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鈥淲e鈥檙e constantly seeing proof that we do have value in the science field and we can achieve all of these amazing things. It鈥檚 really motivating.鈥�

Madison Kennedy is one of six 色情视频 students this year to win a highly prized National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship to help fund her doctoral studies at the University of Washington.

As an 色情视频 undergraduate, she worked in professor Christal Sohl鈥檚 chemistry research lab; studied alongside a diverse group of peers; and learned from guest lectures by underrepresented scientists who attended 色情视频 as undergraduates before going on to succeed in highly competitive graduate programs.

Gradually, Kennedy came to see a future in research as a real possibility.

鈥淚t鈥檚 encouraging to see all these students who come from underrepresented backgrounds achieving so much,鈥� said Kennedy, a chemistry major who, as an undergraduate, researched a protein that holds promise for targeted drug therapy. 鈥淲e鈥檙e constantly seeing proof that we do have value in the science field and we can achieve all of these amazing things. It鈥檚 really motivating.鈥�

Kennedy is one of six 色情视频 students this year to win a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship to help fund her doctoral studies. Three of those recipients, including Kennedy, participated in 色情视频鈥檚 Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, which supports students from underrepresented groups as they pursue STEM Ph.D.s and research careers.

色情视频鈥檚 MARC program and the (IMSD), a similar initiative, have supported and funded diversity in undergraduate STEM fields at 色情视频 for decades. In fact, two-thirds of the NSF fellowships awarded to 色情视频 students in the past five years went to students in these two programs.

Participants must be low-income, from an underrepresented minority population, first-generation college students, veterans, underrepresented in their field (such as females in engineering) or have a disability to participate in the programs, which are both funded by the National Institutes of Health.

MARC has supported 133 students in its 28-year history at 色情视频, and 90 of them ultimately received fellowships to help fund their graduate education. Student participants have written or contributed to more than 60 published academic papers.

Most notably, in the last four years, every graduating senior involved in MARC matriculated into doctoral programs, and roughly 90 percent of IMSD students have been accepted to graduate school.

MARC is designed for juniors and seniors and accepts five high-achieving students per graduating class. Participants receive tuition scholarships, and stipends for research activities, supplies, travel, and housing. Meanwhile, IMSD accepts about 25 sophomores, juniors or seniors each year and participants receive hourly wages for their research time.

MARC and IMSD students are required to participate in a research lab, present their work at 色情视频鈥檚 annual , attend research-related conferences in their field, and apply to graduate school. They also attend workshops on succeeding as a minority in STEM fields, take courses on ethics and scientific writing and are encouraged to study together on campus.

Both programs have a community feel to them, said Thelma Chavez, the MARC鈥檚 coordinator.

鈥淲e try to make the students feel like they can do this, and they lean on each other and lean on us,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 like a family for them.鈥�

Elena Arroyo, a graduating physics major who is a MARC participant and NSF fellowship recipient, said the classes and workshops are 鈥渆mpowering鈥� and a tremendous help in the lengthy and difficult process of applying for the NSF Fellowship.

鈥淚t really prepared me mentally to achieve my goals,鈥� said Arroyo, whose research as an undergraduate examined phages, the viruses that attack bacteria.

鈥淎pplying to the NSF is overwhelming鈥攖he whole process through, from the time you start it to the time you submit it, and even when you're waiting to hear back,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut I was definitely prepared for the process, and going through it with the other MARC students really helped.鈥�