SURE (SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE) PROGRAM

SURE（暑期本科生研究经历）项目

• 批准号: 6233053
• 负责人: CHRISTOPHER S FRANCKLYN
• 金额: $ 4.63万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-03-01 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6233053
• 关键词: career; health science research potential; physical science; science education; training; university student

Over the last decade, many graduate programs in biochemistry have experienced a decline in the number of applicants with backgrounds in which the quantitative aspects of sciences are stressed, which is typical of the physical sciences. In order to address this problem, we propose to create a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Vermont. The immediate objective is to introduce qualified undergraduates with a physical sciences background to biomedical research questions and techniques under the direction of 11 faculty with a diverse array of research interests, including protein-protein interactions in the blood coagulation cascade, metalloprotein biochemistry, protein crystallography, protein-nucleic acid interactions, and structure and function of protein complexes. The trainees will be selected on the basis of their previous coursework and undergraduate sponsor's recommendations from an ensemble of colleges and universities in the Northeast where we have successfully recruited in the past. The aims of the training program are to 1) recruit, train, and mentor 6-10 promising undergraduates through sponsored independent research in the laboratories of NIH-funded training faculty; 2) augment the independent research experience with lectures, seminars, and workshops to build foundation knowledge and stimulate critical thinking; and 3) evaluate the program through a four step process involving: a) assessment of incoming student qualifications; b) assessment of student progress and reaction in situ; c) summative assessment at the conclusion of the program; and d) follow-up assessment to determine the impact of the experience on the participant's careers. By providing a positive training experience for physical science undergraduates in a highly focused context, we anticipate that the SURE program will both increase the pool of potential applicants to the University of Vermont's biomedical graduate programs, as well as the pool of potential applicants nationwide.

在过去的十年中，许多生物化学领域的研究生课程的申请人数量有所减少，这些申请人的数量是强调科学的定量方面，这是物理科学的典型特征。为了解决这个问题，我们建议在佛蒙特大学生物化学系创建夏季的本科研究经验（肯定）。直接目标是在11个教师的指导下，将具有物理科学背景的合格大学生引入具有多种研究兴趣的指导下的生物医学研究问题和技术，包括在血液凝结级联反应中的蛋白质 - 蛋白质相互作用，金属蛋白质蛋白生物化学，蛋白质结晶，蛋白质 - 核酸相互作用和结构蛋白质和蛋白质蛋白质和蛋白质蛋白质和功能，蛋白质 - 核含量和结构。学员将根据他们以前的课程工作和本科赞助商的建议，从我们过去成功招募的东北学院和大学的本科生提出建议。培训计划的目的是1）通过赞助NIH资助的培训学院实验室的独立研究，招募，培训和指导6-10名有希望的本科生； 2）增强讲座，研讨会和研讨会的独立研究经验，以建立基础知识并刺激批判性思维； 3）通过涉及四个步骤的程序评估该计划：a）评估传入学生资格； b）评估学生的进步和原位反应； c）该计划结束时的总结评估； d）随访评估，以确定经验对参与者职业的影响。通过在高度集中的背景下为物理科学本科生提供积极的培训经验，我们预计该计划既可以将潜在申请人库增加到佛蒙特大学的生物医学研究生课程，以及全国潜在的申请人库。