Preparing Diverse Transfer Students for Research Careers in Neuroscience

为多样化的转学生从事神经科学研究工作做好准备

• 批准号: 10535445
• 负责人: Brenda L Bloodgood
• 金额: $ 25.86万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-12-15 至 2025-11-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10535445
• 关键词: Academic support; Address; Area; Articulation; Brain; Career Choice; Collaborations; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Faculty; Family; First Generation College Students; Gene Expression; Generations; Goals; Growth; Instruction; Internships; Knowledge; Learning; Learning Module; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority Groups; Neurobiology; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Participant; Persons; Physiology; Population; Professional Organizations; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; STEM career; STEM field; Scholarship; Services; Student Selections; Students; System; Talents; Techniques; Time; Training; Training Programs; Translating; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Populations; Universities; Work; bridge program; career; cohort; college; community college; design; doctoral student; education pathway; experience; gene function; graduate school; improved; improved outcome; interest; laboratory experience; matriculation; meetings; programs; recruit; response; skill acquisition; skills; student retention; success; summer program; summer research; symposium; transfer student; undergraduate research; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; university student

Project Summary An increasing number of undergraduates (~30% in the UC System) enter research universities after 2+ years in community colleges. Transfer students are more likely to be underrepresented minorities (URMs) or first-generation college students, and they seldom continue on to the PhD. Although many of them express interest in research, they have little to no access to such experiences at community colleges. Soon after matriculating at universities, they tend to opt out of scientific research careers, particularly the idea of continuing to graduate school. In response to this need and in the interest of increasing diversity in our population of neuroscience trainees, here we propose a program to provide transfer students with the skills, mentorship, and research experience to improve their chances of success in a research career. Our proposal builds on the START program, which for three years brought cohorts of URMs and first- generation transfer students to campus in the summer before they matriculated at UCSD. The START program, and others like it, have resulted in improved outcomes for these students. Via a partnership with local community colleges in collaboration with Academic Enrichment Programs (AEP), the STARTneuro program will begin by identifying interested students before they apply to UCSD. Accepted participants will then engage in a 10-week summer bridge program, with intensive and immersive full-day lab training in neuroscience techniques, from physiology to gene expression and function. Each student will also design and implement an independent research project based on the summer modules. During the academic year, students will meet regularly with faculty, be shepherded into lab internships, and be mentored in applying for a summer research scholarship the following summer. A core group of faculty who have demonstrated success mentoring undergraduates will provide the research experience and stewardship necessary to ensure that participants can succeed in scientific research beyond college.

项目摘要 越来越多的本科生（在UC系统中〜30％）进入研究大学 在社区大学工作了2年以上。转学学生的代表性不足 少数民族（URMS）或第一代大学生，他们很少继续获得博士学位。 尽管他们中的许多人对研究表达了兴趣，但他们几乎没有或无法获得这种兴趣 社区大学的经验。在大学入学后不久，他们倾向于选择退出 科学研究职业，特别是继续研究生院的想法。作为回应 为此需要，并为了增加神经科学学员人群的多样性， 在这里，我们提出了一个计划，以为转学生提供技能，指导和 研究经验，以提高他们在研究职业中成功的机会。我们的建议 建立在开始计划的基础上，该计划带来了三年的URM和首先 在夏天，在UCSD入学之前，一代人将学生转移到校园。这 开始计划以及其他类似的计划，为这些学生带来了改善的结果。通过 与当地社区大学合作与学术丰富合作 计划（AEP），Startneuro计划将首先确定感兴趣的学生 它们适用于UCSD。然后，被公认的参与者将参加为期10周的夏季桥梁 从神经科学技术领域进行深入和沉浸式的全日实验室培训的计划。 基因表达和功能的生理学。每个学生还将设计和实施 基于夏季模块的独立研究项目。在学年， 学生将定期与教师见面，被牧养到实验室实习，并得到指导 第二个夏天申请夏季研究奖学金。一个核心教师 已经证明了成功指导本科生将提供研究经验 以及确保参与者能够成功进行科学研究所必需的管理 超越大学。