# Educational Toolkit for Bioengineering Design, Entrepreneurship and Service Learning

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE · 2024 · $20,073

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
 The "Educational Toolkit for Bioengineering Design, Entrepreneurship and Service Learning”
parent award has focused on enhancing the biomedical engineering education by implementing several
additional curricular components in team-based courses that include clinical needs finding,
entrepreneurial bioengineering, capstone senior design and biomedical innovations for global impact.
Through this supplement award, we propose additional work to enhance excellence in Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship. Specifically, we will focus our efforts on promoting (a)
mentoring students from diverse backgrounds (b)enhancing DEIA within the biomedical engineering
curriculum and (c) leadership experiences for mentees and (d) community engagement to promote
biodesign and service learning.
 If the goals of the proposed DEIA activities are met, students will gain valuable understanding
about the role of a biomedical engineer in the world around them, possess an understanding about design
and commercialization in an engineering context, but are sensitive to aspects beyond science, such as
health disparities and ethical challenges. Furthermore, by emphasizing the community engagement
aspect in the different courses as part of the educational toolkit, we are encouraging the students to be
the best possible stewards of their education, in growing to serve the communities around them, and
inspiring the younger generation of engineers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11037560
- **Project number:** 3R25EB029377-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE
- **Principal Investigator:** RAJ Raghavendra RAO
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $20,073
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-08-17 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11037560

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11037560, Educational Toolkit for Bioengineering Design, Entrepreneurship and Service Learning (3R25EB029377-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11037560. Licensed CC0.

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