific research by undergraduates at 麻豆传媒 community colleges and universities, INBRE also aims to support junior faculty scientists at those institutions.
“The students get so enthused,” said , director of the and UH 惭ā苍辞补 campus coordinator. “You plant a seed where before the students were not really exposed to doing laboratory research. When they start getting a ‘bite of that cherry,’ they want more and more.”
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—By Deborah Manog Dimaya