About the Program: Texas Tech
University has received five grants (in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006)
from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Science
Education Program totaling $7.8 million dollars. TTU was the only Texas
institution to receive a grant in the 2002 competition, and is the only
Texas institution to receive continuous funding from HHMI. CISER is
primarily funded by the HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program. CISER,
in partnerships with the Region 17 Education Service Center (ESC), the Texas
High School Project, the TTU TSTEM Center, and the Noyce grant at TTU,
supports professional development activities for preservice and inservice
STEM teachers.