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学者计划将准备不足的少数民族（URM）学生在与生物医学研究有关的领域中输入博士学位课程。为此，我们提出了一个两管齐的计划：（1）MARC前组成部分（称为UC Davis Biology Biology Biology Biology Bladledradure Scholars计划或BUSP） - 针对新生和大二学生生物学专业的专业发展计划，这些计划具有结构化和挑战性的学术增强活动，学术和个人的研究，以及研究领域的早期经验； （2）针对初级和高级学生的MARC学者计划，该计划将在BUSP计划上建立，并包括深入的研究经验以及一系列活动，以增强学者的口头和书面交流技能；让他们讨论多学科研究主题，研究完整性和实验设计；在准备口头和书面科学演讲方面为他们提供建议和经验；为他们提供赠款写作的经验；并在研究生院申请过程中为他们提供指导。 MARC学者计划的总体目标是增加生物医学研究领域成功攻读博士学位或MD/PHD学位的URM的数量。 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全国范围（例如，在ABRCMS，SACNAS）]； （2）每年对生物医学研究感兴趣的10名初级荣誉URMS招募并录取（在第1年，当我们加强该计划时，我们将承认8名学生）； （3）至少有40％的高级MARC学者在生物医学相关学科中进入博士学位（或MD/PHD）计划（即平均为4/年，而BUSP-Honors计划的2.5/年）。增加参与生物医学研究的URM的数量对于增加在许多当前健康问题（包括种族和性别相关的健康差异）上所带来的思想和背景的多样性很重要。