UNM PREP (Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program

UNM PREP（学士后研究教育计划

• 批准号: 6964764
• 负责人: JAMES A BROZIK
• 金额: $ 22.54万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-30 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6964764
• 关键词: curriculum; education evaluation /planning; ethics; ethnic group; health science research potential; health science research support; meeting /conference /symposium; mentoring /mentor; minority health professional; science education; statistics /biometry; technical writing; training; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Recently, New Mexico was recognized as the first 'minority-as-majority' state in the contiguous 48 states, with the highest proportion of Hispanics among the states, and the highest proportion of Native Americans in the continental U.S. The University of New Mexico (UNM) today is rapidly reflecting these demographics, but more is needed to encourage some of our very talented underrepresented minority students to enter doctoral degree programs to prepare for biomedical research careers. This proposal for funding for a UNM Post-Baccalaureate Research and Education Program (PREP) is precisely what is needed. The UNM PREP program is designed with various program elements to encourage and prepare up to 60 post-baccalaureate participants in its first five years to gain acceptance into and to complete doctoral degrees in biomedical research fields. UNM PREP scholars will have a full schedule of activities that all of them participate in: conduct full-time research, be assigned to a peer mentor, attend a year long set of tours of research laboratories, participate in the graduate admission colloquium series. All PREP scholars will attend speakers' events with IMSD and MARC participants, and networking with several programs at UNM during formal activities and informal community-building events. PREP scholars will present posters at the UNM Research Fair and Research Symposium and attend professional conferences. Seminars will help prepare our PREP scholars for pursuing a research career, covering experimental research design approaches, technical writing, research ethics, and public communication. Our PREP scholars will also have the experience of teaching undergraduates about their research topic and methods. Each PREP scholar will be assessed individually to ensure later succeed in graduate studies, and a faculty advisor will work with the student to develop the study plan, and then each scholar will take up to 15 credit hours of coursework to fulfill this plan. Administrative management of the UNM PREP program will be a coordinated effort by a Program Director, a Program Coordinator, and an Executive Board and committees (Recruitment, Education & Research, Events), each responsible for a specific set of activities. Coordination with other funded programs at UNM is planned with the Program Director and Program Coordinator attending and working with the Program Officers and staff of the IMSD and MARC programs as partners in the UNM Unified Plan. Evaluations will be conducted for all activities and mentoring relations on a set schedule, and the data that is collected will be used by both the internal evaluation team and the External Steering Committee, who will assess progress in achieving goals and measurable objectives, and make recommendations for changes in the program plans. Dissemination efforts will include posting pdf documents of PREP scholar poster presentations, having PREP scholars co-author research articles with their faculty mentors, and with the Program Director and faculty mentors writing about the lessons learned in implementing PREP and presenting their results at professional conferences.

描述（申请人提供）：最近，新墨西哥州被认定为邻近 48 个州中第一个“少数族裔占多数”的州，其拉美裔比例为各州中最高，美洲原住民比例为大陆最高美国新墨西哥大学 (UNM) 今天正在迅速反映这些人口统计数据，但还需要采取更多措施来鼓励我们一些非常有才华的少数族裔学生进入博士学位课程，为生物医学研究做好准备职业生涯。 这项为新墨西哥大学学士后研究和教育计划 (PREP) 提供资金的提案正是所需要的。 UNM PREP 项目设计有各种项目要素，旨在鼓励和准备最多 60 名学士后参与者在前五年内获得生物医学研究领域的博士学位并获得博士学位。 UNM PREP 学者将有一个他们所有人都参与的完整活动安排：进行全职研究、被分配给同行导师、参加为期一年的研究实验室参观、参加研究生入学研讨会系列。 所有 PREP 学者将与 IMSD 和 MARC 参与者一起参加演讲活动，并在正式活动和非正式社区建设活动期间与 UNM 的多个项目建立联系。 PREP 学者将在新墨西哥大学研究博览会和研究研讨会上展示海报，并参加专业会议。 研讨会将帮助我们的 PREP 学者为从事研究生涯做好准备，涵盖实验研究设计方法、技术写作、研究伦理和公共传播。 我们的 PREP 学者还将拥有教授本科生研究主题和方法的经验。 每位 PREP 学者都将接受单独评估，以确保以后在研究生学习中取得成功，导师将与学生一起制定学习计划，然后每位学者将花费最多 15 个学分的课程来完成该计划。 UNM PREP 计划的行政管理将由计划主任、计划协调员以及执行委员会和委员会（招聘、教育与研究、活动）协调努力，每个委员会负责一组特定的活动。计划与 UNM 的其他资助项目进行协调，项目主任和项目协调员作为 UNM 统一计划的合作伙伴，与 IMSD 和 MARC 项目的项目官员和工作人员一起出席并合作。 将按设定的时间表对所有活动和指导关系进行评估，收集的数据将由内部评估团队和外部指导委员会使用，他们将评估实现目标和可衡量目标的进展情况，并提出建议计划计划的变更。 传播工作将包括发布 PREP 学者海报演示的 pdf 文件、让 PREP 学者与他们的导师共同撰写研究文章、以及项目主任和导师撰写关于实施 PREP 的经验教训并在专业会议上展示他们的结果。