MARC at University of Maryland, College Park

马里兰大学帕克分校 MARC

• 批准号: 10629806
• 负责人: AMELIA M ARRIA
• 金额: $ 12.13万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-05 至 2028-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10629806
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The MARC at Maryland is a three-year bioengineering undergraduate research training program that will break down research barriers for students traditionally underrepresented in STEM by exposing them to research opportunities and their benefits, facilitating positive interactions with research faculty, and enhancing financial literacy. The number of underrepresented graduate trainees in biomedical sciences, particularly bioengineering, still fall well below what would be representative of the current US population. The three key objectives of this MARC program are to 1) increase the number of students from groups underrepresented in STEM that pursue biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.), 2) support trainees in overcoming barriers to entering research and preparing them for research careers, and 3) develop faculty mentors who will enhance research pool diversity throughout their careers by training them in best practices in mentoring diverse researchers. Our MARC program seeks to complete these objectives by integrating research training, mentor training, peer mentoring, and financial literacy all while building a community for trainees that will provide them with support in their biomedical research careers. MARC trainees will rotate through two mentor labs during their first semester in the program and will be matched to work in mentor labs for the remaining 5 semesters until graduation. MARC faculty and graduate mentors working with MARC trainees will be fully trained through the “Entering Mentoring” and “Culturally Aware Mentoring” programs developed through rigorous peer-reviewed methods by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), to ensure an inclusive environment. Our program also includes a one-credit course that integrates best practices in active- learning-based teaching and will feature a “flipped” style of research training consisting of a comprehensive set of research training workshops/lectures followed by in-class activities on classic topics including research training (e.g. rigor, making figures, scientific communication) and career development (e.g. guidance on fellowship/internship/graduate school applications). In addition, we aim to build a community for students through semi-formalized peer mentoring, weekly activities such as Lunch and Learn and study halls, and annual program retreats. Uniquely, we have partnered with Moore Wealth to integrate a 5-pillar financial literacy program into our 1-credit class. This is particularly important, as Black or African American students graduate college with on average $4000 more debt than white students and underrepresented students often face additional financial pressures. Moore Wealth’s financial literacy program is developed by and for students of color and includes topics such as credits and loans, investing, and navigating career transitions from the financial perspective. Altogether, we propose a comprehensive program that provides support to trainees from underrepresented groups in research training and beyond with the main aim to increase representation in bioengineering at the graduate level.

马里兰州的 MARC 是一项为期三年的生物工程本科生研究培训计划，该计划将突破 通过让学生接触研究，降低传统上在 STEM 领域代表性不足的学生的研究障碍 机会及其好处，促进与研究人员的积极互动，并增强财务 生物医学科学，特别是生物工程领域的研究生学员人数不足， 仍然远远低于当前美国人口的三个关键目标。 MARC 计划旨在 1) 增加 STEM 中代表性不足群体的学生数量，这些群体追求的目标是 生物医学、以研究为重点的更高学位课程（博士或医学博士/博士），2) 支持学员克服困难 进入研究和为研究职业做好准备的障碍，以及 3）培养能够 通过培训他们指导不同群体的最佳实践，增强他们整个职业生涯中研究池的多样性 我们的 MARC 计划旨在通过整合研究培训和导师来完成这些目标。 培训、同伴指导和金融知识，同时为学员建立一个社区，为他们提供帮助 在生物医学研究生涯中获得支持，MARC 学员将在两个导师实验室轮换。 该计划的第一个学期，将在剩下的 5 个学期中在导师实验室工作，直到 与 MARC 学员一起工作的 MARC 教师和研究生导师将通过该课程接受全面培训。 通过严格的同行评审制定的“进入辅导”和“文化意识辅导”计划 研究指导经验改进中心 (CIMER) 的方法，以确保 我们的计划还包括一门整合了积极的最佳实践的一学分课程。 以学习为基础的教学，并将采用“翻转”式的研究培训，包括一套全面的研究培训 研究培训研讨会/讲座，随后进行经典主题的课堂活动，包括研究培训 （例如严谨、制作数字、科学交流）和职业发展（例如指导 此外，我们的目标是通过为学生建立一个社区。 半正式化的同伴指导、每周活动（例如午餐、学习和自习室）以及年度计划 独特的是，我们与 Moore Wealth 合作，将 5 支柱金融知识计划纳入我们的计划中。 1 学分课程尤其重要，因为黑人或非裔美国学生大学毕业时会获得 1 学分的课程。 平均比白人学生多 4000 美元的债务，而代表性不足的学生往往面临额外的财务负担 摩尔财富的金融知识计划是由有色人种学生开发并为他们服务的，包括 主题包括信贷和贷款、投资以及从财务角度引导职业转型。 总之，我们提出了一项全面的计划，为来自代表性不足的学员提供支持 研究培训及其他方面的团体，其主要目标是增加生物工程在生物工程领域的代表性 研究生水平。