American Physiological Society Minority Programs: K-12 Minority Outreach Fellowship Overview

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Do you want to...?

	Improve your teaching skills at all levels?
	Reach out to the next generation of minority scientists?
	Participate in outreach activities to K-12 students and teachers?
	Become more comfortable talking about physiology careers?

If so, consider applying to be an APS K-12 Minority Outreach Fellow. This program seeks to foster communication between minority graduate and postdoctoral students and middle/high school minority life sciences students. Program activities include year-long outreach fellowships for senior graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to visit K-12 classrooms, help conduct teacher professional development workshops, and attend scientific meetings. The fellowship is supported by a grant from the National Institute Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (Grant # R13 DK39306).

What Do Outreach Fellows Do?
The 2011 APS-NIDDK K-12 Minority Outreach Fellows make a one-year commitment to the program to:

1)	Attend the 2011 Experimental Biology meeting at the start of their fellowship year to learn about outreach techniques and activities as well as participating in the scientific meeting and Minority Travel Fellows Program (April 9-13, 2011, Washington, D.C.);
2)	Arrange and carry out two visits to minority student classrooms in the course of the year to do both career presentations and hands-on activities (April 2011-March 2012),
3)	Attend either the 2011 SACNAS National Conference (October 27-30; San Jose, CA) or Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS; dates and location TBD) to talk with undergraduate students at the APS exhibit and present the APS awards to undergraduate students for their physiology research work, and
4)	Attend the 2012 Experimental Biology meeting at the end of their fellowship year to help conduct outreach activities for teachers and students as well as participating in the scientific meeting and Minority Travel Fellows Program (April 21-25, 2012, San Diego, CA).

What Does Outreach Fellowship Provide?

	Registration and travel costs for the 2011 and 2012 Experimental Biology meetings and the 2011 ABRCMS or SACNAS meeting;
	Travel costs, materials, and supplies for two visits to minority student classrooms.

Click here for application information.

K-12 Outreach Fellowship

Forms
- Classroom Visit Planner
- Resource Order
Working with the Frontiers in Physiology Research Teachers
EB
ABRCMS
SACNAS

Contact

Marsha Matyas, Ph.D.
Director of Education
301-634-7132

Brooke Bruthers
Minority Programs
Coordinator
301-634-7226

APS Education Office

About the Program
The APS K-12 Minority Outreach Fellowship seeks to foster communication between minority graduate and postdoctoral students and middle/high school minority life sciences students. Click here for more>>

Application Info
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