The Native Children’s Research Exchange (NCRE) brings together researchers studying child development from birth through emerging adulthood in Native communities. NCRE provides opportunities for the open exchange of information and ideas and for building collaborative relationships and disseminating knowledge about Native children’s development. Mentoring early career investigators and graduate students is central to NCRE’s mission.
The NCRE Scholars program provides career development support to early career investigators and late-stage graduate students interested in pursuing research on substance use and disorder and Native child and adolescent development. In the first 13 years of this program (2012-2025), NCRE Scholars has supported 38 Scholars, including 17 postdoctoral and 21 graduate student Scholars.
The NCRE Scholars program is supported by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R25DA050645 – Whitesell and Sarche, MPI and R25DA061492 – Ivanich and Sarche, MPI).