REU Site: Molecular Aspects of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UPR (UPR-MAPS)

本研究经验本科生（REU）网站奖给波多黎各医学科学校区的大学，位于圣胡安，PR，支持8名学生的培训9周期间的夏天2022-2024。在这个项目中，由化学和既定计划刺激竞争性研究（EPSCoR）的部门共同资助，参与者将从事合作STEM研究，定义跨学科的药物科学（非临床），重点是有机，分析，固态和（生物）化学，分子生物学，材料科学和化学工程。UPR-MAPS计划还丰富了各种技能建设活动，旨在培养参与者与研究项目开发相关的专业能力，提高社会和道德责任意识，以及重点培养学生在STEM职业生涯中取得成功的沟通。参与者从2年制和4年制院校在全国范围内招募，重点是来自STEM代表性不足的群体的学生，以及本科校园内有限的研究机会。该网站的目标是培养有才华的代表性不足的科学家，以捕捉他们的兴趣和认识的多学科性质的药物科学research.A经验丰富的教师的多元化池将指导学生在个别项目，包括化学为中心的项目，有一个整体的药物科学的子主题。这些项目侧重于化学结构的整个价值链，从发现，设计，合成，纯化，配方和生化功能。将举办研讨会，网络研讨会和研讨会形式的学习和培训活动，以帮助学生发展技能，在STEM职业生涯中取得成功。最终，该计划预计将有助于指导和录取高技能，有才华的学生，他们的方式成为未来的STEM劳动力的国家的关键成员。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus, located in San Juan, PR, supports the training of 8 students for 9 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. In this project, jointly funded by the Division of Chemistry and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), participants will engage in collaborative STEM research that defines the interdisciplinary pharmaceutical sciences (non-clinical), with a focus on organic, analytical, solid-state, and (bio)chemistry, molecular biology, materials science, and chemical engineering. The UPR-MAPS program is also enriched with a variety of skill building activities designed to develop the participants professional abilities related to research project development, raising the awareness of societal and ethical responsibilities, and communication with a focus to prepare students to succeed in a STEM career. Participants are recruited nationally from 2- and 4-year institutions with an emphasis on students from underrepresented groups in STEM and limited research opportunities at their undergraduate campuses. The goal of this site is to train talented underrepresented scientists to capture their interests and awareness of the multidisciplinary nature of pharmaceutical science research.A diverse pool of experienced faculty members will mentor students in individual projects encompassing chemistry-centric projects that have an overall pharmaceutical sciences sub-theme. These projects focus on the entire value chain of chemical structures from discovery, to design, to synthesis, to purification, to formulation, and biochemical function. Learning and training activities in form of seminars, webinars, and workshops will be hosted to help students develop skills to succeed in their STEM careers. Ultimately, the program is expected contribute to the mentoring and matriculation of highly skilled, talented students on their way to becoming key members of the future STEM workforce for the nation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.