# Mentored Experience to Expand Opportunities in Research version High School

> **NIH NIH R25** · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2022 · $83,066

## Abstract

Project Summary
 To attract, engage and support students who will ultimately pursue advanced degrees and careers in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, it is critical to create enthusiasm about science and opportunities
for employment in STEM and health related fields. Children’s National Health System (CNHS), and Children’s
Research Institute (CRI) propose a program, entitled Mentored Experience To Expand Opportunities in
Research version High School, METEOR v HS, whose goal is to provide basic, translational, clinical and
behavioral training opportunities for high school students in the unique setting of our research intensive
children’s hospital. Our planned program builds on other summer programs including METEOR for Medical
Students. METEOR v. HS will recruit rising junior underrepresented minority (URM) and disadvantaged
students from District of Columbia (DC) Public and Public Charter Schools (DCP/DCPCS) and Prince George’s
County Public Schools (PGCPS) whose exposure to STEM and its importance to health related careers is
limited. We will provide an 8 week, interactive, mentored research and career development experience aimed
at exposing students to the excitement of scientific inquiry and innovation and how to apply STEM knowledge
to improving the health and wellbeing of children and families with both common and rare diseases which
encompass the NICHD and NIH missions.
 Students will be paired with a lead mentor and supported with a mentorship team with whom the
student will develop the summer research project. Our mentored research focused on developmental biology,
molecular pathogenesis, genomics and systems biology, clinical and community research focused on disorders
which affect infants, children, families, communities and populations and which integrate laboratory and clinical
research through interdisciplinary teams. Students will utilize an Individual Development Plan to direct their
involvement in a program of career mentoring and college preparation. They will engage in an interactive
curriculum focused on research proficiency and practice, attend rounds, seminars and workshops focused on
biomedical careers. They will publically present their research at both a summer Research Day and at CNHS’s
annual spring Research Week.
 To improve STEM teaching, we will recruit two STEM focused teachers from our partner schools who
will engage in a sequential one or two year summer research opportunity within a CNHS/CRI laboratory or
institute. Teachers will improve their skills in STEM learning, and establish a STEM teacher learning
community by engaging in professional training through collaboration with GWUSED. Topics may include
training in the culture of innovation and discovery, teamwork, project based learning and 21st century skill
application and will lead to a certificate in STEM and credits toward an MEd.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10112109
- **Project number:** 5R25HD090722-05
- **Recipient organization:** CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** NAOMI L LUBAN
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $83,066
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-03-01 → 2023-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10112109

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10112109, Mentored Experience to Expand Opportunities in Research version High School (5R25HD090722-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10112109. Licensed CC0.

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