MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research Program at Old Dominion University

奥多米尼恩大学 MARC 本科生学术研究项目培训

基本信息

批准号：
10412031
负责人：
Alvin Anderson Holder
金额：
$ 33.9万
依托单位：
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-06-01 至 2024-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10412031
关键词：
Address Admission activity Advisory Committees Awareness Behavioral Behavioral Research Behavioral Sciences Biochemistry Biological Sciences Biomedical Research CCL7 gene Chemistry Computer software Critical Thinking Doctor of Philosophy Education Enrollment Exposure to Faculty Feedback Fellowship Funding GRE Preparation Institution Instruction Journals Laboratories Leadership Letters Literature Manuscripts Mentors Minority Groups Pathway interactions Peer Review Psychology Research Research Training STEM field STEM research Science Students Training Training Programs Underrepresented Minority United States National Institutes of Health Universities Virginia Work Writing broadening participation research career college computer science faculty research graduate school preparation improved laboratory equipment member programs responsible research conduct skills student training success summer research symposium undergraduate research undergraduate student underrepresented minority student

项目摘要

Project Summary Old Dominion University (ODU) is a research intensive university located in Southeastern Virginia. It enrolls about 20,000 undergraduate (UG) students with approximately 33% from underrepresented minority (URM) groups including a large number in the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computer Science, and Psychology. The ODU MARC program proposes to address the critical issue of low enrollment of URM students in Ph.D. programs after graduation. This program will be the first at ODU: (i) for broadening participation in STEM fields that is NIH-funded; (ii) that specifically targets to increase URM UG students in STEM research; and (iii) that specifically targets increasing the number of URM UG students who go onto doctoral programs and careers in biomedical/behavioral sciences research. The specific program aims are: (a) to build a strong pool of potential MARC trainees (pre-MARC students) in the ODU MARC departments to enhance their education and to improve their awareness of research careers, opportunities, and pathways in STEM disciplines and (b) to implement a research training program for URM juniors and seniors. The program is characterized by: (1) sustained faculty research mentoring and academic advisement, (2) thorough training in responsible conduct of research, (3) exposure to and training in quantitative/computational skills needed for admission to competitive graduate Ph.D. programs, (4) engagement in ODU faculty research programs throughout the junior and senior academic years, and (5) participation in an intensive summer research program with external biomedical and behavioral research collaborators. The program includes an extensive set of pre-MARC activities for freshmen and sophomores to prepare then to enter the MARC program. Apart from intensive research training, MARC trainee activities will include advanced instruction in software, programming, and laboratory equipment, critical thinking, literature analysis, writing skills, GRE preparation, graduate school preparation, and how to successfully compete for graduate fellowship targeted specifically toward application to biomedical and behavioral Ph.D. programs. MARC trainees will also receive intensive training in presentation skills and scientific writing, ultimately resulting in presentation of their work at national conferences, as well as submission of manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals. MARC trainees will perform their research in the laboratories of ODU mentors, as well as in laboratories of external collaborators. Strong institutional support for the ODU MARC program is demonstrated through the letters of support from the Provost, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Sciences, and Chairs of MARC departments, with significant financial commitment from the institution to maximize the chances of success of the program. The Program Director will share administrative leadership responsibilities with a Co-Director, the Director of Undergraduate Research, and three additional departmental liaison faculty members and will benefit from the oversight and feedback from a well-constituted Advisory Committee.

项目摘要 Old Dominion University（ODU）是位于弗吉尼亚州东南部的一所研究密集大学。它招募约20,000名本科生（UG）学生，约有33％的人数不足的少数民族（URM）包括生物科学部门，化学和生物化学部门的大量组，包括大量组计算机科学和心理学。 ODU MARC计划提议解决低点的关键问题 URM学生的招生博士学位毕业后的计划。该程序将是ODU的第一个程序：（i）扩大了NIH资助的STEM领域的参与；（ii）专门针对提高URM UG的目标 STEM研究的学生；（iii）专门针对增加的UG学生人数在生物医学/行为科学研究中进行博士课程和职业。具体计划的目的是：（a）建立强大的潜在MARC受训者（MARC前学生）在ODU MARC部门，以增强他们的教育并提高他们对研究职业的认识，机会和STEM学科的途径以及（b）为URM实施研究培训计划大三和前辈。该计划的特征是：（1）持续的教师研究指导和学术建议，（2）全面培训负责任的研究，（3）接触和培训竞争激烈的研究生博士学位所需的定量/计算技能程序，（4）参与在整个初中和高级学年的ODU教师研究计划中，以及（5）参加与外部生物医学和行为研究合作者进行的密集夏季研究计划。这节目包括针对新生和大二学生准备的一系列大量MARC活动，然后进入 MARC计划。除了深入研究培训外，MARC培训生的活动还将包括高级软件，编程和实验室设备，批判性思维，文献分析，写作技巧， GRE准备，研究生院的准备以及如何成功竞争研究生奖学金专门针对应用生物医学和行为博士学位。程序。马克学员也将接受演讲技巧和科学写作的深入培训，最终导致他们的演讲在国家会议上工作，并向同行评审期刊提交手稿。马克学员将在ODU导师的实验室以及外部合作者的实验室中进行研究。通过支持书证明了对ODU MARC计划的强大机构支持来自教务长，学术事务副教务长，科学学院的院长和马克主席部门，从该机构进行巨大的财务承诺，以最大程度地提高成功的机会该程序。计划主任将与联合导演分担行政领导责任本科研究主任和另外三名部门联络员教职员工，将受益从一个稳定的咨询委员会的监督和反馈中。