URM: Achieving Sucess in Science through Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE)

摘要迈阿密大学的URM项目将在未来五年内每年招收12名本科生，为学生提供研究和指导经验，为他们进入生物科学研究生院做准备。作为使该项目制度化的第一步，NSF的资金将用于支持该项目前两年的每个学生，之后迈阿密大学将再提供两年的支持。将为更多的学生，特别是代表性不足的少数群体的学生，提供计划中的学术、研究和职业充实活动。URM计划的主要目标是：（一）增加被招募进入生物科学的代表性不足的少数民族学生的数量;（二）加强学生的准备，使他们能够成功地进入并留在研究生课程;和（三）在机构建立一个更好的基础，促进学术，学生支持和行政结构之间的互动。四个系（生物化学，植物学，微生物学和动物学）约30名教师的研究计划将为学生提供广泛而多样化的项目选择，所有这些项目都以“信号机制和细胞反应”为统一主题。URM学者将接触到各种模式生物，工具和技术，学者对研究生涯的兴趣将通过丰富活动和强有力的指导部分得到维持和加强。有关该计划的更多信息可以在http://www.units.muohio.edu/urm_assure/上找到。

ABSTRACTMiami University's URM program will recruit 12 undergraduates each year for the next five years to provide the students with research and mentoring experience in order to prepare them for graduate school in the biological sciences. As a first step toward institutionalizing the program, NSF funds will be used to support each student for the first two years in the program, after which Miami University will provide support for an additional two years. Activities planned for academic, research and career enrichment will be offered to a larger group of students, especially those from underrepresented minority groups. The major goals of the URM program are to: (i) Increase the number of underrepresented minority students recruited into the biological sciences; (ii) Enhance the preparation of students to enable them to successfully enter and remain in graduate programs; and (iii) Build a better foundation at the institution for promoting interactions among academic, student support and administrative structures. The research programs of about 30 faculty across four departments (Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology and Zoology) will provide students with a wide and diverse choice of projects, all under a unifying theme of "Signaling mechanisms and cellular responses". URM scholars will be exposed to a variety of model organisms, tools and techniques, and scholars' interest in a research career will be sustained and strengthened through enrichment activities and a strong mentoring component. More information about the program can be found at http://www.units.muohio.edu/urm_assure/.