The overall goal of this project is to prepare competent students of diverse backgrounds to join the future workforce in food and nutrition fields by providing resources, training, and hands-on research experiences at UA. The main target of this program is to recruit underrepresented students from minority-serving institutions and community colleges where students otherwise lack the opportunities to conduct research in food and nutrition.Specific objectives are: 1) Over the four-year grant period, we will recruit and enroll food and nutrition undergraduate students (n=40) with at least 60% of students from underrepresented groups; 2)Over the four-year grant period, mentored students (n=40) will complete a 10-week summer research experience with at least 75% of students applying to advanced training programs and/or graduate programs in the areas of food science, nutrition, medicine, or other closely related fields.
FROM THE BENCH TO THE COMMUNITY: FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES
Objective
Investigators
Kong, PhD, L.; Tan, LI, .; Douglas, JO, .; Knol, LI, .
Institution
UNIV OF ALABAMA
Start date
2024
End date
2028
Funding Source
Project number
ALAW-2023-08720
Accession number
1032265