Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University

卡内基梅隆大学生物科学本科生的研究经历

• 批准号: 9912260
• 负责人: Robert Murphy
• 金额: $ 19.4万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-04-15 至 2003-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9912260&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Experiences; Undergraduates; Biological; Sciences

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.

摘要 Murphy, Robert F. 提案 # DBI-9912260 自 1987 年以来，卡内基梅隆大学生物科学系在美国国家科学基金会 REU 计划的支持下提供了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，纳入了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 项目每年夏天举办，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，并且在申请时必须是大二或大三学生。 REU 项目主要针对没有广泛研究机会的小型学院和大学的学生。 特别鼓励来自科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生申请。 该计划的参与者将获得 3,000 美元的津贴、免费的大学住宿以及合理的旅行费用报销。 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。 科学计划包括教师的研究报告、学生对科学文献文章的报告和讨论、职业选择和科学伦理的会议，以及所有学生展示其研究结果的总结研讨会。 学生将学习如何创建复杂的计算机演示文稿，并在课程结束时收到演示文稿的录像带。 除了科学项目外，学生还参加各种其他活动，包括年度部门激流漂流之旅。 摘要 Jocelyn Spragg 提案 # DBI - 9912216 医学科学部是哈佛大学的一部分，负责指导博士生。文理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培训项目。 该部门提交了一项为期 10 周的夏季研究计划，供本科生参与细胞和分子生物学领域的研究项目。 三年内每年为 10 名学生申请资金。 参与者将从全国范围内招募，特别注重招募对生物研究职业感兴趣的学生以及合格的少数民族学生和女性。 除了他们的研究项目外，学生还参加每周一次的学生教师研究讨论研讨会系列，在研讨会上他们互相教授他们的项目，以及每周一次的职业发展系列，其中涵盖了选择研究生课程、成功完成申请和面试等主题。 每年夏天的三场会议专门讨论生物科学中的伦理问题。学生还与当前的研究生一起参加同行建议/指导计划，并获得在学术和社会环境中结识其他多数和少数族裔研究教师和研究生的额外机会。 这些机会是由该项目、各个研究小组以及住在医学院校园内的住房提供的。 学生可以获得津贴、住房、往返课程的交通费以及紧急疾病和意外健康保险。 采用了多种形成性和终结性评价机制。 作为发展网络的一部分，项目校友将收到每年两次的时事通讯、彼此的联系信息，并可以接受项目主任及其个人研究顾问的持续建议和咨询。