URM: Mentoring Year-round in Biological Engineering, Science and Technology (MY BEST at University of California, Riverside)

加州大学河滨分校的NSF URM名为My Best@UCR(加州大学河滨分校生物工程、科学和技术常年指导)，是一个全年项目，将为科学和工程专业的本科生提供参与生物工程研究的机会。这一URM计划将激励参与的学生攻读生物科学和工程方面的研究生学位。该计划的总体目标是让更多来自代表性不足背景的学生攻读生物科学和生物工程方面的博士学位和职业，并增加国家科学和技术劳动力的多样性。My BEST@UCR URM的学生将提高他们进行研究的能力的热情和欣赏，拥有坚实的本科研究经验，作为获得生物科学和工程高级学位的途径，并大大增加他们与从事生物传感器开发、细菌黏附、微流体、运输现象、细胞信号和细胞机电等领域生物工程研究的国内和国际公认教师的互动和指导。My BEST@UCR帮助我们实现这些目标的具体策略体现在它的6部分结构中：1)我们利用教员参与者积极招募潜在的我最好的学生；2)将我最好的学生纳入我们在参与实验室为期8周的密集暑期实习；3)将我最好的学生的研究努力扩展到即将到来的学年；4)为我最好的学生提供积极和持续的研究指导；5)为我最好的学生提供参加专业发展研讨会的机会，以帮助他们准备研究生记录考试(GRE)，选择研究生项目，并提供如何申请研究生院的信息；6)不断评估我最好的学生的成功程度，并利用这些信息来改进项目。要了解更多有关My Best@UCR的信息，请访问我们的网站www.engr.ucr.edu/MyBest。

ABSTRACTThe NSF URM at the University of California-Riverside called MY BEST @ UCR (Mentoring Year-round in Biological Engineering, Science and Technology at University of California, Riverside) is a year-round program that will provide opportunities for undergraduate students majoring in science and engineering to participate in bioengineering research. This URM program will motivate the participating students to pursue graduate degrees in biological sciences and engineering. The broad goals of the program are to achieve greater numbers of students from underrepresented backgrounds pursuing PhDs and careers in the biological sciences and bioengineering, and to increase the diversity of the Nation's science and technology workforce. Students in the MY BEST @ UCR URM will develop increased enthusiasm and appreciation for their ability to perform research, have solid undergraduate research experiences as pathways for moving towards their advanced degrees in biological science and engineering, and substantially increase their interactions with and mentoring by nationally and internationally recognized faculty who do research in biological engineering in areas such as biosensor development, bacterial adhesion, microfluidics, transport phenomena, cell signaling, and cell electromechanics. The specific strategy of MY BEST @ UCR that allow us to achieve these goals is captured in its 6-part structure: 1) We utilize faculty participants to actively recruit potential MY BEST students; 2) Induct selected MY BEST student into our intensive eight-week summer internships in participating laboratories; 3) Extend the MY BEST student's research effort throughout the upcoming academic year; 4) Provide active and ongoing research mentoring of MY BEST students; 5) Provide opportunities for MY BEST students to participate in professional development workshops to assist them in preparing for the Graduate Records Exam (GRE), choosing a graduate program, and providing information on how to apply to graduate school; and, 6) Continuously evaluate the success of MY BEST students and use this information to improve the program. To learn more about MY BEST @ UCR please visit our website at www.engr.ucr.edu/mybest.