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Minority Access to Research Careers

Managing Agency U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/

Program Description

Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) offers special research training support to 4-year colleges, universities, and health professional schools with substantial enrollments of minorities such as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (including Alaska Natives), and natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands. The branch's goals are to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical research by strengthening the science curricula at minority-serving institutions and increasing the research training opportunities for students and faculty at these institutions.

General Program Requirements

Program trainees must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents.

Your Next Steps

The following information will lead you to the next steps to apply for this benefit.

Application Process

To apply for a grant from this program, please visit http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/applications.htm.

Program Contact Information

For more information on the MARC program, please visit http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/MARC/.