Alejandro has been awarded through the Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program of the UCI Minority Science Programs (MSP) at the UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences. MARC is an institutional training grant, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that seeks to increase the number of underrepresented minority researchers pursuing Ph.D. degrees and careers in biomedical research. This is an honors program for a limited number of outstanding students; only around 640 students in United States are MARC scholars. MARC supports undergraduate junior and senior honor students majoring in the sciences with an expressed interest in a career in biomedical research and intentions to pursue graduate education leading to a Ph.D.
This award will enable Alejandro to focus on his research as he advances in his studies at UCI. Thank you MARC, it’s well deserved for this highly motivated young researcher!