Congratulations to Dr. Shixia Huang (PI) and the BRITE program for securing the NIHR25 Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA, NIH and NIGMS), which provides $1,250,000 in funding over five years (2024-2029) for the BRITE teacher’s training program.
About BRITE: BRITE teachers training program provides biotechnology research hands-on training opportunities for middle and high school teachers. The teachers work with scientists side-by-side for three weeks in the Advanced Technology Cores at Baylor College of Medicine and the program engages scientist educators and STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) specialists to help teachers translate real-world research and science experiences into their classroom lessons.
