UC Riverside MARC U Star Undergraduate Research Program

加州大学河滨分校 MARC U 星本科研究计划

• 批准号: 10160916
• 负责人: ERNEST MARTINEZ
• 金额: $ 50.87万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10160916
• 关键词: Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Caliber; California; Communities; Doctor of Philosophy; Generations; Goals; Grant; Institution; Laboratories; Leadership; Minority; Oral; Paper; Positioning Attribute; Program Development; Research; Research Proposals; Science; Societies; Solid; Students; Training; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Writing; base; career; community college; faculty mentor; high school; interest; minority student; outreach; programs; role model; undergraduate research; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student

Project Summary The University of California Riverside (UCR) is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation and is located in one of the most rapidly growing and diverse regions of the U.S. Most undergraduate students at UCR come from this region. Thus, there is a broad base of students from which to select and promote interest in a research career biomedically-related sciences. The main goal of the MARC U-STAR Program at UCR is to increase the number of underrepresented (UR) students pursuing PhD degrees and research careers in the biomedically-related sciences. This training grant provides a summer Pre-MARC Development Program (9-10 students/year) to increase the eligible pool of students for the 2-year Trainee Research Program (15 positions/year). The Objectives of the Program are: (1) Increase the number of UCR minority students majoring in the sciences who are qualified to become MARC U-STAR Trainees through outreach to local high schools and community colleges. (2) Increase the number of qualified Honors students who apply to the MARC Program by using freshman courses and discovery seminars, by synergizing with Honors and existing Minority programs on campus, and by engaging students in Pre-MARC undergraduate research before their sophomore year and stimulating their interest in a biomedical research career. (3) The core of the program is preparing the MARC Trainees for graduate studies in highly competitive research institutions. We will achieve this by immersing MARC Trainees in intensive cutting-edge research in laboratories of Faculty Mentors on campus during the academic year and in one other off-campus laboratory at a high-caliber research institution during one summer; we will also provide specific classes that will prepare the Trainees to think critically, to make scientific oral presentations, and to write scientific papers and research proposals. Guidance in applying to graduate programs will be provided. This will provide a solid basis for the trainees to enter and succeed in the most competitive graduate programs in the U.S. For the next 5-year period (2018-2023) we propose to train about 45 MARC students and to reach near 80% of graduated UCR Trainees entering high quality PhD or MD/PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. Relevance: This MARC U-STAR training grant will not only contribute to increase the number of Honors UR undergraduates who enter PhD Programs and continue on to scientific research careers and leadership positions, but should also have ripple effects that extend beyond this primary goal. The MARC Scholars will serve as role models in society and in the scientific community to inspire new generations and help break down discriminatory barriers.

项目摘要 加利福尼亚大学河滨大学（UCR）是美国最多样化的校园之一 它位于美国最迅速增长，最多样化的地区之一 UCR的本科生来自该地区。因此，有广泛的学生基础 从中选择和促进对研究职业生物医学相关的科学的兴趣。 UCR MARC U-Star计划的主要目标是增加数量 攻读博士学位和研究职业的学生代表性不足（UR） 与生物医学相关的科学。这项培训补助金提供了夏季前的开发 计划（9-10名学生/年），以增加2年学员的合格学生库 研究计划（15个职位/年）。该程序的目标是：（1）增加 有资格成为MARC的科学专业的UCR少数族裔学生人数 U-Star的学员通过向当地高中和社区大学推广。 （2）增加 使用新生申请MARC计划的合格荣誉学生人数 课程和发现研讨会，通过与荣誉和现有少数民族计划协同作用 校园，并通过吸引学生在学前教育前研究 大二一年，并激发了他们对生物医学研究生涯的兴趣。 （3） 该计划正在为MARC学员准备高度竞争研究的研究生学习 机构。我们将通过将MARC学员沉浸在密集的尖端来实现这一目标 学年对校园教师导师实验室的研究，其中一个 一个夏天，在高质量研究机构的其他校外实验室；我们将 还提供特定的课程，使学员们批判性思考，使科学 口头演讲，并撰写科学论文和研究建议。申请指导 将提供研究生课程。这将为受训者进入 并在接下来的5年中成功获得美国最具竞争力的研究生课程 （2018-2023）我们建议培训大约45名MARC学生，并达到毕业的近80％ 在生物医学科学中，UCR学员进入了高质量的博士学位或MD/PHD计划。 相关性：这项MARC U-Star培训赠款不仅将有助于增加 进入博士学位课程并继续科学的荣誉本科生的荣誉人数 研究职业和领导职位，但也应该具有延伸的连锁反应 超出了这个主要目标。马克学者将在社会和 科学界激发新一代，并有助于打破歧视性障碍。