Milestones

1999

Provost Peter Nathan applies for the NIH IMSD (Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity) undergraduate training grant; creates the Iowa Biosciences Advantage Program alias.

2006

IBA partners with thirteen other student development programs and academic departments on campus to design and implement a new retention program for minority students at the University of Iowa called The Iowa Edge.

2011

The Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, referred to as IINSPIRE LSAMP, is established. IINSIPRE LSAMP is an NSF LSAMP alliance among sixteen two-year and four-year colleges and universities working together to broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the Midwest.

2013

IBA partners with the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences at the

University of Iowa to develop an undergraduate certificate in translational science.

2013

IBA offers the first 8-week seminar series designed to train research mentors called “Entering Mentoring”.

2014

The UI LSAMP program, which operates as part of the IINSIPRE LSAMP alliance, graduates its first interns.

2015

A request to change from “iowa biosciences advantage” to “Iowa Biosciences Academy” is approved by NIH.

2015

Latham Fellows Program is established and the first cohort of fellows are identified.

2019

Science Alliance Program is created.

2020

Peer Mentoring Program is created.

2021

The NIH MARC grant is funded which will replace the NIH IMSD training program.

2022

Iowa Biosciences Academy shifts to Iowa Sciences Academy to become the umbrella for a cadre of programs that support student success in the sciences.