URM: Recruitment and Training of Underrepresented Minorities in the Biological Sciences at Humboldt State University

URM：洪堡州立大学生物科学领域代表性不足的少数群体的招募和培训

• 批准号: 0934022
• 负责人: Bruce O'Gara
• 金额: $ 89.24万
• 依托单位: Humboldt State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0934022&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: URM; Recruitment; Training; Underrepresented; Minorities

An award has been made to Humboldt State University (HSU) to establish an Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) program to engage under-represented minority students in a research and mentoring program to prepare them for graduate study in the biological sciences. A cohort consisting of six students will be trained, except the first cohort in which only five students will be involved. NSF funds will be used to support each undergraduate participant for a total of two calendar years while in the program. Over the 5-year period of the grant, a total of twenty three (23) students will be trained in the program. The program will primarily recruit Native American and Latino/a students with the goals of increasing the number of students from these groups who graduate from HSU in the biologically-related sciences and facilitating their transition into graduate programs. Students will enter the program during the summer after their freshman year, and will engage in a series of three rotations to explore various research projects and meet potential research mentors. During their first Fall semester, the students will enroll in a Research Methods Course that will cover topics in scientific method, study design, proposal preparation, scientific writing and presentation. During the course, each student will develop a detailed research proposal for a project that they will pursue for the remainder of the program. Student research will be individually mentored by one of at least sixteen faculty coming from seven departments in HSU's College of Natural Resources and Sciences. The research areas of the faculty are grouped into three themes: 1) Ecology and Evolution, 2) Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, and 3) Natural Resource Management. The HSU URM program will offer students a variety of courses, seminars, workshops, presentations, and other activities that will provide them the foundation and structure to succeed. More information is available by contacting the Program Director, Dr. Bruce A. O'Gara, at [e-mail], or by visiting the program website at http://www.humboldt.edu/urm/.

洪堡州立大学(HSU)被授予建立一个本科生研究和指导(URM)计划，以吸引代表人数不足的少数族裔学生参加一个研究和指导计划，为他们在生物科学方面的研究生学习做准备。一个由六名学生组成的队列将接受培训，但第一个队列只有五名学生参与。NSF的资金将用于在项目期间为每个本科生参与者提供总计两个日历年的支持。在为期5年的资助期间，共有23名学生将在该计划中接受培训。该计划将主要招收美洲原住民和拉丁裔/a学生，目标是增加这些群体中从HSU毕业的生物相关科学的学生数量，并促进他们过渡到研究生课程。学生们将在大一结束后的暑假进入该项目，并将进行一系列的三轮轮换，以探索各种研究项目并会见潜在的研究导师。在他们的第一个秋季学期，学生将注册一门研究方法课程，该课程将涵盖科学方法、研究设计、提案准备、科学写作和演示等主题。在课程中，每个学生将为他们将在课程的其余部分中追求的项目制定一份详细的研究提案。学生的研究将由来自徐州大学自然资源与科学学院七个系的至少16名教职员工中的一人单独指导。学院的研究领域分为三个主题：1)生态学与进化论；2)生理学、细胞与分子生物学；3)自然资源管理。HSU URM项目将为学生提供各种课程、研讨会、研讨会、演讲和其他活动，为他们提供成功的基础和结构。欲了解更多信息，请联系项目主任布鲁斯·A·奥加拉博士，电子邮件：[e-mail]，或访问项目网站http://www.humboldt.edu/urm/.。