Assessment of Nih Minority Research Training Programs Phase 3

This report provides an assessment of NIHrs"s programs for increasing the participation in biomedical science of individuals from underrepresented minority groups. The report examines, using available data and the results of a survey of NIH trainees, the characteristics and outcomes of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and junior faculty levels. The report provides recommendations for improving these programs and their administration. It also recommends how NIH can improve the data it collects on trainees in all NIH research training programs so as to enhance training program evaluation.Board on Higher Education and Workforce Staff is the author of 'Assessment of Nih Minority Research Training Programs Phase 3' with ISBN 9780309095754 and ISBN 0309095751.