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: 7878143
• 负责人: CARL Richard KEMNITZ
• 金额: $ 7.88万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV BAKERSFIELD
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-20 至 2010-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7878143
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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 researchfor 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.

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民族学生准备 生物医学研究的未来。该计划的目的是显着增加少数人的数量 为生物学，化学，计算机研究生院跨学科准备的学生 科学，数学或实验心理学，最终从事生物医学研究的职业。 培训计划始于一个大量的马克组件，其中包括全面 建议；所有人的生物学，微积分，化学和计算方法的跨学科课程 学生;学术支持研讨会和同伴学习团体；并在制度上提供了财务 每年为2020美元的学生提供1,000-2,500美元的支持（总支持29,000美元）。这 培训继续进行，有一个高度选择性的Marc U*星队员，总计9名大三和老年人 获得大量津贴。他们将参加两个 多年来，在全国认可的地点，在家中的会议演讲中的壁外研究 机构和国家科学会议，道德培训和研究生院的准备。特别 开发的课程将计算和定量概念集成到科学课程中 对于所有学员，也适用于其他学生。 提出以下作为特定可测量目标：（1）增加50％ 代表性不足的少数民族学生被录取在受支持学科的研究生院。 （2）通过增加50％，以改善学生为生物医学研究的准备 完成了两个的生物学，化学和心理学的初级少数族裔学生人数 微积分的四分之一；并将少数计算机科学与数学专业的数量增加三倍 已经完成了两个季度的生物学和化学。 （3）增加荣誉数量 在受支持学科中，代表性不足的少数民族学生增加了30％。 （4）提高保留率和 我们的计划参与者的毕业率通过将一年和两年的退出率减半；和 增加50％，保留毕业率。该项目的评估将在 对于所有现在和过去的Marc U*星年培训生，持续的基础和每年都有 活动符合计划的目标和目标。