# San Diego IRACDA: Professors for the Future

> **NIH NIH K12** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2020 · $86,400

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The San Diego IRACDA Program is a successful postdoctoral and career development training program that
provides rigorous training to a diverse group of scholars that go on to pursue an independent research and
teaching career at academic institutions. The San Diego IRACDA Program combines a mentored research-
intensive experience at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and mentored teaching training
experience at San Diego City College and San Diego State University (SDSU), two large minority serving
institutions in the San Diego area. The specific objectives and goals of our program are: 1) to recruit and
enhance the training of a diverse group of scholars in research, teaching and other critical academic skills and
thereby facilitate their transition to independent research and teaching careers in academia, 2) to enhance the
science curriculum and teaching at San Diego City College and SDSU based on scientific teaching principles
that will inform and educate a diverse group of students, 3) to increase the number of underrepresented
students from San Diego City College and SDSU participating in research at UCSD and/or entering
competitive graduate programs in biomedical science, and 4) to promote interactions between UCSD faculty
and faculty at San Diego City College and SDSU that will lead to productive collaborations in research and
science education. Program evaluation has demonstrated that San Diego IRACDA fellows publish, obtain
academic positions and receive post-fellowship independent grant awards at a greater rate compared to T32
supported postdoctoral fellows at UCSD. The San Diego IRACDA Program has benefitted San Diego City
College and SDSU by providing new and improved teaching experiences based on scientific teaching
principles, new research experiences and critical mentoring for underrepresented students that enhanced the
training of the next generation of scientists from minority serving institutions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146132
- **Project number:** 3K12GM068524-18S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Joann Trejo
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $86,400
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2003-08-01 → 2021-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146132

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146132, San Diego IRACDA: Professors for the Future (3K12GM068524-18S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146132. Licensed CC0.

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