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For Prospective Students »The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program UAMS was recently awarded a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to fund a new Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program. A minimum of 4 students will be accepted into the program each year. The IMSD Program was developed to increase the number of underrepresented minority students graduating with doctorates in biomedical research. Student participants will be funded ($24,000 yearly stipend and tuition) by the IMSD Program for their first two years of graduate study in one of the seven biomedical science PhD programs. After two years, funding will be provided by the graduate program or faculty mentor. Students selected for the IMSD Program will participate in a ten week summer transition program consisting of lectures on various biomedical topics, career and developmental seminars, and a summer research rotation prior to the fall of their first year. Students will receive funding and academic credit during this transition program. Additional benefits of the IMSD Program includes a formal mentoring program, a seminar series featuring nationally recognized minority scientists, development of a competency-based academic portfolio, and group problem-solving sessions. Students will be selected for the IMSD Program based on several criteria. Participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and accepted into one of the seven biomedical science PhD programs (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Toxicology, Microbiology and Immunology, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics). Participants must also be a member of an underrepresented minority group. There will be no minimum GPA or GRE for selection, but the Graduate School requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70 on all undergraduate coursework attempted at a regionally accredited institute of higher education. The materials students submit for application to the PhD programs will also be used for evaluation for the IMSD Program. For
more information please contact Kristen Sterba at
kmsterba@uams.edu or 501-526-7396. IMSD Inaugural Class 2009 Billy
Thomas, MD |
