Project SucSEED formerly Project SEED

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Project Suc-SEED(formerly Project SEED)

• Kenneth A. Cutler, Director

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Mission Statement

• Our mission is to recruit, support, and
  encourage, talented disadvantaged high school
  students to pursue professional and/or terminal
  degrees in Chemistry, Chemistry-related science
  disciplines, or the sciences, by providing the
  most comprehensive scientific research internship
  experience possible. We define disadvantaged as
• students from households with a low- family
  income as defined by the ACS, or
• students from minorities historically
  underrepresented in Chemistry and
  Chemistry-related fields (African-Americans,
  Hispanic and Native Americans), or
• first generation of the household to attend
  college, or
• students from low-performing schools or
  low-performing school systems

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Program Effectiveness and Outcomes

• Approximately 100 students (70 during the last
  five years)
• 91 attend college (100 during last five years)
• 82 majored in SMET (during last five years)
• 67 majored in Chemistry or
• Chemistry-related field (during last five
  years)
• 77 on full or partial scholarships(last five
  years)
• 36 National Awards in Science
• 9 African-American Siemens Westinghouse
  Semi-Finalists
• 2 Sigma Xi National First Place
• 1 Phi Beta Kappa
• 12 or more Meyerhoff Scholars
• 8 in Doctoral programs (2x in next three years)
• Dr. Ticora Jones-first to cross the finish line

Ticora Jones, Ph.D
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Challenges Faced

• Recruiting and Retaining Preceptors
• Securing Funding
• Government Grant Stipulations Restrictions
• Sustaining Funding
• Securing Facilities

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What you Would Do DifferentlyIf You Did it Again

• Have Higher Student Expectations
• Recruit Talented Disadvantaged Students
• Scientists teach Science-
• We
  Mentor/Coach
• Secure Grants for Staffing
• Especially a Secretary
• Secure Facilities
• Use University Deans and Chairs

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For More Information

• Project Suc-SEED
• Kenneth Cutler, Project Director
• CIIT-Centers for Health Research
• 6 Davis Drive
• Research Triangle Park, NC
• [phone]
• ncprojectseed_at_ciit.org