Preparing Students for a Future in Biomedical Research

让学生为生物医学研究的未来做好准备

• 批准号: 7626725
• 负责人: CARL Richard KEMNITZ
• 金额: $ 28.74万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV BAKERSFIELD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2011-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7626725
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): California State University, Bakersfield proposes to prepare underrepresented minority students for a future in biomedical research. The goal of the program is to dramatically increase the number of minority students who have an interdisciplinary preparation for graduate school in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, or experimental Psychology and ultimately for careers in biomedical research. The training program begins with a substantial pre-MARC component that includes comprehensive advising; interdisciplinary coursework in biology, calculus, chemistry, and computational methods for all students; academic support workshops and peer-study groups; and institutionally provided financial support of $1,000-$2,500 per year for up to 20 pre-MARC students (total support of $29,000). The training continues with a highly selective MARC U*STAR cohort, totaling 9 juniors and seniors, who will receive a substantial stipend. They will participate in extensive academic intramural research for two years, extramural research at a nationally recognized location, conference presentations at their home institution and at national scientific meetings, ethics training, and graduate school preparation. Specially developed coursework integrates computational and quantitative concepts into the science curriculum for all trainees and is available to other students as well. The following are proposed as specific measurable objectives: (1) To increase by 50% the number of underrepresented minority students who are admitted to graduate school in the supported disciplines. (2) To improve the preparation of our students for biomedical research by increasing by 50% the number of junior minority students in Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology who have completed two quarters of calculus; and tripling the number of minority Computer Science and Mathematics majors who have completed two quarters of Biology and Chemistry. (3) To increase the number of honors underrepresented minority students in the supported disciplines by 30%. (4) To improve retention and graduation rates among our program participants by halving the one and two year drop out rates; and increasing by 50%, the rate of retention to graduation. Evaluation of the project will be carried out on a continual basis and annually for all present and past MARC U*STAR trainees to ensure that the activities meet the goals and objectives of the program.

描述（由申请人提供）：加利福尼亚州立大学，贝克斯菲尔德（Bakersfield）提议为代表性不足的少数族裔学生准备生物医学研究的未来。该计划的目的是显着增加为生物学，化学，计算机科学，数学或实验心理学研究生院跨学科准备的少数族裔学生的数量，并最终从事生物医学研究的职业。培训计划始于大量的MARC组件，其中包括全面的建议；所有学生的生物学，微积分，化学和计算方法的跨学科课程；学术支持研讨会和同伴学习团体；并在机构上为多达20名前学生提供了每年$ 1,000- $ 2,500的财政支持（总支持29,000美元）。培训继续以高度选择性的Marc U*星队员队伍，总共有9名大三学生和老年人，他们将获得大量的津贴。他们将在全国认可的地点，家庭机构的会议演讲以及国家科学会议，道德培训和研究生院的准备工作中，在全国认可的地点，会议演讲和研究生院的准备工作中参加广泛的学术研究。特别开发的课程工作将计算和定量概念集成到所有学员的科学课程中，并且也可供其他学生使用。提出以下内容作为特定的可衡量目标：（1）增加50％的代表性少数族裔学生的数量，这些学生被录取在受支持学科的研究生院。 （2）通过增加了已经完成了四分之三的微积分的生物学，化学和心理学中的初级少数族裔学生的数量来改善学生为生物医学研究的准备；以及完成生物学和化学四分之二的少数计算机科学和数学专业的数量。 （3）将支持学科中代表性不足的少数族裔学生的荣誉数量增加30％。 （4）通过将一年和两年的退出率减半来提高计划参与者的保留率和毕业率；并增加了50％，保留毕业率。对项目的评估将连续和每年对所有当前和过去的Marc U*星培训生进行，以确保活动符合计划的目标。