UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program

UMDNJ-罗格斯大学管道项目

• 批准号: 8034768
• 负责人: JEROME Alan LANGER
• 金额: $ 52.59万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-30 至 2013-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8034768
• 关键词: Academic Training; Applications Grants; Attitude; Award; Biomedical Research; Biotechnology; Cognitive; Commit; Dentistry; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Environment; Evaluation; Exercise; Faculty; Fellowship; Funding; Funding Agency; Genomics; Goals; Government; Grant; Growth; Individual; Industry; Institution; Laboratories; Medicine; Mentors; Modification; Molecular; New Jersey; Paper; Participant; Pathway interactions; Population; Productivity; Program Evaluation; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Schools; Science; Scientist; Self Efficacy; Services; Social Identification; Social support; Students; Time Management; Training; Training Support; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Wages; Wellness Program; Writing; base; biomedical scientist; career; catalyst; computerized; flexibility; graduate student; improved; minority trainee; post-doctoral training; programs; public health relevance; skills; success

DESCRIPTION: This proposal is for renewal of an Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Award, which supports the UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program, which aims to increase the training and graduation of underrepresented minority (URM) Ph.D. biomedical scientists. This IMSD is based in the Molecular Biosciences Graduate Programs umbrella (MBS), and has supported 73 graduate students over the past 12 years, 30 of whom have received the Ph.D. and gone on to scientific careers or further training, with 25 more still in training here and 2 in other institutions. This IMSD has been the catalyst for increasing the number of Ph.D. candidates in the MBS programs (currently 50), and renewal of this grant and the growth of complementary Bridge to the Doctorate and institutional programs will increase that number. In the previous funding period, the attrition rate among IMSD trainees was only 5%, and we hope to maintain or improve that record. Since the inception of the IMSD, the attrition rate of URM candidates in the MBS programs has been below that of the overall student population, indicating program success. Support services for IMSD trainees include cognitive skills evaluation and training, a student tutoring program, student wellness program, flexible curriculum, flexibility in disciplinary selection, an active Biosciences Graduate Student Association and a supportive group of faculty mentors. A new required Quantitative Problems course helps to prepare trainees for science careers. This school is committed to continuous support of all graduate students through award of the Ph.D., and all IMSD trainees in good standing have had such support after IMSD funding, including many who have won individual NIH or NSF fellowships or have been supported by training or research grants. In the next period we propose to add a required scientific writing course and a laboratory exercise in genomic analysis (which will be part of an existing course). Evaluation has suggested that success of our program is based, in part, on identification by the trainees as biomedical scientists as part of the MBS programs rather than as somehow separated as part of a program specific for URM trainees. Evaluation is planned to study how social identity, social support and self-efficacy are impacted by program components and contribute to overall success of trainees. Public Health Relevance: This application for renewal of an Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Award is to support the training of graduate students from diverse backgrounds with the goal of increasing participation of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research careers. The program includes multiple support mechanisms to promote the success of trainees, including salary and tuition for research training, academic training to develop necessary skills, development of study and time management skills and promotion of trainee identity as scientists. Based on evaluation of the program, successful components are being continued and new components are being added, including a new required course in scientific writing and a laboratory exercise in computerized genomic analysis. It is anticipated that the large number of minority trainees on this campus will increase, as will their rate of success in obtaining the Ph.D. and entering scientific careers, with a targeted success rate of over 90%.

描述：本提案旨在更新“最大化学生多样性奖”，该奖支持 UMDNJ-罗格斯大学管道计划，旨在增加代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 博士的培训和毕业。生物医学科学家。该 IMSD 以分子生物科学研究生项目 (MBS) 为基础，在过去 12 年中支持了 73 名研究生，其中 30 人获得了博士学位。并继续从事科学职业或进一步接受培训，其中 25 人仍在接受培训，另外 2 人在其他机构接受培训。该IMSD一直是增加博士人数的催化剂。 MBS 项目的候选人（目前为 50 名），这项拨款的续签以及补充性的博士桥梁课程和机构项目的增长将增加这一数字。在上一个资助期间，IMSD学员的流失率仅为5%，我们希望保持或改善这一记录。自 IMSD 成立以来，MBS 项目中 URM 候选人的流失率一直低于学生总数，表明项目取得了成功。为 IMSD 学员提供的支持服务包括认知技能评估和培训、学生辅导计划、学生健康计划、灵活的课程、灵活的学科选择、活跃的生物科学研究生协会和支持性的教师导师小组。新的定量问题必修课程有助于学员为科学职业做好准备。该学院致力于通过授予博士学位来持续支持所有研究生，所有信誉良好的 IMSD 学员在获得 IMSD 资助后都获得了此类支持，其中包括许多获得 NIH 或 NSF 个人奖学金或得到过 NIH 或 NSF 奖学金支持的人。培训或研究补助金。在下一个时期，我们建议添加必修的科学写作课程和基因组分析的实验室练习（这将是现有课程的一部分）。评估表明，我们项目的成功部分基于将受训者识别为生物医学科学家，作为 MBS 项目的一部分，而不是作为专门针对 URM 受训者的项目的一部分。计划进行评估以研究社会认同、社会支持和自我效能如何受到项目组成部分的影响，并有助于受训者的整体成功。 公共卫生相关性：本次申请更新“最大化学生多样性倡议”奖是为了支持对来自不同背景的研究生的培训，目的是增加代表性不足的少数群体对生物医学研究职业的参与。该计划包括促进学员成功的多种支持机制，包括研究培训的工资和学费、培养必要技能的学术培训、学习和时间管理技能的发展以及提升学员作为科学家的身份。根据对该计划的评估，正在继续成功的部分，并添加新的部分，包括新的科学写作必修课程和计算机基因组分析的实验室练习。预计该校区少数族裔学员的数量将会增加，他们获得博士学位的成功率也会增加。并进入科学事业，目标成功率超过90%。