# BUILD PODER II

> **NIH NIH UL1** · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE · 2021 · $1,108,993

## Abstract

Contact PD/PI: Saetermoe, Carrie L
Overall – Project Summary/Abstract
The BUILD Promoting Opportunities for Diversity in Education and Research (PODER) program at California
State University, Northridge (CSUN) employs Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a transformative institutional
approach to better understand and interrupt the processes that push scientists of color out of biomedical
majors and research careers. All of the initiatives at the institution, and faculty and student level efforts, were
focused on preparing students to emerge as successful biomedical scientists. In the first phase, BUILD
PODER (i.e., BP-I) developed a series of experiences and materials steeped in CRT for undergraduate
biomedical research training. In BP-II, we aim to continue and sustain our scalable and transformative
undergraduate biomedical research training program to diversify the biomedical workforce. As in BP-I, we aim
to support scholars who link research to social justice and community engagement, providing greater meaning
and reason to persevere in the face of formidable barriers in the achievement of educational and career goals.
We propose four aims: (1) To invite new underrepresented scholars into and retain them in the biomedical
sciences. Our CRT-based approach is intended to appeal to students interested in social justice, and we
expect to retain them with meaningful and contextual science that addresses problems in their communities.
(2) To sustain activities and materials from BP I and II through a series of institutional, financial, curricular, and
human capital initiatives based in needs assessments and strategic planning. (3) To disseminate best
practices through traditional methods and a new CSU BUILD Alliance designed to conduct evidence-based
testing on modularized training to disseminate to the campus, the California State University system, and
nationwide. And finally, (4) to deepen the impact of BUILD PODER by cultivating partnerships with research,
pipeline, community, and clinical partners, solidifying and sustaining research relationships beyond BUILD
funding. The continuation of BUILD PODER (BP) will provide a complete, 10-year experiment in student and
faculty training, infrastructure development, local and broader dissemination, and sustainability, utilizing a
promising CRT framework to retain underrepresented students in the biomedical sciences.
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Project Summary/Abstract
Contact PD/PI: Saetermoe, Carrie L

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10197152
- **Project number:** 5UL1GM118976-08
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Gabriela Chavira
- **Activity code:** UL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,108,993
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-09-26 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10197152

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10197152, BUILD PODER II (5UL1GM118976-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10197152. Licensed CC0.

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