# BD4ISU: Big Data for Indiana State University

> **NIH NIH R25** · INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $277,109

## Abstract

Project Summary
Although the advent of biomedical big data has produced opportunities for
researchers to study and reveal genetic patterns with the potential for curing
human health related diseases, there is a lack of programs focused on the
unique needs and continuous training of underrepresented researchers, both
students and faculty/staff, in big data science and its applications to biomedical
research. Educating underrepresented groups for wealth NIH biomedical big data
is important to central Indiana and to the nation. To meet this need, in
partnership with The Ohio State University (OSU) we propose to develop a
program (BD4ISU) for training underrepresented undergraduate students at
Indiana State University (ISU) with the knowledge of big data computation and
analysis in biomedical research. The program is also designed to enhance the
ISU’s faculty/staff knowledge base in big data science and extend their didactic
and professional skills in biomedical research by injecting novel instructional
methods. The BD4ISU program has three specific aims. The first aim is to recruit
and prepare underrepresented students for research careers in Biomedical Big
Data Science. Three cohorts of five selected underrepresented students will be
placed into a four-year math/data science BS program with an emphasis in
biomedical data science to learn biomedical data knowledge by taking classes
during academic years and attending summer workshops. The second aim is to
offer hands-on research experience on biomedical big data manipulation for
underrepresented students. Students will participate in a 10-week research-
intensive summer program on the OSU campus and will participate research in
faculty’s labs. Through OSU/ISU faculty mentored, yet student-oriented research
experience, students will learn hands-on skills in manipulating and analyzing
biomedical big data. The third aim is to enhance and expand big data knowledge
to ISU faculty/staff. ISU faculty/staff will be guided under the mentorship of OSU
faculty to create innovative and/or improve existing big data based curricula to
better train students for research in biomedical data science. It is the ultimate
goal of BD4ISU program to build a path of underrepresented students into
graduate studies and career settlement in the biomedical research field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9883642
- **Project number:** 5R25MD011712-04
- **Recipient organization:** INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Guy Brock
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $277,109
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-08-07 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9883642

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9883642, BD4ISU: Big Data for Indiana State University (5R25MD011712-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9883642. Licensed CC0.

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