# Expanding Indigenous Student Career Enhancement Opportunities

> **NIH NIH S06** · GREAT LAKES INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC. · 2020 · $439,052

## Abstract

GLNARCH X SCEP ABSTRACT 
The GLNARCH Student Career Enhancement Program builds upon the strength of 13 years of successful 
AI/AN health sciences student development programming funded primarily by NARCH II, IV, VI, and VIII. 
NARCH X specifically addresses the theme “Expanding Indigenous Student Career Enhancement 
Opportunities,” to maintain and sustainability of the GLNARCH Student Career Enhancement Program 
(SCEP) for generations to come. Carefully planned innovations will improve upon this successful model, 
including augmented self-assessment via tribal community-based focus groups with continual listening 
approaches and online integration so tribal communities Bemidji Area (MI, MN and WI) receive the 
greatest benefit. The GLNARCH American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Student Career Enhancement 
Program increases the number of American Indian/Alaska Native students, scientists, health 
professionals and organizations engaged in biomedical, clinical and behavioral community engaged 
research. This is accomplished via four phases ranging from middle/high school to doctoral level. SCEP 
supports the overall GLNARCH goal of enhancing the pool of trained scientists and health professionals 
addressing AI/AN health disparities. 
Specific aims include: 1) to increase exposure and knowledge of science and health careers in concert 
with pathways to student success; and 2) to increase opportunities for AI/AN college success as pipeline 
continues into paid research opportunities in health sciences and/or healthcare fields. The current 
GLNARCH pipeline encourages and facilitates AI/AN students to enter and advance in health research 
careers. The following new initiatives are proposed for GLNARCH X SCEP: 1) Reach out to tribal colleges 
and universities (TCUs) to help recruit high school students, as a way of easing the transition to four year 
colleges, and to partner on joint student recruitment for SCEP programs; 2) Partner with the proposed 
GLNARCH Tribal Research Resource Core each year for Phases III-IV student development opportunities. 
The following expansions to existing SCEP components are proposed: 1) Work with students to develop 
student portfolios; 2) Train students to create posters and digital stories, to include in their portfolios 
and a digital media database; 3) Develop and maintain an online cohort of students who communicate 
monthly or more often (facilitated by SCEP Coordinators) via GLNARCH Facebook™ page throughout 
their educational careers; and 4) Implement an improved evaluation plan using a new software system 
for tracking students in and between all phases of the SCEP pipeline, incorporating students’ activities, 
coursework, postsecondary goals and Individual Development Plans, for student advisement and 
retention purposes. We will also enhance current evaluation instruments to better measure SCEP 
process and objective outcomes. Integration with Capacity Building and Administrative community 
engagement aims w...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9986832
- **Project number:** 5S06GM127793-03
- **Recipient organization:** GREAT LAKES INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Margaret Ann Noodin
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $439,052
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-06 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9986832

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9986832, Expanding Indigenous Student Career Enhancement Opportunities (5S06GM127793-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9986832. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*