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

该本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖授予波多黎各大学医学科学校区，位于波多黎各圣胡安，支持在2022-2024年夏季对8名学生进行9周的培训。在该项目中，由化学部和刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助，参与者将参与STEM合作研究，定义跨学科制药科学（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项目还丰富了各种技能建设活动，旨在发展参与者与研究项目开发相关的专业能力，提高对社会和道德责任的认识，以及重点为学生在STEM职业生涯中取得成功做好准备的沟通。参与者是从全国2年制和4年制院校招募的，重点是来自STEM中代表性不足的群体和本科校园中有限的研究机会的学生。该网站的目标是培养有才华的未被充分代表的科学家，以捕捉他们的兴趣和对药物科学研究多学科性质的认识。一群经验丰富的教师将在个别项目中指导学生，这些项目包括以化学为中心的项目，这些项目有一个整体的制药科学子主题。这些项目专注于化学结构的整个价值链，从发现到设计，到合成，到纯化，到配方和生化功能。将举办研讨会、网络研讨会和讲习班等形式的学习和培训活动，帮助学生培养在STEM职业生涯中取得成功的技能。最终，该项目有望为高技能、有才华的学生提供指导和预科，使他们成为国家未来STEM劳动力的关键成员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.