Collaborative Research: URM: Preparing Biologists through Stewardship, Professionalism and Practice

该奖项授予科曼奇国家学院（CNC）和俄克拉荷马州立大学（OSU），将在这两个合作机构建立一个本科生研究和指导（URM）项目。这项为期5年的生物科学硕士项目旨在增加攻读生物科学研究生学位的美国印第安人人数。pi计划总共招收4个小组，每个小组由3名本科生组成，在CNC学习24个月，在OSU学习3个小组，每个小组由5名学生组成，学习36个月。pi预计该项目将在5年内为15-27名本科生提供服务。在CNC完成生物科学副学士学位的学生可以继续在俄勒冈州立大学完成学士学位；然而，其他两年制学校的学生也有资格参加。本科生将在两所大学的教师指导下参与研究。除了研究之外，学生还将接受专业发展和科学交流培训，这将使他们能够有竞争力地申请研究生课程，并在会议和公众面前展示他们的研究成果。学生将通过夏令营从美国印第安人入学率较高的高中招收到CNC，并从CNC和俄克拉荷马州的其他部落和社区学院招收到OSU。当学生在CNC和OSU时，研讨会和讲习班将提高对职业选择的认识，促进学生和专业人员之间的互动，鼓励网络技能的发展，并在生物研究的背景下突出美国印第安人的传统和习俗。学生将在整个项目期间积极参与研究，最终在俄勒冈州立大学的最后几年完成学生驱动，导师指导的独立研究项目。学生的研究项目将侧重于生态和环境压力领域的主题，如生物和环境压力源（如化学品、极端气候、景观改变、管理策略等）对生物、种群、社区和生态系统的影响。一系列的研讨会将帮助学生完成研究生院的申请过程，一个顶点课程将为学生提供在研究生院及以后取得成功的策略。更多信息，请联系俄勒冈州立大学的克里斯汀·鲍姆（kristen.baum@okstate.edu）或唐纳德·弗兰奇（dfrench@okstate.edu），或CNC的吉恩·佩卡（gpekah@cnc.cc.ok.us）或康斯维洛·洛佩兹（clopez@cnc.cc.ok.us）。更多信息请访问http://urm.okstate.edu/。

This award to Comanche Nation College (CNC) and Oklahoma State University (OSU) will establish an Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) program at these two collaborating institutions. The 5-year URM program is aimed at increasing the number of American Indians who pursue graduate degrees in the biological sciences. The PIs plan to engage a total of 4 cohorts, each comprised of 3 undergraduates for a period of 24 months at CNC, and a total of 3 cohorts of 5 students each for a period of 36 months at OSU. The PIs expect this project to serve a total of 15-27 undergraduate students over a period of 5 years. Students at CNC who complete their associate's degree in the biological sciences can continue in the program to complete their bachelor's degree at OSU; however, students from other two-year schools are also eligible to participate. Undergraduate students will participate in research under the mentorship of faculty at both institutions. In addition to research, students will receive professional development and scientific communication training that will allow them to competitively apply to graduate programs and present the results of their research at conferences and to the public. Students will be recruited to CNC from high schools with high American Indian enrollment through summer camps and to OSU from CNC and other tribal and community colleges in Oklahoma. While students are at CNC and OSU, seminars and workshops will increase awareness of career options, promote interactions between students and professionals, encourage the development of networking skills, and highlight American Indian traditions and customs in the context of biological research. Students will actively participate in research throughout the duration of the program, culminating in student-driven, mentor-guided, independent research projects during their final years at OSU. Student research projects will focus on topics in the area of ecology and environmental stress, such as the effects of biological and environmental stressors (e.g., chemicals, climatic extremes, landscape modifications, management strategies, etc.) on organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. A series of workshops will assist students with the graduate school application process, and a capstone course will provide strategies for success in graduate school and beyond. More information is available by contacting Kristen Baum (kristen.baum@okstate.edu) or Donald French (dfrench@okstate.edu) at OSU or Gene Pekah (gpekah@cnc.cc.ok.us) or Consuelo Lopez (clopez@cnc.cc.ok.us) at CNC. Additional information is also available at http://urm.okstate.edu/.