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) 寻求建立少数族裔进入研究职业学生学术研究培训 (MARC U*STAR) 计划，以促进在生物医学科学领域追求高级研究职业的少数族裔的进步。 WSSU 建议在该奖项的五年内实现以下可衡量的目标：1）我们的项目毕业生获得竞争性博士学位的录取率生物医学和行为科学项目的价值将从目前的 8% 增加到 13%； 2) 我们将与正在进行的项目（MBRS、RIMI、NC Biotechnology 等）合作，作为统一计划的一部分，使大学符合 MARC 资格的学生人数相对于目前的水平每年增加 10 人。其目标是增加 WSSU 优秀少数族裔学生的数量，这些学生在学术上做好了充分的准备，研究经验丰富，有竞争力进入顶尖研究生课程，获得博士学位。程度。我们建议使用简单的五项活动培训计划来实现这些目标：1）通过亲自参与研究项目向学生介绍生物医学研究； 2）通过批评和展示期刊俱乐部论文向学生介绍批判性的科学评估； 3）通过以海报形式展示其研究成果，提供科学写作和演讲的经验； 4）让学生接触研究人员； 5) 通过体现相关科学研究的兴奋和挑战的经历，培养对生物医学和行为科学职业生涯的长期承诺。我们的团队将包括四名初级学员和四名高级学员。我们还提出了 MARC 前的活动，其目标是提高 WSSU 在一年级和二年级招收和留住有才华的少数族裔理科学生的成功率。各种生物医学科学本科课程的前两年是严格且要求很高的。正是在这个时候，这些学科出现了最大的人员流失，即使是在才华横溢的学生中也是如此。我们的目的是为五名新生和五名二年级学生提供 MARC 预科活动，其中包括扎实的科学课程，并通过以下方式加强：1）研究简介； 2）参加专题研讨会； 3）谨慎的学术广告； 4) 通过学生与 WSSU 理科教师和其他成功理科学生的互动建立人际网络； 5) 提高生物医学科学成就的辅导； 6) 参加生物医学科学系列研讨会； 7) 与维克森林大学的研究合作伙伴一起提供密集的职业咨询和长期指导。最后，我们期望该计划的最终方法将增加获得竞争性博士学位的学生数量。项目占生物医学/行为科学专业总数的 13%，从目前的 8% 的基线来看，略有增加 5%。该机构毕业生进入博士学位的当前基线状态。过去五年的课程比例为 8%，即 298 名学生中的 25 名。这意味着平均有五名学生从事生物医学/行为研究职业并获得博士学位。每年攻读学位课程，而其他人则选择攻读医疗、牙科或在相关行业工作。我们的班级由 8 名学生组成（4 名大三学生和 4 名大四学生），我们的目标是将机构人数增加 5%，即每年平均增加 3 名学生，五年内学生总数达到 15 名。这一适度的增长意味着 75%（每年 4 名高年级学生中的 3 名）预计将攻读博士学位。每年都有计划，我们对实现这一成果持乐观态度。我们期望MARC预科活动能够成为提高许多生物医学科学专业学生成绩的渠道。