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

URM：通过本科生研究经验取得科学成功 (ASSURE)

• 批准号: 0731634
• 负责人: Phyllis Callahan
• 金额: $ 90万
• 依托单位: Miami University
• 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 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0731634&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: URM; Achieving; Sucess; Science; through

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/.

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。作为该计划制度化的第一步，国家科学基金会的资金将用于支持每个学生在该计划的头两年，之后迈阿密大学将提供额外的两年支持。为丰富学术、研究和职业生涯而计划的活动将提供给更多的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生。URM计划的主要目标是：(I)增加生物科学专业招收的人数不足的少数族裔学生；(Ii)加强学生的准备，使他们能够顺利进入并继续攻读研究生课程；(Iii)在该机构建立更好的基础，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)的大约30名教职员工的研究项目将为学生提供广泛和多样化的项目选择，所有这些项目都在一个统一的主题下：信号机制和细胞反应。URM学者将接触到各种模式生物、工具和技术，学者们对研究事业的兴趣将通过丰富的活动和强大的指导成分得到持续和加强。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://www.units.muohio.edu/urm_assure/.。