MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research Program at Old Dominion University

奥多米尼恩大学 MARC 本科生学术研究项目培训

• 批准号: 10192932
• 负责人: Alvin Anderson Holder
• 金额: $ 8.46万
• 依托单位: OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-06-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10192932
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Awareness; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biochemistry; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Chemistry; Computer software; Critical Thinking; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Enrollment; Exposure to; Faculty; Feedback; Fellowship; Funding; GRE Preparation; Institution; Instruction; Journals; Laboratories; Leadership; Letters; Literature; Manuscripts; Mentors; Minority Groups; Pathway interactions; Peer Review; Psychology; Research; Research Training; STEM field; STEM research; Science; Students; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Virginia; Work; Writing; broadening participation research; career; college; computer science; faculty research; graduate school preparation; improved; laboratory equipment; member; programs; responsible research conduct; skills; student training; success; summer research; symposium; undergraduate research; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

Project Summary Old Dominion University (ODU) is a research intensive university located in Southeastern Virginia. It enrolls about 20,000 undergraduate (UG) students with approximately 33% from underrepresented minority (URM) groups including a large number in the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computer Science, and Psychology. The ODU MARC program proposes to address the critical issue of low enrollment of URM students in Ph.D. programs after graduation. This program will be the first at ODU: (i) for broadening participation in STEM fields that is NIH-funded; (ii) that specifically targets to increase URM UG students in STEM research; and (iii) that specifically targets increasing the number of URM UG students who go onto doctoral programs and careers in biomedical/behavioral sciences research. The specific program aims are: (a) to build a strong pool of potential MARC trainees (pre-MARC students) in the ODU MARC departments to enhance their education and to improve their awareness of research careers, opportunities, and pathways in STEM disciplines and (b) to implement a research training program for URM juniors and seniors. The program is characterized by: (1) sustained faculty research mentoring and academic advisement, (2) thorough training in responsible conduct of research, (3) exposure to and training in quantitative/computational skills needed for admission to competitive graduate Ph.D. programs, (4) engagement in ODU faculty research programs throughout the junior and senior academic years, and (5) participation in an intensive summer research program with external biomedical and behavioral research collaborators. The program includes an extensive set of pre-MARC activities for freshmen and sophomores to prepare then to enter the MARC program. Apart from intensive research training, MARC trainee activities will include advanced instruction in software, programming, and laboratory equipment, critical thinking, literature analysis, writing skills, GRE preparation, graduate school preparation, and how to successfully compete for graduate fellowship targeted specifically toward application to biomedical and behavioral Ph.D. programs. MARC trainees will also receive intensive training in presentation skills and scientific writing, ultimately resulting in presentation of their work at national conferences, as well as submission of manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals. MARC trainees will perform their research in the laboratories of ODU mentors, as well as in laboratories of external collaborators. Strong institutional support for the ODU MARC program is demonstrated through the letters of support from the Provost, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Sciences, and Chairs of MARC departments, with significant financial commitment from the institution to maximize the chances of success of the program. The Program Director will share administrative leadership responsibilities with a Co-Director, the Director of Undergraduate Research, and three additional departmental liaison faculty members and will benefit from the oversight and feedback from a well-constituted Advisory Committee.

项目概要 奥多明尼恩大学（ODU）是一所位于弗吉尼亚州东南部的研究密集型大学。它 招收约 20,000 名本科生 (UG)，其中约 33% 来自少数族裔 （URM）团体，包括生物科学、化学和生物化学系的大量人员， 计算机科学和心理学。 ODU MARC 计划旨在解决低收入这一关键问题 URM 博士生招生情况毕业后的课程。该计划将是 ODU 的第一个：(i) 扩大对 NIH 资助的 STEM 领域的参与； (ii) 专门针对增加 URM UG STEM 研究的学生； (iii) 具体目标是增加 URM UG 学生的数量 生物医学/行为科学研究的博士课程和职业。 具体计划目标是： (a) 建立强大的潜在 MARC 学员（MARC 预科学生）人才库 在ODU MARC部门加强他们的教育并提高他们对研究职业的认识， STEM 学科的机会和途径，以及 (b) 实施 URM 研究培训计划 大三和大四。该项目的特点是：（1）持续的教师研究指导和学术指导 建议，(2) 负责任的研究行为的全面培训，(3) 接触和培训 进入竞争性研究生博士学位所需的定量/计算技能计划，(4) 参与 在整个大三和大四学年期间参与 ODU 教师研究项目，以及 (5) 参与 与外部生物医学和行为研究合作者的强化夏季研究计划。这 计划包括一系列广泛的 MARC 前活动，供新生和大二学生为入学做好准备 MARC 程序。除了强化研究培训外，MARC 学员活动还将包括高级研究培训 软件、编程和实验室设备、批判性思维、文献分析、写作技巧的指导， GRE 准备、研究生院准备以及如何成功竞争研究生奖学金 专门针对生物医学和行为博士学位的应用。程序。 MARC 学员还将 接受演讲技巧和科学写作方面的强化培训，最终展示他们的成果 在国家会议上工作，以及向同行评审期刊提交手稿。 MARC学员 将在 ODU 导师的实验室以及外部合作者的实验室中进行研究。 支持信证明了对 ODU MARC 计划的强有力的机构支持 教务长、学术事务副教务长、理学院院长和 MARC 主席 各部门，该机构有大量的财政承诺，以最大限度地提高成功的机会 程序。项目主任将与联合主任分担行政领导职责， 本科生研究主任和另外三名部门联络教员将受益 来自组成完善的咨询委员会的监督和反馈。