UMEB: The South Carolina Statewide Collaboration (SCSC) Providing Integrative Biology Research Experience to Minority Undergraduates

南卡罗来纳大学(USC)及其合作伙伴组成了南卡罗来纳州全州联盟(SC2)，以支持来自代表不足群体的有才华的本科生参与环境生物学研究工作。与南卡罗来纳州几所历史上一直是黑人的学院和大学以及州政府机构合作，这个环境生物学(UMEB)本科生指导项目将成为一项旨在培训和准备少数民族本科生参加科学和数学研究生课程的综合倡议的关键要素。SC2-UMEB将在广泛的环境技术和概念方面培训学生和他们的导师，从生态和保护遗传学到生态系统研究，并将与其他正在进行的遗传学、分子生物学、生态学和进化论的本科生培训项目相结合。SC2-UMEB计划将开设一门课程，向参与者介绍环境生物学研究，在学术和/或政府研究实验室的暑期研究经验，来自指导团队(教师、研究生和其他研究人员)的帮助和建议，在学生家庭校园的学年研究经验，以及参加专业会议的财务支持。该项目将SC2 UMEB合作伙伴与全国其他少数民族研究合作项目(例如，Louis Stokes少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)计划、少数民族卓越学院(MIE)计划、未来教师准备(PFF)计划)以及国家需要领域研究生援助(GAANN)研究生计划联系起来，该计划为希望在南加州大学攻读科学和数学研究生学位的代表不足群体的合格学生提供25个博士奖学金。SC2-UMEB研究员将有机会选择并参与解决基本环境问题的积极研究计划，包括对环境变化的遗传、行为和生态反应，陆地、沿海和海洋生态系统的保护和恢复生物学，以及生态社区对自然和人为污染物的反应。

0080799Mousseau The University of South Carolina (USC) and its partners have formed a South Carolina Statewide Coalition (SC2 ) to support talented undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in an environmental biology research endeavor. In partnership with several South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and state agencies, this Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) project will be a key element of a comprehensive initiative aimed at training and preparing minority undergraduates for graduate programs in science and mathematics. SC2-UMEB will train students and their mentors in a wide range of environmental technologies and concepts, ranging from ecological and conservation genetics to ecosystems studies, and will integrate with other ongoing undergraduate training programs in genetics, molecular biology, ecology and evolution. The SC2-UMEB program will feature a course that introduces participants to environmental biology research, summer research experiences in academic and/or a government research laboratories, assistance and counsel from mentor teams (faculty, graduate students and other researchers), academic year research experiences at the students' home campuses, and financial support for travel to professional meetings. The project links the SC2 UMEB partners with other minority research collaborations (e.g., the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) programs, the Minority Institutions of Excellence (MIE) program, the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program) across the nation, as well as the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) graduate program which provides 25 PHD fellowships for qualified students from underrepresented groups wishing to pursue graduate degrees in science and mathematics at USC. SC2-UMEB fellows will have the opportunity to select and engage in active research programs addressing basic environmental issues including genetic, behavioral and ecological responses to environmental change, conservation and restoration biology of terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems, and ecological community response to natural and anthropogenic contaminants.