Virginia Commonwealth University Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

弗吉尼亚联邦大学学士后研究教育计划

• 批准号: 10323052
• 负责人: JOYCE A. LLOYD
• 金额: $ 44.73万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-15 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10323052
• 关键词: Academic Training; Admission activity; Area; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; Complement; Critical Thinking; Critiques; Data; Department chair; Development; Development Plans; Disease; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational workshop; Electronic Mail; Enrollment; Evaluation; Faculty; Funding; Future; Goals; Hispanic Americans; Individual; Institution; Interview; Intramural Research; Journals; LinkedIn; Literature; Manuscripts; Measurable; Medicine; Mentors; Mexican Americans; Minority-Serving Institution; NCI Scholars Program; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Native Americans; Outcome; Peer Review; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Publications; Publishing; Records; Reporting; Reproducibility; Research; Research Personnel; Research Proposals; Schools; Science; Series; Societies; Students; Study Skills; System; Teacher Professional Development; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Update; Virginia; Writing; academic program; base; career; doctoral student; education research; experience; faculty mentor; follow-up; interest; meetings; member; minority student; oral communication; outreach; program dissemination; programs; recruit; responsible research conduct; skills; success; summer research; symposium; undergraduate student; web site

Summary The Virginia Commonwealth University Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (VCU PREP) will continue to prepare underrepresented scholars for highly competitive doctoral programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, through specific aims and measurable objectives. In Aim 1, 5 qualified applicants (with an undergraduate GPA greater than 3.0) will be recruited annually for each of 7 positions in VCU PREP. Acceptable candidates will be academically competent, but may lack the research preparation and/or rigorous academic coursework for admission to the nation’s most competitive PhD programs. VCU PREP candidates will be recruited through the NIGMS website, the VCU PREP website and LinkedIn page, interactions with faculty at partner Minority Serving Institutions, and using our email list of biology faculty members and department chairs at primarily undergraduate institutions. Additionally, recruitment will be achieved by alerting unsuccessful applicants to VCU PhD programs about PREP. These outreach activities will be complemented by recruitment through the dissemination of program information at national meetings, such as the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) and Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). In Aim 2, VCU PREP Scholars will participate in an intensive, positive mentored research experience. Each Scholar will be matched with a highly qualified VCU faculty mentor, according to the Scholar’s research interests. VCU PREP Mentors are selected based on their peer-reviewed external funding and publication records, and an excellent record of training and mentoring success. Mentors will participate in a mentoring workshop, facilitated by VCU faculty trained through the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research. Expected outcomes for Scholars include presentations at a local and national research symposium, and preparation of a written research proposal and a final research report, with a published manuscript as an ultimate goal. In Aim 3, Scholars will be provided with an individualized program for academic enhancement. They will have one-on-one training in oral communication and scientific writing, develop an individual development plan (IDP), and begin to explore career possibilities. Scholars will participate in an introductory Ready, Set, Research workshop series, and in workshops on Quantitative Skills, Graduate School Admission, Wellness, and Career/Professional Development throughout the year. Students will participate in an interactive journal club to develop Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills. Scholars will take courses to prepare them for graduate school, selected jointly by the Scholar, Program Directors, and Research Mentor, and will have training in the responsible conduct of research and data reproducibility. In Aim 4, a rigorous evaluation and tracking system will be implemented for longitudinal follow-up of VCU PREP Scholars. We expect VCU PREP training to result in the transition of 75% of scholars to highly competitive doctoral programs, with at least 80% persistence to degree.

概括 弗吉尼亚州英联邦大学后的研究教育计划（VCU PREP）将 继续为在生物医学和 行为科学，通过特定的目标和可衡量的目标。在AIM 1中，有5个合格申请（带有 在VCU准备中的7个职位中，每年将招募大于3.0的本科GPA。 可接受的候选人将具有准确的胜任，但可能缺乏研究准备和/或严格 入学该国最具竞争力的博士学位课程的学术课程。 VCU准备候选人 将通过NIGMS网站，VCU Prep网站和LinkedIn页面招募，与 伴侣少数民族服务机构的教师，并使用我们的生物学教师的电子邮件清单和 小学本科机构的部门主席。此外，将通过提醒来实现招聘 有关PREP的VCU博士计划的申请人失败。这些外展活动将完成 通过在国家会议上传播计划信息的招聘，例如年度 针对少数族裔学生的生物医学研究会议（ABRCMS）和促进协会 奇卡诺斯/西班牙裔和美国原住民科学（SACNAS）。在AIM 2中，VCU预科学者将 参加密集的，积极的研究经验。每个学者将与高度匹配 根据学者的研究兴趣，合格的VCU教师心态。选择了VCU准备指导者 根据他们经过同行评审的外部资金和出版记录，以及培训的出色记录和 导师将参加由VCU教职员工准备的心理研讨会 改善研究经验的中心。学者的预期成果 包括在本地和国家研究研讨会上的演讲，并准备书面研究 提案和最终研究报告，其出版的手稿是最终目标。在AIM 3中，学者将是 提供了一个个性化的学术增强计划。他们将在口头上进行一对一的培训 沟通和科学写作，制定个人发展计划（IDP），并开始探索 职业可能性。学者将参加Ready Ready，Set，Research Workshop系列的介绍，并参加 定量技能，研究生入学，健康和职业/专业人士的讲习班 全年的发展。学生将参加一个互动期刊俱乐部以开发分析 和批判性思维能力。学者将参加课程为研究生院做准备，由 学者，计划主管和研究导师，并将接受负责任的培训 研究和数据可重复性。在AIM 4中，将实施严格的评估和跟踪系统 VCU预科学者的纵向随访。我们预计VCU准备培训将导致75％的过渡 学者们到竞争激烈的博士课程，至少有80％的程度。