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 2009 APS-NIDDK K-12 Minority Outreach Fellows make a one-year commitment to the program to:

1)	Serve as a Physiologist-in-Residence at the APS Science Teaching Forum (July 20-26, 2009);
2)	Attend the 2009 Experimental Biology meetings 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 18-22, 2009, New Orleans, LA);
3)	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 2009-March 2010),
4)	Attend the 2009 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) meeting to talk with undergraduate students at the APS exhibit and present the APS awards to undergraduate students for their physiology research work (November 4-7, 2009, Phoenix, AZ), and
5)	Attend the 2010 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 24-28, 2010, Anaheim, CA).

What Does Outreach Fellowship Provide?

	Registration and travel costs for the 2009 and 2010 Experimental Biology meetings and the 2009 ABRCMS meeting;
	Travel costs for the 2009 Science Teaching Forum (no registration fee required);
	Travel costs, materials, and supplies for two visits to minority student classrooms.

Click here for application information.

K-12 Outreach Fellowship

2008 Fellow Info
Forms
- Classroom Visit Planner
- Resource Order
Working with the 2008 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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Awardees
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Biographies
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