MARC at University of California Riverside

加州大学河滨分校 MARC

• 批准号: 10629831
• 负责人: ERNEST MARTINEZ
• 金额: $ 52.14万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-01 至 2028-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10629831
• 关键词: Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Caliber; California; Critical Thinking; Doctor of Philosophy; Eligibility Determination; Ethics; Fellowship; Generations; Goals; Grant; Institution; Laboratories; Learning; Minority; Modernization; Paper; Positioning Attribute; Program Development; Qualifying; Reporting; Research; Research Methodology; Science; Students; Training; Underrepresented Populations; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Writing; base; biomedical scientist; career; community college; design; experimental study; faculty mentor; high school; interest; minority student; outreach; programs; role model; student participation; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

Project Summary The University of California Riverside (UCR) is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation and is in one of the most rapidly growing and diverse regions of the U.S. Most undergraduate students at UCR come from this region and are from underrepresented groups in the sciences. Thus, there is a broad base of underrepresented (UR) students from which to select and promote interest in a research career in biomedical or behavioral sciences. The main goal of the MARC Program at UCR is to increase the number of UR students pursuing PhD degrees and research careers in the biomedically-related sciences. This training grant provides a summer Pre-MARC Development Program (9-10 students/year) to increase the eligible pool of students for the research Trainee Program (16 positions/year; 2-3 years of training). The Objectives of the Program are: (1) Increase the number of UCR minority students majoring in the sciences who are qualified to become MARC Trainees through outreach to local high schools and community colleges. (2) Increase the number of qualified students who apply to the MARC Program by using freshman courses and discovery seminars, by synergizing with Honors and existing Minority programs on campus, and by engaging students in Pre-MARC undergraduate research before their sophomore year and stimulating their interest in a biomedical research career. (3) The core of the program is preparing the MARC Trainees for graduate studies in highly competitive research institutions. We will achieve this by immersing MARC Trainees in intensive cutting-edge research in laboratories of Faculty Mentors on campus during the academic year and in one other off-campus laboratory at a high-caliber research institution during one summer; we will also provide specific classes that will prepare the Trainees to think critically, to design and implement rigorous and ethical experiments, to learn modern research methods, to write scientific reports/papers and fellowships, and to be efficient communicators in front of expert and lay audiences. Guidance in applying to graduate programs will be provided. This will give self-confidence and prepare the trainees to enter and succeed in the most competitive graduate programs in the U.S. This program is for 5 years and proposes to train about 48 MARC students with the goal that about 80% of them will succeed in entering high quality PhD or MD/PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. Relevance: This MARC training grant will not only contribute to increase the number of UR biomedical scientists but should also have broader impacts. MARC Scholars will be role models that inspire new generations and help break down discriminatory barriers.

项目概要 加州大学河滨分校 (UCR) 是全美最多元化的校园之一 位于美国发展最快、最多元化的地区之一。 加州大学河滨分校的学生来自该地区，并且来自科学领域代表性不足的群体。 因此，有广泛的代表性不足 (UR) 学生可供选择和 促进对生物医学或行为科学研究职业的兴趣。该组织的主要目标是 UCR 的 MARC 项目旨在增加 UR 攻读博士学位的学生数量 生物医学相关科学的研究职业。这笔培训补助金提供了一个暑期 MARC 预科发展计划（9-10 名学生/年），以增加符合条件的学生群体 研究实习生计划（16 个职位/年；2-3 年培训）。的目标 该计划是： (1) 增加加州大学河滨分校 (UCR) 理科专业少数民族学生的数量 通过向当地高中推广而有资格成为 MARC 培训生的人 社区学院。 (2) 增加申请MARC的合格学生数量 通过使用新生课程和发现研讨会，通过与荣誉和 校园内现有的少数民族课程，以及让学生参加 MARC 预科本科课程 在大二之前进行研究并激发他们对生物医学研究的兴趣 职业。 (3) 该计划的核心是为 MARC 学员攻读研究生做好准备 竞争激烈的研究机构。我们将通过让 MARC 学员沉浸在 期间，在校园导师实验室进行深入的前沿研究 学年和高水平研究机构的另一个校外实验室 在一个夏天；我们还将提供具体的课程，帮助学员做好思考的准备 批判性地设计和实施严格且符合道德的实验，学习现代研究 方法，撰写科学报告/论文和研究金，并成为有效的沟通者 在专家和普通观众面前。将提供申请研究生课程的指导。 这将给予学员自信，并为他们进入并取得成功做好准备。 美国有竞争力的研究生项目 该项目为期 5 年，旨在培养 约 48 名 MARC 学生，目标是其中约 80% 的学生能够成功进入高中 生物医学领域的优质博士或医学博士/博士课程。 相关性：这项 MARC 培训补助金不仅有助于增加 UR 的生物医学科学家还应该具有更广泛的影响。 MARC 学者将发挥作用 激励新一代并帮助打破歧视障碍的模式。