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Corey Smith

University of North Dakota, ND·Education Research

In a sparsely populated, largely rural state, how can undergraduates get hands-on experience in biomedical research? North Dakota has about 755,000 residents spread over nearly 69,000 square miles.

Fields

Education Research

Medicine & Clinical Research

Biology

Topics

undergraduate research

biomedical research training

IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence

Grants
1 known grant, through Apr 2031

What they work on

  1. Provide on-campus biomedical research opportunities for undergraduates at North Dakota's primarily undergraduate institutions, serving as a pathway into health research careers.
  2. Strengthen science and technology knowledge in North Dakota's workforce through statewide undergraduate research training in the ND INBRE network.
  3. Build research capacity for faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students at partner institutions, including continued investment in research infrastructure.

More about the research

Thirty-six of its 53 counties are federally designated "Frontier Counties", with fewer than six people per square mile. As a result, its higher education system once offered undergraduates very few chances to do biomedical research. The grant listed here is the Data Science Core of the North Dakota INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence), a statewide network based at the University of North Dakota. The abstract describes the overall network's goals and record rather than a specific research question.

Why it matters

The network gives students in rural, frontier North Dakota access to biomedical research they would otherwise lack. It feeds graduates into medical school, PhD programs and the healthcare workforce. It also builds lasting research infrastructure and capacity at the state's colleges and universities.

Known grants

From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.

Data Science Core

NIH · Sep 2001 – Apr 2031

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Sheridan McNeil

North Dakota State University, ND·Education Research

Connect researchers spread across North Dakota through interdisciplinary research networks linking universities, regional colleges, and tribal colleges.

Roberto Flores

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Identify best practices from successful model institutions for building and sustaining partnerships between primarily undergraduate institutions and industry.

Michael Warnock

University of St Thomas, MN·Education Research

Test whether targeted initiatives in research administration infrastructure can move a primarily undergraduate institution's grants office from a developing to a mature phase, assessing needs, implementing solutions and measuring effectiveness at the University of St. Thomas.

The school

University of North Dakota: 5 labs on PI Pages, $197M a year on research, 112 research doctorates a year.

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