# Maximizing Opportunities for Research Excellence - Evaluation Training Supplement

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $80,266

## Abstract

Abstract
This Administrative Supplement to Enhance Program Evaluation Capacity will develop an evaluation plan that
a) determines how URM students' educational experiences and scientific and organizational identity formation
contribute positively to their achievement, commitment, and career choice and b) provides guidance for
institutions in designing and implementing graduate education and support programs. This plan will be
achieved in two stages. First, we will design a set of instruments that measures a) students' positive and
supportive experiences within their core education and co-curricular experiences, b) their individual scientific
identity, and c) their organizational identity alignment. Second, we will implement the measures longitudinally
and prospectively to establish the relationship between these measures and students' achievement,
commitment/degree completion, and career choice. These interventions are grounded in a positive, “anti-
deficit” framework that prompts research and evaluation questions about how URM learners persist and
successfully navigate their educational journey. Informed by theories from sociology, psychology, gender
studies, and education, the anti-deficit framework will be used to develop this evaluation plan that measures
graduate programs' ability to create a supportive environment for URM students and to enhance those
students' interests in academic careers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10151415
- **Project number:** 3R25GM056847-22S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Jason K Sello
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $80,266
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-03-01 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10151415

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10151415, Maximizing Opportunities for Research Excellence - Evaluation Training Supplement (3R25GM056847-22S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10151415. Licensed CC0.

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