# Student & Faculty Development

> **NIH NIH S06** · WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE · 2021 · $301,760

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: 
The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) NARCH X Student and Faculty training proposal will continue to 
innovate its student and faculty development model pioneered by NARCH I and III and expanded by NARCH 
V, VI, VII, and VIII. We will continue to build capacity of WMAT scholars and faculty through a structure that 
provides formal public health and community-based training/ professional development in health research for 
WMAT health leaders. Our primary aims are to: 1) advance Apache scholars through undergraduate, 
graduate and doctoral -level training in public health, medicine and nursing at JHU or other accredited 
universities; 2) a) support Apache junior investigators in completing the JHU “Research Coordinator 
Certificate”, providing practical skills and certification to conduct community-based research and b) provide 
training in data collection and management using NARCH research project data; 3) engage a senior cadre of 
WMA-JHU faculty as partners in training and career development of WMA scholars and faculty working on 
NARCH X research and to support JHBSPH institute courses that will be co-instructed by JHU-WMA faculty 
and NARCH alumni; and 4) develop a state of the art WMAT Data Management and Training Center and 
provide training for WMAT faculty to administer it. 
The NARCH X grant will build on our successful partnership with JHU to advance the WMAT's sovereignty in 
health research and education. We are creating a future where community members will lead our health 
agencies. Our WMA NARCH alumni, faculty and scholars will become multi-disciplined health scientists who 
will unravel AI/AN health disparities. Our tribally run Data Management and Training Center will achieve true 
research autonomy for our Tribe and provide capacity building and technical assistance opportunities for other 
tribal nations. NARCH has been a way to change research from a tool that once exploited Native people to an 
agent of change for future health and well-being. We aspire for the lessons of our research and training to be 
exchanged with Native and non-Native communities worldwide for greater healing across the Earth.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10271252
- **Project number:** 5S06GM127981-04
- **Recipient organization:** WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE
- **Principal Investigator:** MARIDDIE J CRAIG
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $301,760
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-20 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10271252

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10271252, Student & Faculty Development (5S06GM127981-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10271252. Licensed CC0.

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