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NU-STARS 为伊利诺伊州东北部学生提供学术研究培训

• 批准号: 9056533
• 负责人: RUTH B CHURCH
• 金额: $ 35.04万
• 依托单位: NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9056533
• 关键词: Admission activity; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Caliber; Chicago; Communities; Complex; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Elements; Financial Support; Goals; Hispanic-serving Institution; Illinois; Immersion Investigative Technique; Leadership; Mentors; Methods; Midwestern United States; Minor; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Research; Research Activity; Research Infrastructure; STEM field; Schools; Science; Statistical Models; Structure; Students; System; Training; Underrepresented Students; Universities; computational reasoning; design; experience; graduate school preparation; improved; innovation; interdisciplinary curriculum; mathematical model; member; outreach; peer; programs; student training; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is to establish a MARC U-STAR program at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), a designated Hispanic Serving Institution located in Chicago, IL. NEIU is one the most diverse universities in the Midwest, and is the only 4-year public HSI in the Midwest. This strategic position of NEIU makes it imperative to enhance its regional leadership in training of underrepresented students in biomedical/ behavioral sciences, to improve their preparation for high-caliber Ph.D. programs. 5 This application proposes a comprehensive educational program comprising an innovative interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates quantitative sciences into the program of study of the STEM disciplines, diverse research experiences, and structured mentoring. The project's proposed goals are: Goal 1. To appropriately prepare undergraduate students with a particular emphasis on Under- Represented Minority students for admission into doctoral programs with biomedical and/or behavioral research focus. This will be accomplished through the following critical elements: (a) development of an academic curriculum that appropriately prepares URM students for graduate programs in biomedical and behavioral research, (b) immersion experiences that establish URMs as members of the scientific community and improve student's understanding of biomedical and behavioral research opportunities through research engagement and additional activities (e.g., peer leader experience, colloquia, graduate preparation workshops and outreach opportunities) and (c) financial support for trainees that will allow students to focus on their academic and research activities. Goal 2. To implement a pre-trainee MARC program that prepares pre-trainee MARC and other honor students for admission into doctoral programs with biomedical and/or behavioral research focus. Curriculum preparation for graduate school of our pre-MARC trainees will be the same as for our MARC trainees except that this will begin in the freshman and sophomore years. Goal 3. To enhance the curricular and mentoring infrastructure of STEM disciplines at NEIU by providing activities that integrate URMs into the scientific community. The methods for achieving goal three are through design and implementation of: a) The Quantitative Interdisciplinary STEM minor. This will be accomplished through the implementation of a newly developed and approved interdisciplinary STEM minor "Mathematical and Statistical Modeling of Complex Systems" that emphasizes the integration of quantitative/computational reasoning with other STEM disciplines. b) The Graduate school MARC initiative. We will create a MARC initiative for graduate school preparation. The proposed curriculum including a major in any of the STEM disciplines, the new Quantitative Interdisciplinary STEM minor, and all other MARC activities will be available to any student who wants to prepare for graduate school in biomedical and behavioral research.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是在伊利诺伊州东北大学（NEIU）建立MARC U-Star计划，该计划是位于伊利诺伊州芝加哥的指定西班牙裔服务机构。 NEIU是中西部最多样化的大学之一，也是中西部唯一的4年公共HSI。 NEIU的这种战略立场必须提高其在生物医学/行为科学领域代表性不足的学生培训的区域领导地位，以改善他们为高素质博士学位的准备。程序。 5该申请提出了一个全面的教育计划，其中包括一项创新的跨学科课程，该课程将定量科学整合到STEM学科研究计划，多样化的研究经验和结构化指导的研究计划中。该项目的拟议目标是：目标1。适当地准备本科生，特别着重于少数群体学生以生物医学和/或行为研究重点的录取博士学位。 This will be accomplished through the following critical elements: (a) development of an academic curriculum that appropriately prepares URM students for graduate programs in biomedical and behavioral research, (b) immersion experiences that establish URMs as members of the scientific community and improve student's understanding of biomedical and behavioral research opportunities through research engagement and additional activities (e.g., peer leader experience, colloquia, graduate preparation workshops and outreach opportunities) and (c)对学员的财政支持，这将使学生能够专注于学术和研究活动。目标2。实施一项培训前MARC计划，该计划为培训前MARC和其他荣誉学生准备以生物医学和/或行为研究重点进入博士学位课程。为我们的MARC培训生的研究生院的课程准备与我们的MARC学员相同，除非这将从新生和大二时期开始。目标3。通过提供将URMS整合到科学界的活动，以增强NEIU的STEM学科的课程和指导基础设施。实现目标三的方法是通过设计和实施：a）定量跨学科的词干小调。这将通过实施新开发和批准的跨学科词干“复杂系统的数学和统计建模”来实现，该系统强调将定量/计算推理与其他STEM学科集成。 b）研究生院MARC倡议。我们将制定一项MARC倡议，用于研究生院的准备。拟议的课程包括任何STEM学科的专业，新的定量跨学科STEM小调以及所有其他MARC活动的活动都将提供给任何想为生物医学和行为研究研究生院做准备的学生。