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Minority Action Plan Portal and Research Tool

	The Minority Action Plan (MAP) Portal and Research Tool is designed to serve as an entry portal for students interested in research careers in genome science and the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genome research. It is also designed to facilitate meaningful exchange between program coordinators and Principal Investigators (PI). The MAP Portal is a valuable clearinghouse for Minority Action Plan and related programs, offers something for everyone and aims to catalyze the growing interest in genomic and related life science research for underrepresented minority communities.
About NHGRI's Minority Action Plan

Minority Action Plan Nationwide Programs

Location Research Opportunities and Resources Contact The Broad of MIT and Harvard [broad.mit.edu] Cambridge, Mass. The Diversity Initiative [broad.mit.edu] High school, Undergraduate, Postdoctoral and Visiting Professor Programs Shawna Young California Institute of Technology [caltech.edu] Beckman Institute [cbse.its.caltech.edu] Pasadena, Calif. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Seth Ruffins Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering [cbse.ucsc.edu] University of California Santa Cruz, Calif. University of California at Santa Cruz Diversity Program in Genomic Sciences Phoenix Eagleshadow Genome Center of Wisconsin [biotech.wisc.edu] University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisc. Genomic Sciences Training Program at University of Wisconsin Louise Pape Genome Sequencing Center [genome.wustl.edu] Washington University School of Medicine St.Louis, Mo. Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP) Biomedrap@dbbs.wustl.edu Genomics: Life on a Chip [life-on-a-chip.org] Microscale Life Science Center University of Washington College of Engineering Seattle, Wash. GenOM Project: Genomics Outreach for Minorities Lisa Peterson Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology [hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu] Harvard-MIT Cambridge, Mass. Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Summer Institute Sarah Griffith Harvard Molecular Technology Group & Lipper Center for Computational Genetics [arep.med.harvard.edu] Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass. Molecular and Genomic Imaging Center (MGIC) Katherine Montero Human Genome Sequencing Center [hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu] Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Tex. The Minority Diversity Programs in the Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC) Debra Murray The Jackson Laboratory Educational Programs [jax.org] Bar Harbor, Maine The Jackson Laboratory Educational Programs Summer Student, Postdoctoral Training and Predoctoral Programs Jon Geiger Suzanne Serreze Keith Hutchison Johns Hopkins Center for Excellence in Genome Science [hopkinsmedicine.org] Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Md. The Johns Hopkins University Center Scholars Program Vicky Schneider Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [mit.edu] Cambridge, Mass. Molecular and Genomic Imaging Center (MGIC) Summer Program for Undergraduate Students Benita Wolff Molecular Sciences Institute [molsci.org] Berkeley, Calif. The Molecular Sciences Institute: Center for Quantitative Genome Function Leonore Reiser Stanford University Diversity in Graduate Education [graddiversity.stanford.edu] Stanford, Calif. Stanford Diversity Outreach for Doctoral Education Tenea Nelson, Ph.D. Stanford Human Genome Center [stanford.edu] Stanford, Calif. Stanford Summer Research Program Tenea Nelson, Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles(UCLA) [ucla.edu] Los Angeles, Calif. UCLA Genomic Analysis Training Program Tiffany Comtois-Dion University of Southern California (USC) Center for Excellence in Genomic Science [usc.edu] Los Angeles, Calif. USC Bioinformatics Institute in Genomic Science Delsa Tan University of Washington Department of Genome Sciences [gs.washington.edu] University of Washington Seattle, Wash. University of Washington Interdisciplinary Training in Genomic Sciences Brian Giebel Washington University Genome Sequencing Center [gs.washington.edu] Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Mo. Opportunities in Genomics Research Cherilynn R. Shadding, Ph.D. Yale Center for Excellence in Genomic Science [bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu] New Haven, Conn. Yale Center for Excellence in Genomic Science K-12, Undergraduate and Graduate Research Programs Michael Snyder Kenneth Nelson Nancy Kerk

Annual Meeting Summaries

• First Annual MAP Meeting (2003)
• Second Annual MAP Meeting (2004)
• Third Annual MAP Meeting (2005)
• Fourth Annual MAP Meeting (2006)
• 2007 Training Coordinators' Workshop (2007)
• Fifth Annual MAP Meeting (2007)
• 2008 Training Coordinators' Workshop (2008)

Tools for Principal Investigators (PI)

• DOE Genomes to Life [doegenomestolife.org]
• DOE: Human Genome Project Minortiy, Race and Genomics [ornl.gov]
• Minority Science Societies in US [math.buffalo.edu]
• National Student Clearinghouse [studentclearinghouse.org]
• NHGRI MAP Program
• NIGMS Minority Program [nigms.nih.gov]
• NIGMS Recruiting Tools [nigms.nih.gov]
  
  

Tools for Students

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowship [aaas.org]
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Next Wave [aaas.org]
• Grants for Minorities [lib.msu.edu] (Maintained by Mich. State University)
• National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers [nobcche.org]
• National Society for Black Physicsts [nsbp.org]
• NIGMS Minority Program [nigms.nih.gov]
• NIH Graduate Partnerships Program [gpp.nih.gov]
• NIH Office of Science Education [science.education.nih.gov]
• Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) [nigms.nih.gov]
• Minority Science Societies in US [math.buffalo.edu]
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native American Scientists [sacnas.org]
  
  

Tools for Educators

• The SACNAS Biography Project [sacnas.org]
  From the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans
• AAAS Science Net Links- K-12 educators [sciencenetlinks.com]
• GenOM Curricula [depts.washington.edu]
• GSC Curricula [genome.wustl.edu]
• NIH Office of Science Education [science.education.nih.gov]
• Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment [acs.ncsu.edu]
  
  

Where to Recruit Students

• The Distance Learning Center, Inc. [temple.edu]

Evaluation Mechanism for Program Coordinators and Principal Investigators

• Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings Cell Biol Educ 2004 3: 270-277 [lifescied.org]
• The Long-Term Assessment of Minority Student Success in Berkeley's Biology Scholars Program [cshe.berkeley.edu]
• User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations, NSF [nsf.gov]

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Last Updated: May 16, 2008