# Expanding the impact of the Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) short course

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · 2020 · $55,000

## Abstract

Summary
 We propose to continue and expand the impact of a six-day summer short course on genomics for
Indigenous college and university students with a background and interest on the impacts of genetic research.
The short-term goals of the program, entitled the Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics
(SING), are to train Indigenous students in next-generation genomic and bioinformatics analyses and to build
capacity for scientific research of Native American communities. Additionally, the SING program builds a
support network for Indigenous scholars in the STEM fields. We expand the impact of the SING short course
by having additional venues of the SING short course at universities with established research programs
involving Indigenous peoples and genomics in different geographic regions of the United States. New to the
SING program will be to have a short course at a tribal college in the Southwest and a university on the East
Coast of North America. Parts of the SING short course are tailored to specific issues of Indigenous peoples of
the geographic region and will take advantage of the expertise of faculty of the host institutions. Specifically,
we propose to convene the SING short course at the University of Connecticut in 2020 with specialized
modules on microbiomes and community-driven research, Northern Arizona University and Diné College in
2021 with specialized modules on environmental health and genomics and tribal genetic policy and The Ohio
State University with a specialized module on infectious disease and impacts of European colonization in 2022.
The expertise of the SING faculty and resources available at the host universities provide enriching
environments to educate Native American students and tackle important problems of genomics with
Indigenous communities. Our unique short course with significant hands-on training in molecular biology,
bioinformatics and ELSI strategies transform education for Indigenous trainees in the scientific community.
This program will continue to be empirically evaluated to better serve as a model for others.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9855441
- **Project number:** 2R25HG007158-07
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
- **Principal Investigator:** Matthew Z Anderson
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $55,000
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2013-03-27 → 2023-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9855441

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9855441, Expanding the impact of the Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) short course (2R25HG007158-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9855441. Licensed CC0.

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