PREP-MT: Providing Research Education for Postbaccalaureate Trainees in Montana

PREP-MT：为蒙大拿州的学士后学员提供研究教育

基本信息

批准号：
10772282
负责人：
Diane Bimczok
金额：
$ 32.52万
依托单位：
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-09-15 至 2028-08-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10772282
关键词：
Address Agreement Alaska Native American Indians Area Bachelor&apos s Degree Basic Science Biomedical Research Collaborations Communities Cultural Sensitivity Degree program Development Plans Doctor of Philosophy Doctor&apos s Degree Enrollment Event Exposure to Faculty First Generation College Students Funding Generations Goals Graduate Degree Graduation Rates Grant Home Indigenous Individual Inequity Information Dissemination Infrastructure Institution Interdisciplinary Study Knowledge Leadership Low income Mentors Mentorship Minority Minority Access Minority Graduate Student Minority Groups Mission Montana Native Americans Participant Population Positioning Attribute Postbaccalaureate Professional Competence Program Evaluation Publications Qualifying Reproducibility Research Research Methodology Research Support Research Training Resources Rural Rural Community Scholars Program Science Scientist Social Sciences Structure Students Talents Training Training Programs Translational Research Tribes Underrepresented Minority United States National Institutes of Health Universities Work Workforce Development Writing bridge to the baccalaureate career design doctoral student education research evidence base experience graduate school graduate student improved innovation interest member minority undergraduate next generation peer coaching posters program dissemination programs recruit research facility responsible research conduct retention rate role model rural area skills support network symposium training opportunity tribal Nation tribal college tribal community undergraduate research experience undergraduate student underrepresented minority student

项目摘要

SUMMARY Minority graduates are significantly underrepresented in biomedical PhD programs nationwide. Montana State University (MSU), a research-intensive public land-grant university, serves a significant number of first- generation rural and low-income students who rarely enroll in PhD programs. Likewise, Montana is home to twelve Indigenous tribes, with >6.5% of Montana residents considered American Indians, but only 4.7% of MSU’s undergraduates identify as Native, and no Native Americans have graduated from MSU’s biomedical PhD programs in the past five years. To address these inequities, we have designed an evidence-based postbaccalaureate program, PREP-MT, to prepare underrepresented minority graduates including first- generation, rural, low-income students and Native Americans in Montana for a successful transition into doctoral degree programs in the biomedical sciences. PREP-MT will equip recent minority graduates (PREP scholars) with the experience, confidence, knowledge, and research skills to become highly successful PhD students and graduates. Specifically, our program will pursue the following Specific Aims: (1) Provide in-depth, mentored biomedical research experiences to PREP-MT scholars; (2) Enable PREP-MT to develop professional and career skills relevant to a successful career in biomedical science; (3) Build a professional support network for the PREP-MT scholars to create a sense of belonging as members of the biomedical research community. Additionally, we will perform regular program evaluations, incorporate changes to improve the PREP-MT program, and disseminate our findings to appropriate audiences. Our program is highly feasible, because PREP-MT is synergistically integrated with established undergraduate and graduate research training programs at MSU, increasing the opportunities for the scholars and maximizing our resources. Our Multi-PI leadership team is uniquely positioned to manage the proposed program, since we have a strong background in leading collaborative research and training, promoting minority involvement in biomedical research, and collaborating with tribal and rural communities. More than 30 faculty with biomedical research programs from ten departments who have demonstrated a commitment to training the next generation of scientists have agreed to serve as mentors for the PREP-MT program. All mentors will receive mentorship training through the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research and MSU’s Indigenous Mentoring Program. The proposed PREP-MT program is innovative, because of its focus on Native American and first generation rural and low-income graduates and because it emphasizes instilling a sense of belonging in our PREP participants. In summary, we are confident that the PREP-MT program will significantly enhance biomedical workforce development by increasing the access of minority groups in Montana to high- quality PhD programs and impactful careers.

概括在全国生物医学博士计划中，少数民族毕业生的人数大大不足。蒙大拿州立大学（MSU）是一所研究密集的公共土地授予大学，为大量的首次服务很少参加博士学位课程的大致和低收入学生。同样，蒙大拿州也是十二个土著部落，> 6.5％的蒙大拿州居民被认为是美洲印第安人，但只有4.7％密西根州立大学的本科生认为是本地人，没有美国原住民从MSU的生物医学毕业博士课程在过去五年中。为了解决这些不平等，我们设计了一个基于证据的培训后计划Prep-MT，准备不足代表的少数民族毕业生，包括先前蒙大拿州的一代，粗糙，低收入的学生和美洲原住民，成功过渡到生物医学的博士学位课程。 Prep-MT将为近期少数民族毕业生配备（PREP）学者）具有经验，信心，知识和研究技能，成为非常成功的博士学位学生和毕业生。具体而言，我们的计划将追求以下特定目标：（1）深入提供，为预科学者提供了生物医学研究经验；（2）使Prep-Mt发展与生物医学科学领域成功职业相关的专业和职业技能；（3）建立专业人士为预科学者提供支持网络，以创造出一种生物医学成员的归属感研究社区。此外，我们将进行定期的程序评估，并将其纳入改进预先MT计划，并将我们的发现传播给适当的受众。我们的计划很高可行，因为Prep-MT与已建立的本科和研究生协同融合 MSU的研究培训计划，增加了学者的机会并最大化我们的资源。我们的Multi-Pi领导团队在管理拟议的计划方面拥有独特的位置，因为我们在领先的协作研究和培训方面具有强大的背景，促进少数派参与生物医学研究，并与部落和农村社区合作。有30多名生物医学教师来自十个部门的研究计划，他们表现出了下一个培训的承诺一代科学家已同意担任Prep-MT计划的导师。所有导师都会收到通过改善研究和MSU的指导经验的中心培训培训土著指导计划。拟议的Prep-MT计划具有创新性，因为它专注于本地美国和第一代的毕业生和低收入毕业生强调灌输一种属于我们的准备参与者。总而言之，我们相信Prep-MT计划将大大通过增加蒙大拿州的少数群体的进入来增强生物医学劳动力的发展优质的博士学位课程和有影响力的职业。