Biotechnology Scholars at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University

该项目正在提供奖学金支持，以吸引那些在经济上处于不利地位的有学术天赋的学生，以及那些在科学领域传统上代表性不足的学生，去攻读生物技术学位。奖学金颁发给每学年两批15名学生--新生四年，大二新生三年。为了补充财政支持，该项目正在开发和实施学术支持服务，以加强现有的计划：帮助学生顺利过渡到大型大学的大学生活；制定有效的学习和时间管理战略；以及在具有挑战性的课程中取得学业成功。此外，该项目增加了教师指导的机会，并促进了两组奖学金获得者之间的社会互动和“纽带”。该项目的学术价值体现在其以国家认可的生物技术跨学科示范课程为基础的基础上。该基金会使该项目能够帮助每一位学者在第三学年结束后的夏天找到一名研究导师和/或工业实习机会；并通过实地考察、研讨会和其他旨在为进入生物制药工作队伍或在研究生或专业学校深造铺平道路的计划，让学生熟悉职业机会。除了奖学金获得者感受到的好处外，该项目还通过扩大生物制药劳动力的规模和增强其多样性，并为制药和生物技术行业的持续增长和全球竞争力做出贡献，从而产生了更广泛的影响。

This project is providing scholarship support to attract academically talented students who are economically disadvantaged, as well as those that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Scholarships are awarded to two cohorts of 15 students for each year of study - four years for incoming freshmen and three years for rising sophomores. To complement the financial support the project is developing and implementing academic support services to enhance existing programs that are designed: to assist students in making a smooth transition to college life in a large university; to develop effective study and time management strategies; and to succeed academically in a challenging curriculum. In addition, the project is enhancing faculty mentoring opportunities and stimulating social interaction and "bonding" within the two cohorts of scholarship recipients. The intellectual merit of the project is seen through its foundation on a nationally recognized interdisciplinary model curriculum in biotechnology. This foundation enables the project to assist each of its scholars in identifying a research mentor and/or an internship in industry for the summer following the end of the third academic year; and to acquaint the students with career opportunities through field trips, workshops, and other programs designed to pave the way to the biopharmaceutical workforce or advanced study in graduate or professional school. Beyond the benefit felt by the scholarship recipients, the project is having a broader impact by increasing the size and enhancing the diversity of the biopharmaceutical workforce and contributing to the continued growth and global competitiveness of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.