Evaluation
The NIH may request information essential to an assessment of the effectiveness of this program from databases and from participants themselves. Participants may be contacted after the completion of this award for periodic updates on various aspects of their employment history, publications, support from research grants or contracts, honors and awards, professional activities, and other information helpful in evaluating the impact of the program.Within ten years of making awards under this program, NIH will assess the program’s overall outcomes, gauge its effectiveness in enhancing diversity, and consider whether there is a continuing need for the program.
Upon the completion of this evaluation, NIH will determine whether to:
- Continue the program as currently configured.
- Continue the program with modifications.
- Discontinue the program.
Undergraduate Trainees
- Successful completion of an undergraduate degree in a STEM field.
- Pending application for and/or enrollment in an advanced degree program in a STEM field.
- Subsequent participation in a formal research training or career development program in a STEM field.
- Subsequent participation in research or employment in a STEM field.
- Authorship of scientific publications in a STEM field.
Graduate Students
- Successful completion of a STEM graduate program.
- Subsequent participation in a formal research training or career development program in a STEM field.
- Subsequent participation in research or employment in a STEM field.
- Authorship of scientific publications in a STEM field.
- Subsequent independent research grant support from NIH or another source.
Postdocs & Early Career Investigators
- Subsequent participation in a formal research training or career development program in a STEM field.
- Subsequent participation in research or employment in a STEM field.
- Authorship of scientific publications in a STEM field.
- Subsequent independent research grant support from NIH or another source.