The Howard Hughes Medical Institute selected MU to receive a $1 million, five-year grant in support of the Inclusive Excellence Initiative.
The grant will help MU and 32 other colleges engage all students in science, regardless of their background. Participating students could include ethnic minorities, first-generation students and adults with families.
The initiative "promotes leadership in science education through peer-reviewed grants competitions for four-year colleges and universities," according to the institute's website.
“The University of Missouri will transform instructional, institutional and undergraduate experiences for students across the natural sciences through intensive community building and partnering efforts,” said Marcelle Siegel, associate professor of science education in the MU College of Education and College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and the principal investigator on the project, in a news release. “MU’s efforts to strengthen science education will provide a powerful model for institutions nationally.”
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