UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program

UMDNJ-罗格斯大学管道项目

• 批准号: 7879829
• 负责人: MICHAEL J LEIBOWITZ
• 金额: $ 11.59万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7879829
• 关键词: Academic Training; Applications Grants; Attitude; Award; Biomedical Research; Biotechnology; Cognitive; Commit; Dentistry; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Environment; Evaluation; Exercise; Faculty; Fellowship; Funding; Funding Agency; Genomics; Goals; Government; Grant; Growth; Individual; Industry; Institution; Laboratories; Medicine; Mentors; Modification; Molecular; Paper; Participant; Pathway interactions; Population; Productivity; Program Evaluation; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Schools; Science; Scientist; Self Efficacy; Services; Social Identification; Social support; Students; Time Management; Training; Training Support; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Wages; Wellness Program; Writing; base; biomedical scientist; career; catalyst; computerized; flexibility; graduate student; improved; minority trainee; post-doctoral training; programs; public health relevance; skills; success

DESCRIPTION: This proposal is for renewal of an Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Award, which supports the UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program, which aims to increase the training and graduation of underrepresented minority (URM) Ph.D. biomedical scientists. This IMSD is based in the Molecular Biosciences Graduate Programs umbrella (MBS), and has supported 73 graduate students over the past 12 years, 30 of whom have received the Ph.D. and gone on to scientific careers or further training, with 25 more still in training here and 2 in other institutions. This IMSD has been the catalyst for increasing the number of Ph.D. candidates in the MBS programs (currently 50), and renewal of this grant and the growth of complementary Bridge to the Doctorate and institutional programs will increase that number. In the previous funding period, the attrition rate among IMSD trainees was only 5%, and we hope to maintain or improve that record. Since the inception of the IMSD, the attrition rate of URM candidates in the MBS programs has been below that of the overall student population, indicating program success. Support services for IMSD trainees include cognitive skills evaluation and training, a student tutoring program, student wellness program, flexible curriculum, flexibility in disciplinary selection, an active Biosciences Graduate Student Association and a supportive group of faculty mentors. A new required Quantitative Problems course helps to prepare trainees for science careers. This school is committed to continuous support of all graduate students through award of the Ph.D., and all IMSD trainees in good standing have had such support after IMSD funding, including many who have won individual NIH or NSF fellowships or have been supported by training or research grants. In the next period we propose to add a required scientific writing course and a laboratory exercise in genomic analysis (which will be part of an existing course). Evaluation has suggested that success of our program is based, in part, on identification by the trainees as biomedical scientists as part of the MBS programs rather than as somehow separated as part of a program specific for URM trainees. Evaluation is planned to study how social identity, social support and self-efficacy are impacted by program components and contribute to overall success of trainees. Public Health Relevance: This application for renewal of an Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Award is to support the training of graduate students from diverse backgrounds with the goal of increasing participation of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research careers. The program includes multiple support mechanisms to promote the success of trainees, including salary and tuition for research training, academic training to develop necessary skills, development of study and time management skills and promotion of trainee identity as scientists. Based on evaluation of the program, successful components are being continued and new components are being added, including a new required course in scientific writing and a laboratory exercise in computerized genomic analysis. It is anticipated that the large number of minority trainees on this campus will increase, as will their rate of success in obtaining the Ph.D. and entering scientific careers, with a targeted success rate of over 90%.

描述：该提案是为了续签一项最大化学生多样性奖的计划，该奖项支持Umdnj-Rutgers University Pipeline计划，该计划旨在增加代表性不足的少数民族（URM）博士学位的培训和毕业。生物医学科学家。该IMSD基于分子生物科学研究生课程（MBS），并在过去12年中为73名研究生提供了支持，其中30名获得了博士学位。并继续进行科学职业或进一步的培训，在这里培训还有25个，在其他机构中进行了2个培训。该IMSD一直是增加博士学位数量的催化剂。 MBS计划的候选人（目前为50个），并续签了这笔赠款以及对博士和机构计划的补充桥梁的增长将增加这一数字。在上一个资金期间，IMSD培训人员的流失率仅为5％，我们希望维持或改善该记录。自IMSD成立以来，MBS计划中的URM候选人的流失率低于整体学生人数，这表明计划成功。 IMSD受训者的支持服务包括认知技能评估和培训，学生辅导计划，学生健康计划，灵活的课程，纪律选择灵活性，活跃的生物科学研究生学生协会和支持的教师导师小组。一个新的必需定量问题课程有助于为学员准备科学职业。这所学校致力于通过授予所有研究生的持续支持。培训或研究补助金。在下一个时期，我们建议在基因组分析中添加必要的科学写作课程和实验室练习（这将是现有课程的一部分）。评估表明，我们计划的成功部分基于受训者作为生物医学科学家的认同，作为MBS计划的一部分，而不是以某种方式作为针对URM受训者的计划的一部分。评估计划研究社会认同，社会支持和自我效能感如何受计划组成部分的影响，并为受训者的整体成功做出贡献。 公共卫生相关性：续签一项最大化学生多样性奖计划的申请是支持对来自不同背景的研究生的培训，目的是增加代表性不足的少数民族在生物医学研究职业中的参与。该计划包括多种支持机制来促进受训者的成功，包括用于研究培训的工资和学费，发展必要的技能，发展学习和时间管理技能以及促进学员身份作为科学家的认同。根据对计划的评估，正在继续成功的组件并添加了新的组件，包括科学写作的新课程和计算机基因组分析中的实验室练习。预计该校园中的大量少数群体学员将会增加，他们在获得博士学位的成功率也将增加。并进入科学职业，目标成功率超过90％。