# Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Students

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · 2021 · $378,535

## Abstract

Summary/Abstract
Having improved the recruitment and retention rates of underrepresented (UR) students
in the graduate program at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
(UTHSCSA), we now shift our we now focus our attention on the development of novel
and cutting edge practices and processes that will produce UR students that are not only
highly competitive, but are leaders, in the biomedical workforce. Here we propose a
series of systematic interventions designed to sharpen critical thinking skills and develop
grant and manuscript writing as well as presentation skills. Successful integration of
these strategies will prepare IMSD scholars for the most competitive positions in the
biomedical workforce.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146408
- **Project number:** 5R25GM095480-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** BABATUNDE OLUKAYODE OYAJOBI
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $378,535
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-08-01 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146408

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146408, Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Students (5R25GM095480-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146408. Licensed CC0.

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