# Child-Centered, Team-Based, Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Summer Research Experience

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA · 2021 · $101,088

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The end goal of the proposed Summer Research Experience Program is to provide high
quality research experiences through truly multidisciplinary research projects to undergraduate
students, high school students and Exceptional Student Education (ESE) teachers from local
schools with a large number of underrepresented minorities, in particular students with
disabilities. As part of this program participants will gain an increased appreciation of the
diverse roles and contributions from different disciplines in the context of biomedical
engineering, behavioral science, and clinical research topics on pediatric mobility rehabilitation
and assistive technology. This program will provide participants with training through a hands-
on, interprofessional, and translational research experience focused on research projects that
meet clinical and community needs. The program will comprise a partnership with industrial
(J&J), clinical (Mayo Clinic) and community (Duval County Public Schools) collaborators, and
will expose participants to a range of topics including Play and Pediatric Mobility, 3D printing,
Adaptive Toys, Clinical Assessment and Diagnostics, Nutrition and Neurodevelopment,
Biomedical Research Ethics, and Communication. The aim is to provide participants with a
research experience that encourages future research careers (students), and mentoring on
research methods that enable more effective teaching of scientific progress and careers
(teachers). Furthermore, the program will complement the NIH (NICHD)-sponsored training
already in place at the University and expand it to the earlier years of academic training,
aiming to increase the overall number of participants from diverse academic backgrounds in
biomedical, behavioral and clinical research careers through recruitment and retention.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10063441
- **Project number:** 5R25HD094335-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
- **Principal Investigator:** Juan Aceros
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $101,088
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-12-01 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10063441

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10063441, Child-Centered, Team-Based, Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Summer Research Experience (5R25HD094335-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10063441. Licensed CC0.

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