Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University

罗伯特·F·墨菲提案#DBI-9912260自1987年以来，卡内基梅隆大学生物科学系在国家科学基金会REU计划的支持下，提供了一项暑期本科生研究计划(SURP)。自1989年以来，SURP还得到了霍华德·休斯医学研究所的资助。1998年和1999年，该计划再次扩大到包括由贝克曼学者计划和默克公司基金会资助的计算生物学和化学计划支持的参与者。REU项目每年夏天进行，提供分子生物学和遗传学、细胞和发育生物学、生物化学和生物物理学方面的密集、个性化的研究经验。所有参与者必须是美国公民或永久居民，并且在申请时必须在二年级或三年级。REU计划主要针对没有广泛研究机会的小型学院和大学的学生。特别鼓励那些在科学界代表性不足的群体的学生申请。参加该计划的人将获得3000美元的津贴，免费的大学住房，以及合理的旅费补偿。该计划的核心是在一名参与教师的监督下进行的个人研究项目。科学进展包括教员的研究报告、学生对科学文献中的文章的陈述和讨论、关于职业选择和科学伦理的会议，以及所有学生展示他们的研究结果的总结研讨会。学生在制作复杂的计算机演示文稿时接受培训，并在节目结束时收到演示文稿的录像带。除了科学项目，学生们还参加各种其他活动，包括一年一度的系级激流漂流之旅。Jocelyn Sprag提案#DBI-9912216医学科学部是哈佛大学的一部分，负责监督艺术与科学研究生院为在医学院校园实验室从事基础生物学研究的学生提供的博士培训项目。该司提交了一份为期10周的暑期研究计划，供本科生参与细胞和分子生物学领域的研究项目。在三年中，每年为10名学生申请资金。参与者将从全国范围内招募，特别强调招募对生物研究职业感兴趣的学生，并招募合格的少数族裔学生和妇女。除了他们的研究项目外，学生们还参加每周的学生-教师研究讨论研讨会系列，在研讨会上他们相互教授他们的项目，以及每周的职业发展系列，其中包括选择研究生项目、完成成功的申请和面试等主题。每个暑期有三节课专门讨论生物科学中的伦理问题。学生们还参加了与现有研究生的同行咨询/辅导计划，并提供了额外的机会，在学术和社会环境中与其他多数和少数研究人员以及研究生见面。这些机会是由该计划提供的，由个人研究小组提供，并通过住在医学院校园的住房中提供。学生可以获得津贴、住房、往返项目的路费，以及紧急疾病和意外健康保险。采用了形成性和终结性评价的几种机制。作为一个发展中的网络的一部分，项目校友将每年收到两次时事通讯，彼此的联系信息，并开放访问项目主任及其个人研究顾问的持续建议和咨询。

ABSTRACT Murphy, Robert F. Proposal # DBI-9912260Since 1987, the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University has offered a Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) with support from the REU Program of the National Science Foundation. Since 1989, the SURP has also been supported by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 1998 and 1999, the program was expanded again to include participants supported by the Beckman Scholars Program and a Computational Biology and Chemistry program underwritten by the Merck Company Foundation. The REU program is run each summer and provides intensive, individualized research experiences in molecular biology and genetics, cell and developmental biology, biochemistry and biophysics. All participants must be United States citizens or permanent residents and must be in their sophomore or junior year at the time of application. The REU program is primarily aimed at students from small colleges and universities that do not have extensive research opportunities. Students from groups underrepresented in the sciences are especially encouraged to apply. Participants in the program receive a stipend of $3,000, free University housing, and reimbursement for reasonable travel costs. The core of the program is an individual research project carried out under the supervision of one of the participating faculty. The scientific progf am includes research presentations by faculty, presentations and discussion by students of articles from the scientific literature, sessions on career options and scientific ethics, and a concluding symposium in which all students present the results of their research. Students receive tf aining in creating sophisticated computerized presentations and receive a video tape of their presentation at the end of the program. In addition to the scientific program, students participate in a variety of other activities, including the annual Department whitewater rafting trip.ABSTRACT Jocelyn Spragg Proposal # DBI - 9912216The Division of Medical Sciences is the part of Harvard University that supervises Ph.D. training programs of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for students who are engaged in basic biological research in laboratories on the Medical School campus. The Division submits this proposal for a 10-week summer research program for undergraduate students to participate in research projects in the field of cellular and molecular biology. Funds are requested for 10 students each year for three years. Participants will be recruited from a nation-wide pool, with particular emphasis on recruiting students who are interested in careers in biological research and on recruiting qualified minority students and women. In addition to their research projects, students participate in a weekly studentfaculty research discussion seminar series at which they teach each other about their projects, and in a weekly career development series, which covers such topics as choosing graduate programs, completing successful applications, and interviewing. Three sessions each summer are devoted to discussions of ethical issues in biological sciences.Students also participate in a peer advising/mentoring program with current graduate students and are provided additional opportunities to meet other majority and minority research faculty and graduate students in both academic and social settings. These opportunities are provided by the program, by the individual research groups, and through living in housing on the Medical School campus. Students receive a stipend, housing, travel to and from the program, and emergency illness and accident health insurance. Several mechanisms of formative and summative evaluation are employed. As part of a developing network, program alumni will receive twice-yearly newsletters, contact information about each other, and open access to continued advising and counseling by the program director and their individual research advisors.