MARC at the University of California Santa Barbara

加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校 MARC

• 批准号: 10406266
• 负责人: Songi Han
• 金额: $ 34.39万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10406266
• 关键词: Address; American; Awareness; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; California; Common Good; Communities; Degree program; Doctor of Philosophy; Elements; Environment; Faculty; Goals; Hispanic; Hispanic-serving Institution; Infrastructure; Institution; Internships; Leadership; Mentors; Modeling; NCI Scholars Program; Phase; Postdoctoral Fellow; Research; Research Personnel; STEM field; STEM student; Scholarship; Science; Series; Students; Training; Universities; career; community based service; disadvantaged student; experience; graduate student; innovation; interest; matriculation; outreach; peer networks; programs; service learning; skills; social cohesion; success; symposium; undergraduate student

PROJECT SUMMARY We propose a multi-tiered Maximizing Access to Research Careers at the University of California Santa Barbara (MARC- UCSB) program that continues the successes of our current MARC program and increases retention and matriculation into PhD and MD/PhD programs of all undergraduates (but especially underrepresented [UR] and disadvantaged students) interested in pursuing careers in biomedical research. Nationwide, and at UC Santa Barbara, the greatest loss of UR students from STEM fields occurs during the first two years. Consequently, the first phase of the MARC-UCSB program will begin with a series of engagement points for MARC–eligible students that stimulate new points of entry into research and scientific community, and integrate into existing infrastructure at UCSB. These engagement points will include: gateway classroom outreach and early research experience; a mentoring network of peers, graduate students/postdoctoral scholars, and faculty; and an introduction to research course called the “Practice of Science.” As they build community and increase awareness of various research and career opportunities, students will be prepared to further develop as researchers through the next phase of MARC-UCSB: the two-year MARC Scholars program, and accompanying MARC Affiliate initiatives. Ten motivated students will be selected as MARC Scholars each year. In addition to acquiring extensive research experience, they will grow their leadership skills through various professional opportunities such as presenting at conferences, serving as mentors for lower division students, and developing a team-based community service project in the service-learning course “Science for the Common Good”. Although 50 students will receive MARC scholarships, an additional ~100 MARC-Affiliates will be impacted by our activities and will be well-prepared to apply for other synergistic research internship programs and eventually to advanced degrees and careers in biomedical research. Underpinning this Scholar retention and success will be a suite of faculty and graduate student/postdoc mentor training initiatives integrated into developing infrastructure to impact the training landscape for sustained impact. Through the MARC-UCSB program our long-term goals are to: a) enhance an institutional culture where students are immersed into a cohesive social, academic, and research community that nurtures their success from an early stage; b) cultivate students’ confidence and skills to enable them to matriculate into and succeed in top advanced degree programs; and c) grow and maintain an institutional culture of mentoring excellence to create a more inclusive environment for our entire STEM campus community. We propose a three-pronged approach to achieve this that will: 1) apply “proposed innovations” to meet our objectives and address challenges in our current program, 2) expand “best practice elements” that have been core features of our current successes, and 3) leverage “synergistic infrastructure” from institutional elements that will contribute to achieving MARC-UCSB objectives. As the first of only three in the Association of American Universities (AAU) to reach Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) status, UCSB is on a short list of prominent research-intensive institutions serving a large number of Hispanic undergraduates. As such, we will have many eligible applicants to PhD and MD/PhD programs and success of this program will serve as a model for other similar R-1 institutions.

项目概要 我们建议在加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校 (MARC- UCSB）计划延续了我们当前 MARC 计划的成功，并提高了保留率和入学率 所有本科生的博士和医学博士/博士课程（尤其是代表性不足的 [UR] 和弱势学生） 对在全国范围内从事生物医学研究感兴趣，而在加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校，是 UR 的最大损失。 来自 STEM 领域的学生在前两年进行考试，MARC-UCSB 项目的第一阶段将进行。 首先为符合 MARC 资格的学生提供一系列参与点，激发新的研究切入点 科学界，并融入 UCSB 的现有基础设施。这些参与点将包括： 网关。 课堂推广和早期研究经验；同行、研究生/博士后的指导网络； 学者和教师；以及名为“科学实践”的研究课程简介。 并提高对各种研究和职业机会的认识，学生将为进一步发展做好准备 研究人员通过 MARC-UCSB 的下一阶段：为期两年的 MARC 学者计划以及随附的 MARC 每年，十名积极主动的学生将被选为 MARC 学者。 研究经验，他们将通过各种专业机会（例如演讲）来提高领导技能 在会议上担任低年级学生的导师，并开发基于团队的社区服务项目 尽管 50 名学生将获得 MARC 奖学金，但 另外约 100 个 MARC 附属机构将受到我们活动的影响，并将做好充分准备申请其他协同 研究实习计划，并最终获得生物医学研究的高级学位和职业生涯。 学者的保留和成功将是一系列教师和研究生/博士后导师培训计划的整合 通过 MARC-UCSB 计划开发基础设施以影响培训环境，从而产生持续影响。 我们的长期目标是：a) 增强一种制度文化，让学生沉浸在有凝聚力的社会中， b) 培养学生的自信心； 使他们能够入读顶尖高级学位课程并取得成功的技能，以及 c) 成长和维持； 卓越指导的制度文化，为整个 STEM 校园创造更具包容性的环境 我们提出了一个三管齐下的方法来实现这一目标：1）应用“拟议的创新”来满足我们的要求。 目标并解决我们当前计划中的挑战，2）扩展核心的“最佳实践要素” 我们当前成功的特点，以及 3）利用制度要素中的“协同基础设施”， 为实现 MARC-UCSB 目标做出贡献 作为美国大学协会 (AAU) 仅有的三个目标中的第一个。 为了达到西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI) 地位，加州大学圣巴巴拉分校 (UCSB) 跻身于服务于西班牙裔的著名研究密集型机构的短名单之列。 因此，我们将有许多符合条件的博士和医学博士/博士课程申请者。 该计划的成功将为其他类似的 R-1 机构树立榜样。