Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University

卡内基梅隆大学生物科学本科生的研究经历

• 批准号: 9912260
• 负责人: Robert Murphy
• 金额: $ 19.4万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-04-15 至 2003-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9912260&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Experiences; Undergraduates; Biological; Sciences

ABSTRACT Murphy, Robert F. Proposal # DBI-9912260Since 1987, the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University has offered a Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) with support from the REU Program of the National Science Foundation. Since 1989, the SURP has also been supported by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 1998 and 1999, the program was expanded again to include participants supported by the Beckman Scholars Program and a Computational Biology and Chemistry program underwritten by the Merck Company Foundation. The REU program is run each summer and provides intensive, individualized research experiences in molecular biology and genetics, cell and developmental biology, biochemistry and biophysics. All participants must be United States citizens or permanent residents and must be in their sophomore or junior year at the time of application. The REU program is primarily aimed at students from small colleges and universities that do not have extensive research opportunities. Students from groups underrepresented in the sciences are especially encouraged to apply. Participants in the program receive a stipend of $3,000, free University housing, and reimbursement for reasonable travel costs. The core of the program is an individual research project carried out under the supervision of one of the participating faculty. The scientific progf am includes research presentations by faculty, presentations and discussion by students of articles from the scientific literature, sessions on career options and scientific ethics, and a concluding symposium in which all students present the results of their research. Students receive tf aining in creating sophisticated computerized presentations and receive a video tape of their presentation at the end of the program. In addition to the scientific program, students participate in a variety of other activities, including the annual Department whitewater rafting trip.ABSTRACT Jocelyn Spragg Proposal # DBI - 9912216The Division of Medical Sciences is the part of Harvard University that supervises Ph.D. training programs of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for students who are engaged in basic biological research in laboratories on the Medical School campus. The Division submits this proposal for a 10-week summer research program for undergraduate students to participate in research projects in the field of cellular and molecular biology. Funds are requested for 10 students each year for three years. Participants will be recruited from a nation-wide pool, with particular emphasis on recruiting students who are interested in careers in biological research and on recruiting qualified minority students and women. In addition to their research projects, students participate in a weekly studentfaculty research discussion seminar series at which they teach each other about their projects, and in a weekly career development series, which covers such topics as choosing graduate programs, completing successful applications, and interviewing. Three sessions each summer are devoted to discussions of ethical issues in biological sciences.Students also participate in a peer advising/mentoring program with current graduate students and are provided additional opportunities to meet other majority and minority research faculty and graduate students in both academic and social settings. These opportunities are provided by the program, by the individual research groups, and through living in housing on the Medical School campus. Students receive a stipend, housing, travel to and from the program, and emergency illness and accident health insurance. Several mechanisms of formative and summative evaluation are employed. As part of a developing network, program alumni will receive twice-yearly newsletters, contact information about each other, and open access to continued advising and counseling by the program director and their individual research advisors.

摘要Murphy，Robert F.提案＃DBI-9912260SINCE，1987年，卡内基·梅隆大学的生物科学系在国家科学基金会的REU计划的支持下为夏季的本科研究计划（SELP）提供了一项夏季的本科研究计划（SELP）。 自1989年以来，Surp也得到了霍华德·休斯医学院的赠款的支持。 在1998年和1999年，该计划再次扩展，包括贝克曼学者计划支持的参与者以及由默克公司基金会承保的计算生物学和化学计划。 REU计划每年夏天都会运行，并提供分子生物学和遗传学，细胞和发育生物学，生物化学和生物物理学的密集，个性化的研究经验。 所有参与者必须是美国公民或永久居民，并且必须在申请时处于大二或大三的年龄。 REU计划主要针对来自没有广泛研究机会的小型大学和大学的学生。 特别鼓励来自科学中人数不足的小组的学生申请。 该计划的参与者将获得3,000美元的津贴，免费的大学住房，并报销合理的旅行费用。 该计划的核心是在一位参与教师的监督下进行的一个个人研究项目。 科学的Progf AM包括教师的研究演讲，来自科学文献中文章的学生的演讲和讨论，有关职业选择和科学伦理学的会议以及所有学生在其中介绍其研究结果的结论专题讨论会。 学生在创建复杂的计算机演示文稿时获得TF Aining，并在计划结束时收到演示文稿的录像带。 除了科学计划外，学生还参加了许多其他活动，包括年度部门Whitewater漂流旅行。AbstractJocelyn Spragg提案＃DBI -9912216 The Medical Sciences部门是哈佛大学的一部分，是监督Ph.D. Ph.D.的哈佛大学的一部分。为在医学院校园实验室从事基本生物学研究的学生的艺术与科学研究生培训课程。 该部门将此提案提交了为期10周的夏季研究计划，供本科生参与细胞和分子生物学领域的研究项目。 每年需要10名学生为三年的学生提供资金。 参与者将从全国范围内的游泳池中招募，特别是招募对生物学研究和招募合格少数民族学生和女性感兴趣的学生。 除研究项目外，学生还参加了每周的学生养殖研究讨论研讨会系列，他们在其中互相教授有关自己的项目的知识，并在每周的职业发展系列中，涵盖了选择研究生课程，完成成功的申请和面试等主题。 每年夏天，三个课程都致力于讨论生物科学中的道德问题。学生还与现任研究生一起参加了同伴建议/指导计划，并提供了其他机会，以与其他多数和少数族裔研究教师以及学术和社会环境中的其他多数和少数族裔研究生结识。 这些机会由该计划，各个研究小组以及通过医学院校园的住房提供。 学生将获得津贴，住房，往返计划，以及紧急疾病和事故健康保险。 采用了形成性和总结性评估的几种机制。 作为开发网络的一部分，计划校友将获得每年两次的新闻通讯，相互联系的信息，并开放访问计划主管及其个人研究顾问的继续咨询和咨询。