URM: Biology Undergraduate Mentoring Program: BUMP into Research at CMU!

中密歇根大学（CMU）生物系获得了一个奖项，以建立一个本科生研究和指导（URM）计划，名为生物本科生指导计划（BUMP）。在赠款的头三年，每年将招募一批五名学生。 在为期四年的赠款期内，共有15名学生将接受该方案的培训。BUMP旨在从历史上代表性不足的群体中发展一个本科生社区，并让这些学生参与由教师直接指导的高质量研究项目。学生将开始在他们的大一或大二后的夏天程序，并将支持两个日历年。 BUMP将与密歇根州城市高中和当地两年制的萨吉诺齐佩瓦部落学院建立伙伴关系，主要从两个代表性不足的少数民族群体中招收学生：非洲裔美国人和土著美国人。选择BUMP的学生将被分配三位导师：一位教师导师，他将担任他们的学术顾问，一位同行导师和一位研究导师。生物系内至少有27名教师同意担任潜在的研究导师，这些教师致力于教学和研究。 BUMP学生将有广泛的生物学研究领域可供选择，并将被鼓励将他们的研究追求量身定制到适合他们个人兴趣的领域。潜在的研究领域从细胞和分子生物学到生态学、进化和保护生物学。除了研究经验，学生将参加研讨会课程，向他们介绍生物研究的职业生涯，培养实验设计技能，培养科学沟通能力，为GRE做准备，并成功申请研究生院。欲了解更多信息，请联系辛西娅达默博士在damer1ck@cmich.edu或安娜孟菲尔斯博士在monfi1ak@cmich.edu，或访问http://BUMPResearch.bio.cmich.edu。

An award has been made to Central Michigan University (CMU) Department of Biology to establish an Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) program, titled Biology Undergraduate Mentoring Program (BUMP). A cohort of five students will be recruited in each of the first three years of the grant. Over a four-year grant period, a total of 15 students will be trained in the program. BUMP is designed to develop a community of undergraduates from historically underrepresented groups and engage these students in high-quality research projects directly mentored by faculty. Students will begin the program in the summer after their freshman or sophomore year, and will be supported for two calendar years. BUMP will form partnerships with urban Michigan high schools and with the local two-year Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College to recruit students from primarily two underrepresented minority groups: African-Americans and Native Americans. Students selected for BUMP will be assigned three mentors: a Faculty Mentor who will act as their academic advisor, a Peer Mentor, and a Research Mentor. At least twenty-seven faculty within the Department of Biology have agreed to serve as potential Research Mentors, and these faculty members are dedicated to both teaching and research. BUMP students will have a broad array of biological research areas to choose from and will be encouraged to tailor their research pursuits to an area that fits their individual interests. Areas of potential research range from cellular and molecular biology to ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. In addition to the research experiences, students will take seminar courses to introduce them to careers in biological research, to develop skills in experimental design, to develop scientific communication skills, to prepare for the GRE, and to successfully apply to graduate school. For more information, contact Dr. Cynthia Damer at damer1ck@cmich.edu or Dr. Anna Monfils at monfi1ak@cmich.edu, or visit http://BUMPResearch.bio.cmich.edu.