Knight Scholars Program - Building STEM Interest and Capacity for Cancer Research Careers among Underrepresented and Rural High School Students

奈特学者计划 - 培养代表性不足和农村高中生癌症研究职业的 STEM 兴趣和能力

• 批准号: 10605266
• 负责人: BRIAN J DRUKER
• 金额: $ 32.32万
• 依托单位: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-19 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10605266
• 关键词: Area; Awareness; Belief; Biomedical Research; Birth Place; Catchment Area; Clinical; Communities; Complex; Comprehensive Cancer Center; Development; Disadvantaged; Education; Ethnic Origin; Exposure to; Face; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Geography; Goals; Growth; High School Student; Home; Hospitals; Immersion; Individual; Institution; Internships; Learning; Link; Localized Malignant Neoplasm; Low income; Malignant Neoplasms; Measures; Mentors; Motivation; Nature; Oregon; Outcome; Parents; Population; Program Development; Public Health; Race; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Rural; Scholars Program; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Self Efficacy; Students; Teacher Professional Development; Training; Training Programs; Trust; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Work; anticancer research; career; college; community based participatory research; design; education research; experience; frontier; high school; interest; member; novel; outreach; programs; recruit; residence; resilience; rural residence; school environment; social; summer research; teacher; teacher mentor; trend; underrepresented minority student

PROJECT SUMMARY Recent trends highlight that the current and developing scientific workforce in the United States may not be adequately prepared nor reflect the diversity of students needed to tackle the increasingly complex and cross- disciplinary nature of biomedical research. Science experiences outside of the formal schooling environment have been shown to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) trajectories by stimulating student interest in science, fostering student beliefs in their abilities, and by making science appealing and accessible to a variety of learners. However, access to such programs is often difficult for underrepresented minority (URM) students, including those disadvantaged due to race/ethnicity or residence in low-income rural or frontier areas. Therefore, the proposed Knight Scholars Program will provide mentored cancer research training experiences for underrepresented and rural high school students in order to increase access to enhanced STEM opportunities in a manner that takes into account the social and geographic challenges these students may face. The intended outcome of the Program is to strengthen students' science identity and resilience through exposure to 1) expanded hands-on cancer research experiences, 2) teachers and community members trained to support continued work in the students' “home community”, and 3) formalized opportunities to share experiences in ways that support their communities' cancer-related needs. Specifically the proposed Knight Scholars Program will 1) increase the number of URM Oregon high school students (specifically those disadvantaged due to race/ethnicity, rural residence and low-income) who participate in expanded hands-on summer cancer research experiences of 1-week, 2-weeks and 6-weeks; 2) develop ongoing support for students in their “home community” through continued engagement in STEM activities, intensive teacher professional development programs, and formal links to local OHSU research liaisons; 3) create a culture of shared experience by integrating student involvement in cancer-related community programs,(e.g., shadowing within local hospitals and outreach projects with non-profits).

项目摘要 最近的趋势强调，美国当前和发展的科学劳动力可能不是 充分准备或反映学生应对日益复杂和跨的学生的多样性 生物医学研究的纪律性质。在正规学校环境之外的科学经验 已显示通过刺激来支持科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）轨迹 学生对科学的兴趣，培养学生对自己能力的信念，并通过使科学吸引力和 各种学习者都可以进入。但是，对于代表性不足而言，访问此类程序通常很难 少数民族（URM）学生，包括由于种族/种族或低收入农村居住而处于不利地位的学生 或边境区域。因此，拟议的骑士学者计划将提供指导的癌症研究 为代表性不足和艰难的高中生培训经验，以增加获得的机会 以一种考虑到社会和地理挑战的方式增强了STEM机会 学生可能会面对。该计划的预期结果是增强学生的科学身份和 通过接触1）扩大动手癌症研究经验的韧性，2）教师和 经过培训的社区成员支持在学生的“家庭社区”中继续工作，3）正式化 以支持其社区与癌症相关需求的方式分享经验的机会。 特别是拟议的骑士学者计划1）增加俄勒冈州URM的数量 学生（特别是那些因种族/种族，粗糙住所和低收入而处于不利地位的学生） 参加为期1周，2周和6周的夏季癌症研究经历的扩大； 2） 通过持续参与STEM，在其“家庭社区”中为学生提供持续的支持 活动，密集的教师专业发展计划以及与本地OHSU研究的正式链接 联络； 3）通过整合学生参与癌症相关的参与来创造共享经验的文化 社区计划（例如，在当地医院和非营利组织的外展项目中阴影）。