URM: University of Wisconsin - Madison Portal Program to Interdisciplinary Research in the Biological Sciences

URM：威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校生物科学跨学科研究门户项目

• 批准号: 0731564
• 负责人: Janet Branchaw
• 金额: $ 90.83万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0731564&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: URM; University; Wisconsin; Madison; Portal

AbstractThe University of Wisconsin Madison's Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) program will provide research experiences and trained mentors to motivate and prepare undergraduate students beginning their sophomore year to succeed in emerging, interdisciplinary areas of biological sciences research. The primary goal of the program is to directly prepare a more diverse population of students to pursue and complete graduate education. The project aims to achieve this by: 1) recruiting a diverse group of program participants; 2) building a multiyear, graduate preparatory program that prepares students to do interdisciplinary research in the biological sciences; 3) providing mentor training that focuses on mentoring students in interdisciplinary research; and 4) evaluating and disseminating our methods and products. Students who are members of underrepresented groups in the sciences, from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, have transferred to UW-Madison, or who have a registered disability are especially encouraged to apply. NSF funds will provide two years of research support to program students, with continued support in the third year provided by the host laboratory, or the UW-Madison Undergraduate Fellowships Office. Mentors will be drawn from new and interdisciplinary areas and will be trained in the Wisconsin Mentoring Seminar. The program includes an undergraduate seminar series designed to help students find an appropriate mentor and establish a positive relationship with him/her, acclimate to the research community, learn about laboratory safety and the ethical conduct of research, and generally get the most out of their research experience. In addition, URM students will engage in leadership experiences, peer mentoring, GRE preparation workshops, giving presentations at research conferences, and designing and organizing monthly student meetings attended by all program participants. To learn more, please visit the program website (http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/urm/) or contact the Program Director, Dr. Janet Branchaw ([e-mail], 608/262-1182).

摘要威斯康星州大学麦迪逊的本科生研究和指导（URM）计划将提供研究经验和训练有素的导师，以激励和准备本科生开始他们的大二成功的新兴，跨学科领域的生物科学研究。该计划的主要目标是直接准备一个更多样化的学生人口追求和完成研究生教育。该项目旨在通过以下方式实现这一目标：1）招募一批多元化的计划参与者; 2）建立一个多年的研究生预科课程，为学生在生物科学领域进行跨学科研究做好准备; 3）提供导师培训，重点是指导学生进行跨学科研究; 4）评估和传播我们的方法和产品。学生谁是在科学代表性不足的群体的成员，从经济上处于不利地位的背景，已转移到威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校，或谁有登记的残疾特别鼓励申请。NSF基金将为项目学生提供两年的研究支持，并在第三年由主办实验室或UW-Madison本科生奖学金办公室提供持续支持。导师将从新的和跨学科的领域，并将在威斯康星州辅导研讨会进行培训。该计划包括一个本科生研讨会系列，旨在帮助学生找到合适的导师，并与他/她建立积极的关系，适应研究社区，了解实验室安全和研究的道德行为，并通常最大限度地利用他们的研究经验。此外，URM学生将参与领导经验，同行指导，GRE准备研讨会，在研究会议上做演讲，并设计和组织所有计划参与者参加的每月学生会议。要了解更多信息，请访问该计划的网站（http：//www.wisc.edu/cbe/urm/）或联系计划主任，博士珍妮特Branchaw（[e-mail]，608/262-1182）。