UAB PREP Scholars Program

UAB PREP 学者计划

• 批准号: 10374114
• 负责人: Cristin F Gavin
• 金额: $ 35.62万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10374114
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Increasing the diversity of the biomedical workforce is an important national goal to which the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) contributes. With over $320 million of federally funded research, UAB is an ideal site for a program to prepare graduate students for careers in biomedical sciences. UAB is a comprehensive research university and medical complex, classified as “doctoral – very research intensive”. Its doctoral training programs encompass all major research areas, including substantial strengths in the biomedical sciences. UAB has an outstanding record of successful training for graduate students and a strong commitment to training doctoral students from diverse backgrounds. UAB has established several (currently active) programs to help both undergraduate students from underserved groups who aspire to doctoral careers and graduate students who need financial support to pursue graduate studies. Specifically, the UAB PREP Scholars Program (established in 2009) provides an additional pathway for a diverse pool of postbaccalaureate applicants to enter doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences. Some undergraduate students from underserved groups decide to pursue doctoral education too late in their college career, making them less competitive applicants that those that decide earlier. Others may have had limited opportunities to engage in high-quality research experiences due to limitations at their undergraduate institutions. The UAB PREP Scholars Program will provide these individuals with significant financial and academic support, research experience, and educational and professional development training to increase their competitiveness for entry into biomedical-related doctoral graduate programs at top-tier research institutions and ensure success in completing their Ph.D. degrees. Our overall goal for the UAB PREP Scholars Program is for 75% of participants to both enter and complete biomedical doctoral graduate programs. During the training period, scholars will work with their faculty mentors to develop an independent research project upon which they will spend 80% or more of their time. An individual development plan (IDP) will also be designed for each student to address any academic weaknesses that might affect their success in matriculating into doctoral graduate programs. In addition, extensive professional development training will be provided to the scholars to strengthen writing and quantitative skills, raise awareness for career options, develop presentation skills, discuss research ethics, and foster networking with peers at scientific meetings, such as the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Progress of scholars towards meeting the goals of their IDP will be monitored by regular meetings with PREP Directors and the research mentor.

增加生物医学劳动力的多样性是大学的重要国家目标 伯明翰（UAB）的阿拉巴马州贡献。 UAB拥有超过3.2亿美元的联邦资助研究，是理想的 为研究生准备生物医学科学职业的计划。 UAB是一个全面的 研究大学和医学综合体，被归类为“博士学位 - 非常研究密集”。它的博士培训 计划涵盖了所有主要研究领域，包括生物医学科学的实质优势。 UAB 为研究生成功培训有出色的记录，并且对培训的坚定承诺 来自潜水员背景的博士生。 UAB已经建立了几个（当前活跃的）计划来帮助 两位来自服务不足的小组的本科生都渴望从事博士职业和研究生 谁需要财政支持才能购买研究生学习。具体而言，UAB培训学者计划 （成立于2009年）为潜水后的后台申请提供了额外的途径 生物医学的博士课程。一些来自服务不足小组的本科生决定 在大学职业生涯中购买博士教育为时已晚，使他们少于竞争申请人 那早些时候决定。其他人可能有有限的机会参与高质量的研究经验 由于其本科机构的限制。 UAB培训学者计划将提供这些 具有大量财务和学术支持，研究经验以及教育和教育的个人 专业发展培训以提高他们进入生物医学相关博士的竞争力 顶级研究机构的研究生课程，并确保成功完成博士学位。学位。我们的 UAB Preverars计划的总体目标是让75％的参与者进入和完整的生物医学 博士研究生课程。在培训期间，学者将与他们的教师导师一起发展 他们将花费80％或更多时间的独立研究项目。个人发展 计划（IDP）还将为每个学生设计，以解决可能影响其他们的学术弱点 成熟到博士研究生课程方面的成功。此外，广泛的专业发展 将向学者提供培训，以增强写作和定量技能，提高对职业的认识 选项，发展演示技巧，讨论研究道德以及与同行的科学网络建立网络 会议，例如针对少数民族学生的年度生物医学研究会议。学者的进步 实现其IDP的目标将通过与Prep Directors的定期会议和 研究导师。