UC Davis MARC Scholar Program

加州大学戴维斯分校 MARC 学者计划

• 批准号: 8073027
• 负责人: BARBARA Ann HORWITZ
• 金额: $ 21.94万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8073027
• 关键词: Area; Biology; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Communication; Data; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Experimental Designs; Foundations; Gender; Goals; Grant; Health; Interdisciplinary Study; Measurable; NCI Scholars Program; Oral; Process; Program Development; Ramp; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Schools; Science; Series; Structure; Students; Underrepresented Minority; Ursidae Family; Writing; early experience; experience; health disparity; interest; programs; skills

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UC Davis MARC Scholars Program will prepare underrepresented minority (URM) students to enter doctoral programs in areas related to biomedical research. For this, we propose a two-pronged program: (1) the Pre-MARC component (called the UC Davis Biology Undergraduate Scholars Program or BUSP) - a professional development program for freshman and sophomore biology students that features structured and challenging academic enhancement activities, academic and personal advising, and early experience in research; and (2) the MARC Scholars Program for junior and senior level students that will build on the BUSP program and include intensive research experiences as well as a series of activities that will enhance the Scholars' oral & written communication skills; engage them in discussions of multidisciplinary research topics, research integrity, and experimental design; provide them with advice and experience in preparing oral and written scientific presentations; provide them with experience in grant writing; and provide them guidance in the graduate school application process. The overall goal of the MARC Scholars Program is to increase the number of URMs who successfully pursue PhD or MD/PhD degrees in areas of biomedical research. Our Specific (and measurable) Aims are to: (1) establish a 4 year program that will provide a strong foundation for URM students to enter and complete a PhD program in an area of biomedical science [i.e., they will graduate with at least a 3.0 GPA in a participating major, score in the top 50th percentile on the GRE, gain expertise as a student researcher with respect to understanding experimental design and data interpretation, and gain experience in presenting their research both regionally and nationally (e.g., at ABRCMS, SACNAS)]; (2) recruit and admit into the MARC program, 10 junior honor URMs interested in biomedical research each year (except in year 1, when we will admit 8 students as we ramp up the program); and (3) have at least 40% of the senior MARC Scholars enter PhD (or MD/PhD) programs in biomedically related disciplines (i.e., an average of 4/year as opposed to 2.5/yr from the BUSP-honors program). Increasing the number of URMs involved in biomedical research is important for increasing the diversity of ideas and backgrounds brought to bear on many current health issues -- including racial and gender-related health disparities.

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学戴维斯分校 MARC 学者计划将为代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 学生准备进入生物医学研究相关领域的博士课程。为此，我们提出了一个双管齐下的计划：(1) Pre-MARC 部分（称为加州大学戴维斯分校生物学本科学者计划或 BUSP）——一个针对大一和大二生物学学生的专业发展计划，其特点是结构化和具有挑战性的学术增强活动、学术和个人建议以及早期研究经验； (2) 针对初中和高中学生的 MARC 学者计划，该计划将建立在 BUSP 计划的基础上，包括深入的研究经验以及一系列旨在提高学者口头和书面沟通技巧的活动；让他们参与多学科研究主题、研究完整性和实验设计的讨论；为他们提供准备口头和书面科学演示的建议和经验；为他们提供资助写作的经验；并为他们提供研究生院申请过程的指导。 MARC 学者计划的总体目标是增加在生物医学研究领域成功攻读博士学位或医学博士/博士学位的 URM 数量。我们的具体（且可衡量）目标是：(1) 建立一个为期 4 年的课程，为 URM 学生进入并完成生物医学科学领域的博士学位课程提供坚实的基础 [即，他们毕业时至少获得参与专业的 GPA 达到 3.0，GRE 成绩进入前 50%，获得作为学生研究员在理解实验设计和数据解释方面的专业知识，并获得在区域和地区展示其研究的经验全国范围内（例如，ABRCMS、SACNAS）]； (2) 每年招收并录取 10 名对生物医学研究感兴趣的初级荣誉 URM 进入 MARC 项目（第一年除外，随着项目的推进，我们将录取 8 名学生）； (3) 至少 40% 的高级 MARC 学者进入生物医学相关学科的博士（或 MD/PhD）课程（即平均每年 4 人，而 BUSP 荣誉课程每年 2.5 人）。增加参与生物医学研究的 URM 数量对于增加对许多当前健康问题（包括种族和性别相关的健康差异）产生影响的思想和背景的多样性非常重要。