Elizabeth City State University Minority Access to Research Careers (E-MARC)

伊丽莎白城州立大学(ECSU)是一所历史悠久的黑人院校，位于东北部 北卡罗来纳州(NENC)，北卡罗来纳州经济最困难的地区之一。 ECSU请求NIH/NIGMS支持继续其成功的MARC U*STAR培训 旨在影响学生进入博士课程的挑战的计划，特别是对学生 在生物医学科学方面，通过以下长期目标：(I)提供优秀的学生 研究培训；(2)增加学术支持；(3)对欧洲理事会产生广泛影响 社区促进学生的成功，最终目标是博士学位预科。 在目前的支助期间，我们在实现以下目标方面取得了重大进展 这些目标。该计划在校内外支持了24名URM本科生- 校园指导着像范德比尔特和杜克这样的著名RO1大学的研究，以及 为这些人提供学术和职业咨询，以获得有竞争力的博士学位 提交申请。值得注意的是，65%的MARC资助的学生正在取得扎实的进展 接近完成博士学位，90%的MARC学者已经完成了他们的 学士学位，并正在攻读博士和学士学位后课程 生物医学及相关领域为实现这些目标，本次大赛的具体目标 更新是在过去成功的基础上进行的：(I)选择拥有优秀知识的学者 证书和获得博士学位的真诚愿望；(2)继续提供一对一 在研究和博士申请提交方面的指导增加了 成功接受方案；和(3)提供机构财政支持，以缓解 学生从从事外部工作的分心和潜在的脱轨中 学术和研究。后者很重要，因为我们的许多学生都来自 很高的经济需求。此次续签申请针对的是8家研究密集型机构，包括 外部暑期研究培训网站和这些合作者是潜在的 EMARC学者攻读博士学位的机构。此续订请求将支持4名学员 每个队列，最少12名学员终身续签，并将获得满额奖学金 学费，减轻课外工作负担的每月津贴，以及对研究的额外支持， 演示文稿、出版物、会议旅行和GRE培训。预期结果：在范围内 在5年的授权期内，我们预计该计划的12名参与者中至少有8人 (67%)将进入博士课程。考虑到当前的ECSU，这个数字是现实的 EMARC项目的博士录取率接近65%。

Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is a historically black institution located in Northeastern North Carolina (NENC), one of the most economically distressed regions of North Carolina. ECSU requests NIH/NIGMS support to continue its successful MARC U*STAR Training Program designed to impact the challenges for students to PhD pathway, especially for students in biomedical sciences, through the long-term goals of: (i) providing exceptional student research training; (ii) increasing academic support; and (iii) broadly impacting the ECSU community to promote student success with the ultimate goal of PhD degree matriculation. During the current period of support, we have made significant progress towards achieving these goals. The program supported 24 URM undergraduates in both on-campus and off- campus mentored research at such prestigious RO1 universities, like Vanderbilt and Duke, and provided academic and career counseling to these individuals toward competitive PhD application submissions. A notable 65% MARC supported students are making solid progress towards completing doctoral degrees and 90% of MARC scholars overall have completed their Bachelor’s degree and are pursuing PhD and post-Baccalaureate programs in advanced biomedical and related fields to accomplish those goals, the specific aims of this competitive renewal are to build on the past successes by: (i) selecting scholars that possess excellent credentials and bona-fide desire to obtain PhDs; (ii) continuing to provide one-on-one mentorship in research and PhD application submissions that increases the likelihood of successful program acceptance; and (iii) provide institutional financial support alleviating students from the distraction and potential derailment of working external jobs while pursuing academics and research. The latter is important since many of our students are from families of high economic need. This renewal application has targeted 8 research-intensive institutions as external summer research training sites and these collaborators serve as prospective institutions for EMARC scholars to pursue PhDs. This renewal request will support 4 trainees per cohort, and minimum 12 trainees over the life of the renewal, and scholars will receive full tuition, monthly stipend to alleviate outside work obligations, and additional support for research, presentations, publications and conference travel and GRE training. Expected outcome: Within the 5 years of the grant period, we anticipate a minimum of 8 of the program’s 12 participants (67%) will have entered PhD programs. This number is realistic consider the current ECSU EMARC program’s successful PhD admission rate is nearly 65%.