# University of California Davis Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Scholars Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2024 · $351,343

## Abstract

Summary
The long-term goal of our ADAR Program is the increased diversity of MSTEM students that pursue
graduate degrees and research careers in aging-related areas. For this, we propose to enhance the UC
Davis ADAR Scholars Program, a comprehensive three-year program with two major components. The
first is the one-year ADAR Program, which will support eight diverse sophomore students selected from the
freshmen participating in our pre-ADAR program [the Biology Undergraduate Scholars Program]. This
component is designed to enhance retention, foster academic excellence, and kindle interest and
engagement in aging research; it involves course work, advising, and research experience. The second
component, the ADAR-Honors Program (ADAR-HR), is a research-intensive two-year program designed
to encourage and support eight diverse juniors and seniors to matriculate into aging-related graduate
programs. ADAR-HR provides a two-year research-intensive experience, including one summer at another
institution. It will promote student retention and academic excellence through activities that facilitate social
and academic integration and scientific identity formation within a supportive peer group; it will engage
students in research as well as in discussions of aging research topics, integrity in research, and
experimental design. It will also provide them with career information, experience in proposal writing and
oral and written scientific presentations, and guidance in the graduate school application process. To
achieve these goals, ADAR-HR will have four main components: advising, research experience,
professional development, and community activities that enhance science identity formation and provide
important sources of social support. ADAR-HR has the following measurable objectives: (1) Four diverse
juniors per year will be recruited into ADAR-HR; (2) Ninety percent of ADAR-HR students will graduate in an
MSTEM field with a GPA ≥ 3.25; (3) ADAR-HR students will have increased expertise as student
researchers with respect to understanding experimental design and data interpretation in aging-research
areas; (4) ADAR-HR students will develop professional communication skills by presenting their research
locally and nationally; (5) ADAR-HR students will develop awareness of graduate program application
processes; (6) ADAR-HR students will develop scientific identity through storytelling and outreach activities;
(7) The majority (>50%) of ADAR-HR students will matriculate into graduate programs involving aging-
related research within two years of receiving their Bachelor's degree.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10857321
- **Project number:** 5R25AG048787-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Keith Baar
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $351,343
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-08-15 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10857321

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10857321, University of California Davis Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Scholars Program (5R25AG048787-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10857321. Licensed CC0.

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