PROPEL: a scalable model for postbaccalaureate training to promote diversity in the biomedical workforce.

ABSTRACT: Promoting diversity in the scientific workforce is crucial for harnessing the potential of available talent and ensuring equitable access to Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEM-M) careers. We have developed an innovative program called Postbaccalaureate Research Opportunity to Promote Equity in Learning (PROPEL) that provides scientific and career development training for postbaccalaureate scholars from historically excluded backgrounds in STEM-M fields with an interest in pursuing a PhD or MD/PhD degree. Our program is distinct from other postbaccalaureate programs in that scholars are hired by individual labs rather than funded centrally by the program. This funding mechanism removes the idea that central funding is necessary to encourage faculty to train di

SUBMITTER: Allen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636342 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature