Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program "PREP@UAZ"

学士后研究教育计划“PREP@UAZ”

• 批准号: 10091470
• 负责人: MARGARET M BRIEHL
• 金额: $ 32.17万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-02-01 至 2023-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10091470
• 关键词: Advisory Committees; Affect; Alaska Native; American; American Indians; Arizona; Awareness; Back; Behavioral Research; Biomedical Research; Colorado; Communication; Communities; Critical Thinking; Cultural Sensitivity; Development Plans; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Effectiveness; Ethnic group; Faculty; Feeling; Fostering; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Health; Human; Indigenous; Individual; Institution; International; Knowledge; Lead; Mentors; Methods; Minority Groups; Minority-Serving Institution; Montana; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Native Americans; New Mexico; Participant; Personal Satisfaction; Positioning Attribute; Problem Solving; Published Comment; Reflex action; Research; STEM field; Schools; Science; Scientist; Student recruitment; Students; System; Time; Trainers Training; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Vision; Vocation; Well in self; Wisconsin; Work; Writing; base; career; career development; cohort; college; community engagement; cultural values; design; diversity and inclusion; education research; ethnic minority population; experience; faculty research; graduate student; health disparity; higher education; insight; matriculation; member; non-Native; peer coaching; programs; racial and ethnic; recruit; role model; skills; student mentoring; success; undergraduate student

Program Summary/Abstract American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are the most underrepresented racial/ethnic group among scientists in the U.S. One reason for their low representation is the cultural difference between Indigenous and Euro-American-based science, which can lead to a feeling of isolation for AI/AN students. The vision of Indigenous1 scholars within higher education and the long-term goal of the proposed University of Arizona Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (UA PREP) is to overcome these differences and increase the participation of AI/AN students in biomedical research. Due to its close proximity to many Tribal or AI/AN communities, the richness of its biomedical and behavioral research enterprise, and an institutional-level commitment to diversity and inclusion, UA is well-positioned for a PREP program. Further, UA ranks first among U.S. research-intensive universities in conferring PhD degrees to AI/AN students. The premise of the proposed PREP is that nurturing overall well-being and honoring Indigenous science knowledge while offering AI/AN students a doctoral-level research experience will provide the best foundation for success in graduate school. The current proposal seeks to provide five to eight UA PREP participants per year with an intensive research experience and additional training to enhance their competitiveness for doctoral programs. Strategic partnerships with minority-serving institutions and with programs at UA that support AI/AN undergraduates in STEM fields will be utilized to support recruitment efforts. The program will focus on students who have encountered greater than average challenges on their path to graduate school. Participants will spend 75% of their time conducting hypothesis-driven, doctoral-level research. The proposed activities for the remaining 25% of the participants' efforts will provide career development training. The matriculation and retention of AI/AN students in graduate programs will be increased by nurturing a sense of belonging within the community of science while honoring Indigenous knowledge. We aim to have at least 75% of the trainees matriculate into biomedical PhD programs. Their retention and success in these programs will be enhanced by foundations laid in UA PREP. Participants will be encouraged to incorporate their cultural values into their individual development plans. Further, program activities will nurture community engagement with frequent opportunities to interact with Native and non-Native science faculty and graduate students. The capacity of UA to train AI/AN graduate students will be fostered through annual workshops aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of faculty in mentoring students and increasing cultural sensitivity and awareness of and integration of Indigenous science methods into the curriculum. A selection committee of research-active mentors will recommend the strongest applicants to UA PREP for approval by the Institutional Advisory Committee. This committee and an expert external evaluator will regularly assess progress towards the UA PREP program objectives. 1Indigenous and Native American are used here, respectively, for Indigenous groups internationally and in the U.S. 1

程序摘要/摘要 美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）是人数最少的种族/族裔群体 美国的科学家的一个理由较低的原因是土著和 欧美科学的科学可能会导致AI/A/A学生的孤立感。愿景 高等教育中的土著学者和拟议的亚利桑那大学的长期目标 后库后研究教育计划（UA PREP）是要克服这些差异并增加 AI/A学生参与生物医学研究。由于它与许多部落或ai/an的近距离 社区，其生物医学和行为研究企业的丰富性以及机构级别 对多样性和包容性的承诺，UA对于准备计划的位置很好。此外，UA排名第一 在美国研究密集型大学中，为AI/A/A的学生提供博士学位。前提 拟议的准备是，在提供的同时培养整体福祉和尊重土著科学知识 AI/A学生博士研究经验将为研究生成功提供最佳基础 学校。当前的提案试图每年提供五到八名UA准备参与者 研究经验和额外的培训，以增强其在博士课程中的竞争力。战略 与少数派服务机构以及UA计划的合作伙伴关系 STEM领域将用于支持招聘工作。该计划将专注于有 在研究生院的道路上遇到了超过平均水平的挑战。参与者将花费75％ 他们进行假设驱动的博士学位研究的时间。剩余25％的拟议活动 参与者的努力将提供职业发展培训。 AI/AN的入学和保留 研究生课程的学生将通过培养在社区中的归属感来增加 科学的同时尊重土著知识。我们的目标是至少有75％的学员入学 生物医学博士计划。他们在这些计划中的保留和成功将通过奠定的基础增强 在UA准备。将鼓励参与者将他们的文化价值纳入个人 发展计划。此外，计划活动将培养社区的参与 与本地和非本地科学教师和研究生互动。 UA训练AI/AN的能力 将通过年度研讨会来培养研究生，旨在提高教师的有效性 指导学生，提高文化敏感性以及对土著科学的意识和融合 课程中的方法。研究活性导师的选拔委员会将推荐最强大的 申请UA Prep的申请人获得机构咨询委员会的批准。这个委员会和专家 外部评估者将定期评估UA准备程序目标的进度。 1分别用于国际和美国的土著群体。 1