Research and Academic Enrichment Training Program

研究和学术强化培训计划

• 批准号: 6770655
• 负责人: LAUREE THOMAS
• 金额: $ 8.56万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-01 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6770655
• 关键词: Research; Academic; Enrichment; Training; Program

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal for a Research and Academic Enrichment Training Program (RACE TP) is designed to promote the entry of outstanding underrepresented and disadvantaged minority students into biomedical research careers. This innovative research and academic enrichment program represents a creative approach that provides an exposure to biomedical concepts, modern biomedical research areas, and an intensive "hand-on" 10-week research experience. RACE TP matches individual students with research faculty mentors, and the program couples the daily research experience with an ongoing series of minicourses, workshops, roundtable discussions and weekly evening social events. An additional component of academic enrichment consisting of intensive study skills and GRE/MCAT prep courses is designed to increase the level of academic competitiveness in order to facilitate the trainees matriculation into graduate or medical school. The specific objectives are: 1) To provide an intensive, short-term research opportunity so that minority students will develop an interest in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematological, and sleep disorders research; 2) To provide mentoring for minority students at a critical time of career decision making in order to bolster the already short supply of minority biomedical investigators; 3) To encourage the development of participants investigative skills which may stimulate an increased level of interest and enthusiasm for a career in research; 4) To expose minority students to the medical school environment and provide these students with study skills and GRE/MCAT courses to enhance their prospects for matriculation and academic success; 5) To provide targeted, intensive mini courses for minority students in order to improve their basic biomedical concepts and skills; and 6) To recruit these talented students into the MD, PhD, or combined MD/PhD programs at UTMB or other universities. These objectives will be met by using our existing network of partnering institutions, pre-health advisors, faculty, alumni, and current students to help identify and recruit these students so that they can experience biomedical research first-hand in laboratories where outstanding faculty mentors bring the excitement of scientific inquiry to life. The subsequent entry of these students into professional careers will be tracked to determine outcomes and evaluate the success of the program.

描述（由申请人提供）： 该研究和学术丰富培训计划（Race TP）的这一建议旨在促进出色的代表性不足和处于弱势群体的少数民族学生进入生物医学研究职业。这项创新的研究和学术丰富计划代表了一种创造性的方法，可提供对生物医学概念，现代生物医学研究领域以及密集的10周研究经验的曝光。竞赛TP与个人学生与研究教师的指导相匹配，该计划将每日研究经验与正在进行的一系列微型赛，讲习班，圆桌讨论和每周的夜间社交活动。包括密集学习技能和GRE/MCAT准备课程组成的学术丰富的另一个组成部分旨在提高学术竞争力水平，以促进学员入学到研究生或医学院。具体目标是：1）提供密集的短期研究机会，以便少数学生对心血管，肺，血液学和睡眠障碍研究产生兴趣； 2）在职业决策的关键时刻为少数族裔学生提供指导，以加强已经短暂的少数族裔生物医学研究人员的供应； 3）鼓励发展参与者的调查技能，这可能会刺激研究职业的提高兴趣和热情； 4）将少数族裔学生暴露于医学院的环境中，并为这些学生提供学习技能和GRE/MCAT课程，以增强其入学和学业成功的前景； 5）为少数族裔学生提供有针对性的密集型迷你课程，以提高其基本的生物医学概念和技能； 6）将这些才华横溢的学生招募到UTMB或其他大学的医学博士学位，博士学位或合并的MD/PHD计划。这些目标将通过我们现有的合作机构，健康顾问，教师，校友和现任学生的网络来实现，以帮助识别和招募这些学生，以便他们可以在实验室中亲身体验生物医学研究，在这些实验室中，杰出的教职员工将兴奋的兴奋带入了科学探究。这些学生随后将进入职业职业，以确定结果并评估该计划的成功。