Survey of Programs Supporting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education
U.S. Government Accountability Office
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Program Objectives |
| Program | Subagency | Q13 - Attract and prepare students to pursue classes or coursework in STEM areas through formal or informal education activities | Q13 - Attract students to pursue degrees (2-year, 4-year, graduate, or doctoral degrees) in STEM fields through formal or informal education activities | Q13 - Provide training opportunities for undergraduate or graduate students in STEM fields | Q13 - Attract graduates to pursue careers in STEM fields | Q13 - Improve teacher (pre-service or in-service) education in STEM areas | Q13 - Improve or expand the capacity of K-12 schools or postsecondary institutions to promote or foster education in STEM fields | Q13 - Conduct research to enhance the quality of STEM education provided to students | Q13 - Other |
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| Health Careers Opportunity Program | Health Resources and Services Administration | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Public Health Traineeship Program | Health Resources and Services Administration | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not checked |
| Bridges to the Doctorate | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not checked |
| CCR/JHU Master of Science in Biotechnology Concentration in Molecular Targets and Drug Discovery Technologies | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective |
| Cancer Education Grants Program | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Cancer Research Interns | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Clinical Research Training Program | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not checked |
| Community College Summer Enrichment Program | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Curriculum Supplement Series | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Education Programs for Population Research (R25) | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective |
| Graduate Program Partnerships | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective |
| Initiative for Maximizing Student Development | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| MARC U-STAR NRSA Program | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Material Development for Environmental Health Curriculum | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective |
| NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective |
| NHLBI Minority Undergraduate Biomedical Education Program | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective |
| NIAID Science Education Awards | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| NIDDK Education Program Grants | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective |
| NIH Academy | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective |
| NIH Summer Research Experience Programs | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective |
| NINDS Diversity Research Education Grants in Neuroscience | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| NLM Institutional Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| National Cancer Institute Cancer Education and Career Development Program | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective |
| Office of Science Education K-12 Program | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Program | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not checked |
| RISE (Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement ) | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research | National Institutes of Health | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked | Secondary Objective | Not checked | Primary Objective | Not checked |
| Research Scientist Award for Minority Institutions | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Predoctoral Fellows, including Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups,Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grants**(T32, T35) | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective |
| Short Courses in Integrative and Organ Systems Pharmacology | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective |
| Short Courses on Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Tools for Studying Biological Systems | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Short Term Educational Experiences for Research (STEER) in the Environmental health Sciences for Undergraduates and High School Students | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research | National Institutes of Health | Secondary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Secondary Objective |
| Student Intramural Research Training Award Program | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Summer Genetics Institute | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Secondary Objective | Not an Objective |
| Technical Intramural Research Training Award | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
| Training in Neuroimaging: Integrating First Principles and Applications | National Institutes of Health | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not checked |
| Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds | National Institutes of Health | Not an Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Primary Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective | Not an Objective |
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