FIPSE Awards New Grant to Stanford Medical Youth Science Program for Stanford/FIPSE School-Based Science Initiative
Grant to fund outreach programs aimed at enhancing the education of low-income and minority high school students in science, health, medicine, and the college admission process.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Judith Ned, Ed.D., M.Ed.
Executive Director
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
MSOB, 251 Campus Drive, MC 5411
Stanford, CA 94305-5411
phone (650) 498-4514
fax (650) 725-6247
http://smysp.stanford.edu
Palo Alto, CA – October 2004 – The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) won a competitive national grant in the amount of $487,000 from the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), through its Comprehensive Program, the government agency announced.
This $487,000 grant will be used to fund the Stanford/FIPSE School-Based Science Initiative model. The Stanford/FIPSE School-Based Science Initiative activities begin in October and extend to August of 2007.
This grant will make it possible for even more minority and low-income students in northern and central California to receive the educational mentoring and college preparation work that SMYSP has delivered for more than 17 years.
“This type of enrichment program buys you a sense of community and trust,” says Dr. Winkleby, co-founder of SMYSP.”
The Stanford/FIPSE School-Based Science Initiative will include inquiry-based science, training on the scientific process, culturally relevant research projects, hospital and community-based internships, exposure to college life, interaction with health professionals, college and career advising, and long-term follow-up. The initiative will also promote dissemination efforts at Schools of Medicine and Public Health throughout the country.
“We are so pleased that FIPSE chose to recognize our program in this manner. We are proud of the tremendous achievements of our SMYSP students, and we know we can reach so many more with this grant,” said Judith Ned, SMYSP Executive Director.
SMYSP won the FIPSE grant, in part, because of its stunning track record. Since its inception in 1987, SMYSP has graduated more than 357 students from its hallmark summer program, and 95 percent of these at-risk students have been admitted to colleges or universities in the United States. Among those students who’ve graduated from college, 11 percent are attending or have completed medical school, and 21 percent are working professionals in health-related careers, and others are working in equally meaningful careers.
“Every year we assess our program and refine it where we need to. This grant is just proof that our hard work, and the hard work of our students, pays off. It feels great to be nationally recognized as an educational model,” Ned said.
FIPSE is a unit of the Department of Education, and its chief objective is to support innovative educational reform projects that have the potential to be national models for the improvement of post secondary education.
For information: http://smysp.stanford.edu or
Contact:
SMYSP Executive Director, Judith T. Ned, MA
phone (650) 498-4514
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