# Journey: NIDDK Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons/Step-up

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2020 · $52,138

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The American Indian Research and Education Center (AIREC) within the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) under the School of Community Health Sciences, submit
the Journey proposal in response to the National Institutes of Health, National Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), Short-Term Research
Experience Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP), R25. AIREC's proposal
warrants consideration for the Coordinating Center that encompasses the American
Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Puerto Rican (PR) 11th & 12th grade high school
students. Journey is an eight to ten week summer program which will expose twenty
AI/AN and PR junior and senior high school students to the science of diabetes,
endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, and obesity.
The long-term objective of Journey is to develop a sustainable research education
program for high school students that provide hands on experiences with biomedical,
behavioral, and clinical and social sciences research in diabetes, endocrinology,
metabolism, nutrition, and obesity. Journey will give students direct exposure to
mentors, research methods, skill building, and fellow researchers. This will result in the
following measurable changes:
 • Increased knowledge of real-world use of scientific methods;
 • The role that research plays in shaping medical and behavioral fields;
 • Increased knowledge of responsible conduct in health-related research;
 • Increased knowledge of the role of research scientists and the diversity of people
 who pursue medical-science careers.
Journey is designed to increase AI/AN and PR high school students' capacity and
scientific knowledge in pursuing higher education degrees in the biomedical, behavioral,
clinical and social sciences research fields.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10224965
- **Project number:** 3R25DK098067-09S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** CAROLEE DODGE FRANCIS
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $52,138
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-03-01 → 2022-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10224965

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10224965, Journey: NIDDK Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons/Step-up (3R25DK098067-09S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10224965. Licensed CC0.

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