Purpose: to promote and enhance biomedical research in Arkansas

Focus: Undergraduate institutions

INBRE Outreach Core

Purposes: 1) to provide fellowships and research

opportunities to undergraduate faculty and students at the INBRE Lead Institutions

2) to offer networking through an instate Annual Scientific Research Symposium

INBRE Outreach Core Core Director, R. Koeppe, PhD, UAF

Summer Research Fellowships • For undergraduate faculty & students

• 6 faculty research fellowships

• 16 student research fellowships

• 10-week summer program, May - July

2003 Summer Students

• Research conducted in a state-of-the-art lab at one of the lead institutions

• Research Day for student posters and faculty talks at end of program

Annual Research Symposium• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville• Open to undergraduate science/math majors & faculty• Every fall – Next one: October 15-16, 2010

Students select a research lab at a Lead Institution (UAMS, UALR, UArk)

Arkansas INBRE provides:

• Stipend• Housing/Travel Allowance• Research Supply Budget

Students agree to:

• Present a poster at Arkansas INBRE Research Day• Prepare a research paper

Mentored Student Fellowships

UAPB

ASULyon

UCA

Hendrix

JBU

OBU

UALR

UAMS

UAF

PSC

HSU

ATU

SAU UAM

Current Status of INBRE Summer Student FellowsGraduation

DateNumber

of Students

Number Attending Graduate School

Number Attending

Professional School

Employed Lost Contact

2002-2004 20 6 2 5 7

2005 17 6 9 2

2006 7 4 2 1

2007 14 4 4 3 3

2008 9 3 (2 applying) 3 1

2009 19

2010 (expected) 5

98 (91) 21 22 10 14

Contributing to the Pipeline

Arkansas INBRE Outcomes for Student Fellows in Last 5 Years

Current Status of INBRE-Supported Students in PUI LaboratoriesUndergraduate

Institution (2005-2009)

Number of

Students

Number Attending Graduate School

Number Attending

Professional School

Employed Number without

Tracking Data

Arkansas State U University

165 23 14 N.A. 21

Hendrix College 26 0 7 N.A. 19

John Brown U University

20 1 9 1

Lyon College 13 1 3 N.A. 4

Ouachita Baptist U University

38 4 14 N.A. 12

University of Central A Arkansas

6 24 N.A. 13

University of r Arkansas at Pine B Bluff

16 0 2 N.A. 7

347 35 73 N.A. 77

Contributing to the Pipeline

Arkansas INBRE Outcomes for Undergraduate Researchers in Last 5 Years

Mentored Faculty

Fellowships

Faculty & Mentor prepare a proposal

Arkansas INBRE provides:• Stipend• Housing/Travel Allowance • Research Supply Budget

Faculty agree to:• Build long-term relationship with mentor• Continue research in future years• Involve undergraduate students in

research

UAPB

ASULyon

UCA

Hendrix

JBU

OBU

Harding

HSU

ATU

Summer & Academic-Year Fellowships

Increased Research Funding To Undergraduate Faculty

Extramural Research Funding to INBRE Faculty Fellows

In last 5 years: 4 NSF grants, 5 R15, 1 R03, 1 USDA grant

• Some extramural funding directly to prior INBRE Fellows e.g., NIH R15 (AREA) grant to Tim Lindblom (Lyon College)

- renewed 2010 NSF grant to Andrea Duina (Hendrix College) - renewed 2010 USDA grant to John David Swanson (Univ of Central Arkansas)

• Some Fellows become Project Leaders and then obtain extramural funding

e.g., NSF grants to Barbara Clancy (Univ of Central Arkansas)

Partner Institutions

UAPB

ASU

LyonUCA

Hendrix

JBU

OBU

UALRUAMS

UAF

PSC

Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)

Arkansas State University

Hendrix College

John Brown University

Lyon College

Ouachita Baptist University

Philander Smith College

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

University of Central Arkansas

Lead Institutions: