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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: 8687941
• 负责人: RUTH B CHURCH
• 金额: $ 23.15万
• 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/8687941
• 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; Hispanics; Illinois; Immersion Investigative Technique; Institution; Leadership; Mentors; Methods; Minor; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Research; Research Activity; Research Infrastructure; STEM field; Schools; Science; Statistical Models; Structure; Students; System; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; design; experience; graduate student; improved; innovation; mathematical model; member; outreach; peer; programs; undergraduate 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）：本提案旨在在东北伊利诺伊大学 (NEIU) 建立 MARC U-STAR 项目，东北伊利诺伊大学是位于伊利诺伊州芝加哥市的指定拉美裔服务机构。 NEIU 是中西部最多元化的大学之一，也是中西部唯一一所四年制公立 HSI。 NEIU 的这一战略地位使得必须加强其在生物医学/行为科学领域代表性不足的学生培训方面的区域领导力，以改善他们为高水平博士学位做好准备。程序。 5 本申请提出了一项综合教育计划，包括创新的跨学科课程，将定量科学融入 STEM 学科的学习计划、多样化的研究经验和结构化指导。该项目的拟议目标是： 目标 1. 为本科生（特别是代表性不足的少数族裔学生）做好适当准备，以进入以生物医学和/或行为研究为重点的博士课程。这将通过以下关键要素来实现：(a) 开发学术课程，为 URM 学生为生物医学和行为研究的研究生课程做好适当准备，(b) 沉浸式体验，使 URM 成为科学界的成员并提高学生的理解通过研究参与和其他活动（例如同行领袖经验、座谈会、研究生准备研讨会和外展机会）提供生物医学和行为研究机会，以及（c）为受训者提供财政支持，使学生能够专注于他们的学术和研究活动。目标 2. 实施预培训 MARC 计划，为预培训 MARC 和其他荣誉学生做好进入以生物医学和/或行为研究为重点的博士课程的准备。我们预科 MARC 学员的研究生院课程准备将与我们的 MARC 学员相同，只是这将从大一和大二开始。目标 3. 通过提供将 URM 融入科学界的活动，加强 NEIU 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 STEM 辅修课程。这将通过实施新开发和批准的跨学科 STEM 辅修课程“复杂系统的数学和统计建模”来实现，该辅修课程强调定量/计算推理与其他 STEM 学科的整合。 b) 研究生院 MARC 倡议。我们将为研究生院准备创建一个 MARC 计划。拟议的课程包括任何 STEM 学科的专业、新的定量跨学科 STEM 辅修课程以及所有其他 MARC 活动，这些课程将提供给任何想要为生物医学和行为研究研究生院做准备的学生。