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The funding will be used for three new
programs including a two-week residential science camp for middle school-age students in
rural and Appalachian areas in Kentucky. Funding also will be available for 10 high school
juniors to spend the summer at UK as research apprentices.
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LEXINGTON, KY (July 28, 1999) – A $350,000
grant for new programs to educate students and adults in health sciences has been awarded
to the University of Kentucky Outreach Center for Science and Health Career Opportunities
by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The funding will be used for three new
programs including a two-week residential science camp for middle school-age students in
rural and Appalachian areas in Kentucky. The program will target eighth-grade students who
"aren’t necessarily geared toward science-oriented classes," said Don
Frazier, Ph.D., director of the Outreach Center. "We’re hoping to reach students
who may have shunned science in the past to see if we can spark an interest through new
and innovative programs."
Funding also will be available for 10 high school juniors to spend the summer at UK as
research apprentices.
A third phase of the program will be community-focused, Frazier said. "We will
begin offering three-day science camps for citizens from all backgrounds in communities in
rural and Appalachian areas. "As we continue to build enthusiasm for science and
health by visiting schools and motivating kids, it seems only natural to also work with
the communities."
The science camp and apprenticeship programs are slated to begin next summer and the
community science camps will begin as early as this fall, Frazier said.
The four-year awards totaling $12.7 million from HHMI were received by 35 biomedical
research institutions in 25 states for programs. |
