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

中央密歇根大学(CMU)生物系被授予一项本科研究和指导(URM)计划，名为生物学本科生指导计划(BUMP)。在助学金的头三年，每年都会招募五名学生。在为期四年的资助期内，共有15名学生将在该计划中接受培训。Bump旨在培养来自历史上代表性不足的群体的本科生社区，并让这些学生参与由教师直接指导的高质量研究项目。学生将在大一或大二后的夏天开始该项目，并将获得两个日历年的支持。Bump将与密歇根州市区的高中和当地为期两年的萨吉诺奇佩瓦部落学院建立合作伙伴关系，招收主要来自两个代表性较低的少数群体的学生：非洲裔美国人和美洲原住民。被选为BUMP的学生将被分配三名导师：一名担任他们的学术顾问的学院导师，一名同行导师和一名研究导师。生物系至少有27名教员已同意担任潜在的研究导师，这些教员致力于教学和研究。Bump学生将有广泛的生物学研究领域可供选择，并将被鼓励根据个人兴趣定制他们的研究目标。潜在的研究领域从细胞和分子生物学到生态学、进化论和保护生物学。除了研究经验，学生还将参加研讨会课程，介绍他们在生物研究领域的职业，发展实验设计技能，发展科学交流技能，准备GRE，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，电子邮件：Damer1ck@cmich.edu，或安娜·蒙菲尔斯博士，电子邮件：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.