Minority Access/Research Careers Undergraduate Student

少数族裔访问/研究职业本科生

• 批准号: 7845510
• 负责人: AZEEZ A AILERU
• 金额: $ 16.15万
• 依托单位: WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7845510
• 关键词: Achievement; Admission activity; Advertisements; Award; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical Research; Biotechnology; CCL7 gene; Critiques; Dental; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Faculty; Fostering; Goals; Hand; Industry; Institution; Investigation; Journals; Measurable; Medical; Mentors; Minority; Outcome; Paper; Recruitment Activity; Relative (related person); Research; Research Project Grants; Science; Scientific Evaluation; Series; Solid; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Vocational Guidance; Work; Writing; career; cohort; expectation; experience; forest; posters; programs; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) seeks to establish a Minority Access to Research Careers Student Training in Academic Research (MARC U*STAR) program to promote advancement of minorities who pursue advanced research careers in biomedical science. WSSU proposes to accomplish the following measurable objectives for the five years of the award: 1) that the rate at which our program graduates gain admission to competitive Ph.D. programs in biomedical and behavioral sciences will increase to a value of 13% relative to our current level of 8%; 2) that we will work with ongoing programs (MBRS, RIMI, NC Biotechnology etc) as part of the unified plan such that the number of MARC-eligible students at the university will increase by 10 each year relative to the current level. The goal is to increase the pool of talented minority students at WSSU who are well-prepared academically and experienced in research to be competitive to gain admission into top graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. Degree. We propose to use a simple five activity training program to achieve these objectives: 1) introduce the students to biomedical research via hands-on participation in a research project; 2) introduce the students to critical scientific evaluation by critiquing and presenting journal club papers; 3) provide experience in scientific writing and speaking via presentation of their research results as a poster; 4) provide exposure of the students to research faculty; and 5) foster a long-term commitment to pursue a career in the biomedical and behavioral sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of relevant scientific investigation. Our cohort will include four junior and four senior trainees. We also propose pre-MARC activities whose goal is to increase the success rate of recruiting and retaining talented minority science students in their freshman and sophomore years at WSSU. The first two years of the undergraduate program in the various biomedical sciences are rigorous and demanding. It is at this time that the greatest attrition from these disciplines occurs, even among talented and gifted students. It is our intent to provide pre-MARC activities for five freshmen and five sophomores that includes a solid science curriculum, enhanced by: 1) introduction to research; 2) participation in special workshops; 3) careful academic advertisement; 4) networking through interaction of the students with science faculty and other successful science students at WSSU; 5) tutoring for enhanced achievement in biomedical sciences; 6) participation in a biomedical sciences seminar series; and 7) intensive career counseling and extended mentoring with research partners at Wake Forest University. Finally, it is our expectation that the resultant approach of this program will increase the number of students gaining admission into competitive Ph.D. programs to 13% of the total biomedical/behavioral Sciences majors from our current baseline of 8%, representing a modest 5% increase. The current baseline status for graduates in the institution entering Ph.D. programs in the past five years is 8% or 25 of 298 students. This means an average of five students pursues a biomedical/behavioral research career leading to a Ph.D. degree program per year while others chose to pursue medical, dental or work in the related industries. With a cohort of 8 (4 juniors and 4 seniors), we aim to increase the institutional number by 5% or an average of three students per year up to a total of 15 students in five years. This modest increase means that 75% (3 of 4 seniors per year) of the MARC students are anticipated to enter Ph.D. programs each year and we are optimistic for achieving this outcome. We expect the pre-MARC activity to be a channel to enhancing the achievement of many students majoring in biomedical science disciplines.

描述（由申请人提供）：温斯顿 - 塞勒姆州立大学（WSSU）旨在建立少数群体获得研究职业的学术研究学生培训（MARC U*Star）计划，以促进从事生物医学科学领域高级研究职业的少数民族的进步。 WSSU建议在奖励的五年中实现以下可衡量的目标：1）我们的计划毕业生获得竞争性博士学位的比率。相对于我们目前的8％，生物医学和行为科学计划的价值将增加到13％； 2）我们将与正在进行的计划（MBRS，RIMI，NC生物技术等）一起工作，作为统一计划的一部分，使该大学的符合MARC资格的学生的数量相对于当前水平增加10。目的是增加WSSU的才华横溢的少数族裔学生的库，他们在学术上做好了充分的准备，并且在研究方面经验丰富，有竞争力，可以录取获得博士学位的顶级研究生课程。程度。我们建议使用一个简单的五项活动培训计划来实现这些目标：1）通过动手参与研究项目向学生介绍生物医学研究； 2）通过批评和介绍期刊俱乐部论文，向学生介绍批判性的科学评估； 3）通过将其研究结果作为海报提供科学写作和讲话的经验； 4）提供学生接触研究教师； 5）培养长期承诺，通过体验相关科学研究的兴奋和挑战的经验，从事生物医学和行为科学的职业。我们的队列将包括四名初级和四名高级学员。我们还提出了MARC的活动，其目标是提高新生和大二学生在WSSU的招聘和留住才华横溢的少数民族科学专业学生的成功率。各种生物医学科学的本科课程的头两年是严格且要求的。正是在这个时候，这些学科的最大损耗也发生在才华横溢和有天赋的学生中。我们的意图是为包括稳固的科学课程的五名新生和五个大二学生提供MARC的活动，并通过以下方式增强了：1）研究简介； 2）参加特殊研讨会； 3）仔细的学术广告； 4）通过学生与科学教师和WSSU的其他成功科学专业学生的互动进行联网； 5）辅导生物医学科学的成就增强； 6）参加生物医学科学研讨会系列； 7）与Wake Forest University的研究合作伙伴进行密集的职业咨询和扩展指导。最后，我们期望该计划的结果方法将增加获得竞争性博士学位的学生人数。从目前的8％的基线，占生物医学/行为科学专业的13％的计划，占5％。该机构进入博士学位的毕业生的当前基线状态。过去五年中的计划是298名学生中的8％或25名。这意味着平均有五名学生从事生物医学/行为研究职业，导致博士学位。学位课程每年，而其他人则选择从事相关行业的医疗，牙科或工作。我们的队列为8名（4名大三和4名老年人），我们的目标是将机构人数增加5％或平均每年3个学生，五年来总计15名学生。这种适度的增长意味着，预计MARC学生中有75％（每年4名老年人中有3名）将获得博士学位。每年的计划，我们对实现这一结果感到乐观。我们预计，MARC的活动将成为增强生物医学学科主修的许多学生成就的渠道。