The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Branch offers special research training support to 4-year colleges, universities, and health professional schools with substantial enrollments of minorities such as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (including Alaska Natives), and natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands. The branch's goals are to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical research by strengthening the science curricula at minority-serving institutions and increasing the research training opportunities for students and faculty at these institutions.

MARC Program Components

• Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U*STAR) Awards
  • Policy Statement
  • Supplemental Instructions for Form PHS 398
  • Instructions for Administrative Supplements for Curricular Improvement
  • U*STAR Participating Institutions

• Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
  • New Receipt Date: MARC Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
  • PREP Participating Institutions
     
• Ancillary Training Activities
• New Receipt Dates: MARC Ancillary Training Activities Grant (T36)
   
• Predoctoral Fellowships
  • The Careers and Professional Activities of Former NIGMS Minority Access to Research Careers Predoctoral Fellows

• Faculty Predoctoral Fellowships

• Faculty Senior Fellowships

• Visiting Scientist Fellowships

• Frequently Asked Questions

For more information on MARC, contact Dr. Adolphus Toliver, MARC branch chief, at (301) 594-3900.