HHMI announced on May 21, 2018 that it will suspend the EXROP program as of fall 2018
The Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP) aims to ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is prepared to assume leadership roles in science, including among college and university faculties responsible for developing the next generation of scientists. To do so, EXROP leverages the resources and expertise of HHMI’s Science and Science Education departments.
Since EXROP’s inception in 2003, 930 undergraduates from 175 colleges and universities have been matched with 243 HHMI investigators, professors, early career scientists, and Janelia group leaders. Two hundred sixty-five of the 555 EXROP alumni who have earned a baccalaureate degree have gone on to graduate programs (HHMI Web http://www.hhmi.org/developing-scientists/exceptional-research-opportunities-program-exrop).
NMSU-HHMI Research Scholars EXROP Participants 2006-2018
| Nomination Year | Name | Summer | Mentor | University |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Prisila Ramirez | 2018 | Vivian Cheung | University of Michigan |
| 2017 | Jocelyne Chavez | 2018 | Irving Epstein | Brandeis University |
| 2016 | Dante Avalos | 2017 | Michelle Wang | Cornell University, NY |
| 2016 | Eliana Griego | 2017 | Sue Biggins | Fred Hutch Center, WA |
| 2014 | Alejandra Lerma | 2015 | Zhe Li | Harvard Stem Cell Inst. at Brigham Women's Hospital, MA |
| 2014 | Lindsay Redman | 2015 | Stuart Schreiber | Harvard University, MA |
| 2013 | Vanessa Montoya | 2014 | Erol Fikrig | Yale University, CT |
| 2012 | Aspen Gutgsell | 2013 | Randall Moon | University of Washington, WA |
| 2010 | Kaitlin Norman | 2011 | Jim Collins | Boston University, MA |
| 2009 | Sarah Aguirre | 2010 | Leslie Leinwand | UC Boulder, CO |
| 2008 | Rachel Johnston | 2009 | Utpal Banerjee | UCLA, CA |
| 2006 | Jessica Guitierrez | 2007 | Michael Green | UMASS, MA |