Welcome to the UPR-IPERT Program!

The UPR IPERT Program of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute at the University of Puerto Rico Cayey Campus existed during the period of 2017 - July 2022 with the objective that more university students at the undergraduate level in different disciplines and socioeconomic profiles expand their skills in topics biomedical research and areas related to health. The resources we share in this section were developed thanks to grant number R25GM121270 from the National Institutes of Health, a federal agency known by its acronym in English as the NIH and its institute, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). We have the collaboration of UPR Humacao and CienciaPR. The content is the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official position of NIH.

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The resources developed by UPR-IPERT include:

Virtual seminars (webinars) that address biomedical research topics, as well as ethical, social and environmental aspects that affect health.
Tools to prepare your professional development plan (PDP)
Online Research Certificates: 6 Virtual Modules
Resources to improve your skills as a mentor (for teachers)

Científicos Al Servicio: Transforming education by connecting students with local scientific talent

Submitted by Viviana S Flores-Rivera on 27 May 2025 - 5:44pm

San Juan, May 20, 2025 - More than 22,000 Puerto Rican students benefited from the Científicos Al Servicio program, an educational initiative of Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) that promotes the active participation of experts in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in science education in the country, in its virtual and on-site modality, culminated with great success in its most recent editions.

Role models and mentors in schools

L'Oreal Caribe and Ciencia Puerto Rico graduate 18 young women in their program For Girls In Science

Submitted by Viviana S Flores-Rivera on 27 May 2025 - 2:44pm

San Juan, Puerto Rico – L'Oréal Caribe and Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) celebrated the third graduation of the For Girls in Science program, an initiative that provides tools and academic mentoring to young women to gain admission to university programs in STEM. In this edition, 18 high school students successfully completed the program, which culminated in a graduation ceremony at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. This ceremony featured the special participation of Deborah Martorell, who will soon become the first meteorologist to travel to space, who shared a message about perseverance and vocation, encouraging young women to claim their space in science.

New CienciaPR board members make their debut

Submitted by Viviana S Flores-Rivera on 22 May 2025 - 4:19pm

Composed of leaders in science, engineering, entrepreneurship, and finance, five experts committed to the mission of Ciencia Puerto Rico have joined together to form the organization's new board of directors.

They are Jorge L. Colón, Angiemille Latorre, Kevin M. Alicea Torres, Nahir González and Cristina Grillasca, who will have a fiduciary role in protecting the mission and vision of our organization by providing strategic advice to ensure its continuity.

Girls Achieve Their Dream of Becoming Science Ambassadors

Submitted by Viviana S Flores-Rivera on 12 May 2025 - 6:23pm

Reaffirming Our Commitment to Science, Equity, and Inclusion

Submitted by Viviana S Flores-Rivera on 14 April 2025 - 4:17pm

To our beloved CienciaPR community:

Science plays a fundamental role in our well-being and quality of life. Innovation and research drive economic growth and generate solutions to social and environmental problems, among many others. Science education fosters critical thinking and creativity, and careers in these fields help break cycles of poverty and open doors to a wide range of job and leadership opportunities.

Abniel Machín de Jesús becomes new science education director

Submitted by Viviana S Flores-Rivera on 18 March 2025 - 2:48pm

Dr. Abniel Machín de Jesús' history with Ciencia Puerto Rico began a little more than a decade ago, when, before pursuing his master's degree and completing his first doctorate, he worked as a volunteer intern between 2013 and 2014.

Semillas de Triunfo launches second chapter in Connecticut

Submitted by Viviana S Flores-Rivera on 29 January 2025 - 4:06pm

CienciaPR's executive director Greetchen Díaz Muñoz always dreamed of growing Semillas de Triunfo, one of the organization's flagship programs, outside of Puerto Rico. This past Saturday, January 25, 2025, ten years after founding the program, her yearning to create seedbeds of student leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in other regions was fulfilled with the launch of the second chapter of Semillas de Triunfo in New Haven, Connecticut, known as Seeds of Success-New Haven.

Seeds of Success-New Haven is being conducted in collaboration with Yale University. It is being led there by Carolina Machado, project manager, and Giovanna Guerrero Medina, former executive director of CienciaPR and now a senior advisor to the organization.