This four-year project is conducting the evaluation of the American Museum of Natural History’s Science Research Mentoring Program. It offers training in biological science technologies and systematics to high school students from populations currently underrepresented in the STEM fields. Systematics is the study of diversification of life on Earth and the relationship among species through time. The program includes preparatory courses, a summer institute, and yearlong individual projects supervised by working scientists.
EDC Project Director: Jackie DeLisi, Ed.D.
Duration: 2008–2012
Funder: National Science Foundation
Partner: EDC's Center for Children and Technology (CCT)
(EDC is a subcontractor on this project to American Museum of Natural History.)