Who
Participates in the Program? |
- MARC U*STAR is a program funded by the NIGMS branch of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- The goal
of the program is to increase the pool of well-prepared
minority students who can compete successfully for
admission into, and completion of Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D.
degrees in the biomedical sciences.
- This goal
is achieved through a strengthened undergraduate curriculum
in the sciences including new, innovative,
and lab-intensive courses, research training, and
internships.
- The academic
units participating in this program are biology, chemistry,
mathematics, physics, and psychology.
- The research
training component takes place at various departments
at the Medical Campus of Virginia
Commonwealth
University,
and The University
of Richmond.
- The program
provides financial support for tuition and stipend
to trainees in the junior and senior years of college.
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