UC Davis MARC Scholar Program

加州大学戴维斯分校 MARC 学者计划

• 批准号: 9059102
• 负责人: BARBARA Ann HORWITZ
• 金额: $ 23.97万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9059102
• 关键词: Academic advising; Advisory Committees; Area; Awareness; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Communities; Community Outreach; Degree program; Development; Development Plans; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Elevator; Equilibrium; Exposure to; Feedback; Fellowship; Funding; Goals; Grant; Guidelines; Individual; Institution; Interview; Journals; Leadership; Maintenance; NCI Scholars Program; Oral; Outcome; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Process; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Resources; STEM field; Schools; Science; Scientist; Staging; Students; Talents; Underrepresented Students; United States National Institutes of Health; Visit; Writing; career; career development; design; experience; graduate student; improved; instructor; meetings; peer; programs; skills; student mentoring; summer research; symposium

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our program's goal remains increasing the diversity of students pursuing PhDs in STEM fields and a research career in biomedical sciences. We have developed activities for high achieving underrepresented (UR) students that are designed to hone their talent and professional skills in preparation for excelling in subsequent PhD (or PhD/MD) programs and careers in biomedical-relevant areas. Our strategy involves recruiting 4 juniors/yr and providing them with advising, academic, and research activities that will enable them to achieve the following: (a) GPAs > 3.5 (honors) in their major & graduation with cumulative GPAs > 3.25; (b) GRE scores in the top 50th percentile; (c) increased scientific research expertise via intensive research experiences, including summer research at another institution, facilitated journal clubs, and interaction with campus and visiting scientists; (d) enhanced oral & written presentation skills via specific assignments, research presentations, and peer & instructor feedback; (e) maintenance/enhanced commitment to biomedical research careers; (f) exposure to the broader scientific community via attendance at visiting scientist presentations and national meetings; (g) increased awareness of graduate school application requirements, & improved interviewing skills via practice and feedback from our Advisory Committee; and (h) entry into PhD or PhD/MD programs within 2 years of graduation at a percentage of 75%. To achieve these goals, we will maintain our successful pre-MARC curriculum (BUSP), funded primarily by campus resources with some augmentation from our NIH-IMSD grant. BUSP provides a rich pool for recruiting MARC Scholars. We will also: (a) expand efforts to recruit outstanding students from those who did not participate in BUSP; (b) enhance MARC components, including refining the advising component by establishing clearer guidelines for academic & research balance during the academic year, assisting students in crafting individual development plans, and increasing emphasis on graduate school application requirements and processes; (c) strengthen the academic/professional skills component of the program through additional writing and oral activities (e.g., NSF fellowship application, additiona research presentations, development of "elevator/ airplane" explanations of research projects); (d) expand student exposure to research by inviting UR postdoctoral fellows to present a research seminar and discuss their career development/path and by providing MARC seniors with the option of presenting their research at a national conference in their discipline with thei research preceptor (vs. returning to ABRCMS); (e) build connections to the next stage in their academic careers by pairing them with an UR graduate student mentor; and (f) add a community outreach component to broaden the program's impact and enhance the MARC Scholars' leadership skills while encouraging UR students at all levels to participate in science. We anticipate that the long-term outcome of our MARC U-Star activities will be an increased pool of highly competitive, diverse candidates who matriculate into outstanding biomedical PhD and/or dual degree programs.

 描述（由适用提供）：我们计划的目标仍然增加了在STEM领域追求博士学位和生物医学科学研究生涯的学生的多样性。我们为高度成就的（UR）学生开发了活动，这些活动旨在磨练自己的才能和专业技能，以准备在生物医学与与之相关的地区的后续博士学位（或博士/MD）计划和职业中脱颖而出。我们的策略涉及招募4名大三学生，并为他们提供咨询，学术和研究活动，以使他们能够实现以下方面：（a）GPAS> 3.5（荣誉）在其专业中，并以累积的GPA> 3.25毕业； （b）在前50个百分位数中的GRE分数； （c）通过强烈的研究经验，包括在另一家机构的夏季研究，促进期刊俱乐部以及与校园和访问科学家的互动，提高了科学研究的专业知识； （d）通过特定作业，研究演示文稿以及同伴和讲师的反馈来增强口头和书面演示技巧； （e）维护/增强对生物医学研究职业的承诺； （f）参加来访的科学家演讲和国家会议，接触更广泛的科学界； （g）提高对研究生院申请要求的认识，并通过我们的咨询委员会的实践和反馈来提高面试技能； （h）毕业后2年内以75％的百分比进入博士学位或博士/MD计划。为了实现这些目标，我们将维持成功的MARC之前的课程（BUSP），主要由校园资源资助，并从NIH-IMSD赠款中进行一些增强。 BUSP为招募马克学者提供了一个丰富的游泳池。我们还将：（a）扩大努力，招募那些不参加BUSP的学生的杰出学生； （b）增强MARC组件，包括通过在学年中建立更清晰的学术和研究平衡指南，协助学生制定个人发展计划，并越来越强调研究生院的申请要求和过程； （c）通过其他写作和口头活动来增强计划的学术/专业技能部分（例如，NSF奖学金应用，其他研究演示，开发研究项目的“电梯/飞机”解释）； （d）通过邀请您的博士后研究员提出研究，以扩大学生对研究的研究，以介绍研究和讨论他们的职业发展/道路，并通过为MARC老年人提供选择在其学科的全国会议上介绍他们的研究教育者（与回归ABRCMS）； （e）通过将他们与您的研究生导师配对，建立与学术职业下一阶段的联系； （f）添加一个社区外展部分，以扩大计划的影响并增强MARC学者的领导能力，同时鼓励您的各级学生参与科学。我们预计，我们的MARC U-Star活动的长期结果将是竞争激烈的，潜水员候选人的增加，他们归入了出色的生物医学博士学位和/或双重学位课程。