Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program at Kansas State University

通往堪萨斯州立大学学士学位研究培训计划的桥梁

• 批准号: 10471923
• 负责人: Brad J Behnke
• 金额: $ 27.68万
• 依托单位: KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-19 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10471923
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Kansas State University and three community college partners from southwest Kansas; Dodge City Community College, Garden City Community College, and Seward County Community College, have had a thriving Kansas Bridges to the Future partnership during the past sixteen years. With the recent change in the funding mechanism from an R25 to a T34, this new program proposal is seeking NIH support for a new five- year grant cycle in order to recruit talented individuals with unique perspectives and experiences to the biomedical workforce. To date, 143 students from first generation, and often immigrant families, have benefitted from the Kansas State University Bridges to the Baccalaureate training program. The families of the majority of the Bridges to the Future students have migrated from Spanish-speaking countries to work in the meat packing plants and agricultural industries where they work long hours and encounter numerous financial, health, language, and cultural challenges. Thirty-five Bridges students are currently enrolled at K- State; and at least 39 have pursued advanced research degrees or entered professional health programs. Community college students are ready to enroll in Bridges pending funding. This proposal shows solid support from all four colleges to maintain a critical and successful pathway for Bridges students to enter the university: 1) by building relationships with the students and their families while at the community colleges; 2) by bringing students and their families to K-State to help them become familiar with the larger campus, the support staff, and previously matriculated Bridges students; 3) by providing an established, highly successful undergraduate research program, the Developing Scholars Program, to support them academically and personally; and 4) by providing seminars, workshops, lab experiences, and research internships to help students explore their options in STEM disciplines for biomedical careers. Through the Bridges program, students are prepared to succeed in graduate and professional programs, and to establish thriving professional careers. Kansas State University will continue to provide 40% tuition for 1.5 years followed by 100% tuition for 0.5 years of study at the university, thus removing cost-related barriers that are often insurmountable for underrepresented students. Each of the community colleges will also continue to provide tuition scholarships to Bridges students to complete their associate degrees. The overall goal of this project is to provide biomedical research training and mentoring in order to increase the number of underrepresented students with baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines for future careers in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences. Further, this project will support the goals of the National Institutes of Health for enhancing public trust, solving complex problems, increasing the likelihood that health disparities and the needs of underrepresented populations are addressed in biomedical research, and ensure a diverse pool of highly trained biomedical scientists.

堪萨斯州立大学和来自堪萨斯州西南部的三所社区学院合作伙伴；道奇城 社区学院、花园城社区学院和苏厄德县社区学院 堪萨斯未来之桥合作伙伴关系在过去十六年中蓬勃发展。随着最近的变化 资助机制从 R25 到 T34，这项新的计划提案正在寻求 NIH 对新五项的支持 年资助周期，以招募具有独特视角和经验的人才 生物医学劳动力。迄今为止，已有 143 名第一代学生（通常是移民家庭）获得了 受益于堪萨斯州立大学通往学士学位的桥梁培训计划。的家人 大多数“未来之桥”的学生都从西班牙语国家移居到当地工作 肉类包装厂和农业行业，他们工作时间长，遇到很多 财务、健康、语言和文化挑战。三十五名 Bridges 学生目前就读于 K- 状态;至少有 39 人攻读了高级研究学位或进入了专业健康项目。 社区学院的学生已准备好入读 Bridges，等待资金。这个提议显示出扎实的 所有四所学院的支持，为桥梁学生维持一条重要且成功的进入大学的途径 大学：1）在社区学院期间与学生及其家人建立关系； 2） 通过将学生及其家人带到堪萨斯州立大学，帮助他们熟悉更大的校园， 支持人员和之前就读的桥梁学生； 3）通过提供一个成熟的、非常成功的 本科生研究计划，发展学者计划，为他们提供学术和支持 亲自; 4) 通过提供研讨会、讲习班、实验室体验和研究实习来帮助 学生们探索 STEM 学科中生物医学职业的选择。通过桥梁计划， 学生准备好在研究生和专业课程中取得成功，并建立蓬勃发展的 职业生涯。堪萨斯州立大学将继续提供 40% 的学费，为期 1.5 年 大学 0.5 年学习的 100% 学费，从而消除了通常存在的与成本相关的障碍 对于代表性不足的学生来说是难以克服的。每所社区学院也将继续提供 为桥梁学生提供学费奖学金以完成副学士学位。该项目的总体目标是 提供生物医学研究培训和指导，以增加代表性不足的人数 拥有 STEM 学科学士学位的学生，未来从事生物医学、临床、 行为和社会科学。此外，该项目将支持美国国立卫生研究院的目标 增强公众信任、解决复杂问题、增加健康差异和 生物医学研究满足了代表性不足人群的需求，并确保多样化的人才库 训练有素的生物医学科学家。