STEM BUILD@UMBC: Research Enrichment Core

STEM BUILD@UMBC：研究强化核心

• 批准号: 8899177
• 负责人: William Richard LaCourse
• 金额: $ 86.52万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-26 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8899177
• 关键词: Active Learning; Administrator; Admission activity; Affinity; African American; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Case Study; Communities; Country; Development; Education; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ensure; Faculty; Goals; Grant; Institution; Internships; Investigation; Learning; Mentors; Minority; Modeling; Performance; Preparation; Readiness; Recording of previous events; Reporting; Research; Research Training; Resources; Risk; STEM career; STEM field; Scholarship; Schools; Science; Social support; Students; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Work; base; career; design; expectation; experience; innovation; insight; meetings; member; novel; programs; success

The goal of the proposed STEM BUILD@UMBC initiative is to create a comprehensive, multidimensional model for a public research university to increase the number of students from all backgrounds completing majors in the life and behavioral sciences and entering graduate school and/or the STEM workforce. Through the nationally recognized Meyerhoff Scholars and MARC U*STAR programs, and other initiatives focused on increasing minority participation in STEM, UMBC faculty, staff, and administrators have learned key lessons about the importance of building community among aspiring STEM majors, setting high expectations, and providing students with significant research experiences and academic, financial, and social support. UMBC is nationally recognized as a model of innovation and inclusive excellence, and the campus is the leader among predominantly white Institutions - and 6* among all universities - in the number of African American bachelor's degree recipients who go on to complete STEM Ph.D.s, with two-thirds of those alumni completing Ph.D.s in the life sciences (NSF, 2013). The proposed STEM BUILD Research Enrichment Core will draw on UMBC's history of innovation as we conduct a five-year investigation of the most effective strategies to engage students in STEM coursework and research, and prepare them for careers involving the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Currently, UMBC's successful scholarship programs focus on students who begin their undergraduate studies with strong preparation in STEM. However, large numbers of additional students aspiring to major in these subjects may be at risk of switching to other majors or not graduating. The STEM BUILD@UMBC initiative will work to retain these students in STEM by expanding access to research and internship experiences for students, and continuing work to support the pre-transfer preparedness of students at partner two-year institutions. It will also expand efforts to incorporate applied learning experiences (i.e., traditional internship or one-on-one mentoring) into the academic program through active-earning courses and opportunities to participate in professional development training and workshops (e.g.. Introduction to a Research University), Biomedical Case Study and Responsible Conduct in Research courses, and Affinity Group Research courses. In addition to the comprehensive support requested for 80 BUILD Trainees, UMBC plans summer paid practicums involving novel research and research preparation are planned for up to 90 additional students enrolled at partner institutions over the five-year grant period.

拟议的 STEM BUILD@UMBC 计划的目标是创建一个全面的、多维的 公立研究型大学增加来自不同背景的学生数量的模型 主修生命和行为科学并进入研究生院和/或 STEM 劳动力队伍。 通过国家认可的 Meyerhoff 学者和 MARC U*STAR 计划以及其他举措 UMBC 的教职员工和管理人员致力于提高少数族裔对 STEM 的参与度 关于在有抱负的 STEM 专业中建立社区的重要性的重要教训，设置高 期望，并为学生提供重要的研究经验以及学术、财务和 社会支持。 UMBC 被全国公认为创新和包容性卓越的典范，并且 校园在以白人为主的院校中处于领先地位 - 在所有大学中排名 6* - 数量 的非裔美国学士学位获得者继续完成 STEM 博士学位，其中三分之二 那些完成生命科学博士学位的校友（NSF，2013）。 拟议的 STEM BUILD 研究强化核心将借鉴 UMBC 的创新历史： 我们对吸引学生参与 STEM 课程的最有效策略进行了为期五年的调查 和研究，并为他们从事涉及生物医学和行为科学的职业做好准备。现在， UMBC 成功的奖学金计划重点关注那些以以下成绩开始本科学习的学生： 为 STEM 做好充分准备。然而，还有大量其他学生渴望主修这些专业 科目可能面临转入其他专业或无法毕业的风险。 STEM BUILD@UMBC 计划 将通过扩大研究和实习经验的机会来努力留住这些学生 学生，并继续努力支持合作伙伴两年制学生的转学前准备 机构。它还将加大力度将应用学习经验（即传统的实习 或一对一指导）通过积极赚钱的课程和机会进入学术课程 参加专业发展培训和研讨会（例如研究型大学简介）， 研究课程中的生物医学案例研究和负责任的行为以及亲和力小组研究 课程。除了为 80 名 BUILD 实习生提供全面支持外，UMBC 还计划在夏季提供 计划为多达 90 名额外人员提供涉及新颖研究和研究准备的付费实习 在五年补助期内在合作机构就读的学生。