# UA Student Dev: Rising Stars Program for AI/AN Students at UArizona

> **NIH NIH S06** · INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC. · 2022 · $387,355

## Abstract

Rising Stars Program Project Summary/Abstract
The Rising Stars program is for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students at the
University of Arizona and high school students on Arizona reservations and urban high schools.
It is a Student Career Enhancement Program in response to the Native American Research
Centers for Health XII and a collaboration with the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA)
implemented at the University of Arizona. The Rising Stars program is community driven,
culturally informed science delivered through a mobile lab partnership on reservation, to
educate, elevate Tribal research capacity and empower Tribal communities.
The program will Increase health science research literacy with UA AIAN students and within
Tribal communities and AZ high schools. The program aims to build the health science literacy
and capacity in Tribal and AI communities by: (1) developing science curriculum based in
Indigenous knowledge; (2) partnering with a well-established mobile science education program
to deliver the curriculum on reservation through drop-in science education labs; (3)
implementing a science ambassador’s program for AIAN college students (4) developing
community driven, Tribe-specific HSTEM education programs including after-school and citizen
science programs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10438232
- **Project number:** 1S06GM146125-01
- **Recipient organization:** INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Teshia G. Arambula Solomon
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $387,355
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-09-01 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10438232

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10438232, UA Student Dev: Rising Stars Program for AI/AN Students at UArizona (1S06GM146125-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10438232. Licensed CC0.

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