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.

项目摘要 Old自治领大学（ODU）是一所位于弗吉尼亚州东南部的研究型大学。它 招收约20，000名本科生（UG），其中约33%来自代表性不足的少数民族 (URM)团体，包括生物科学，化学和生物化学， 计算机科学和心理学。ODU MARC计划建议解决低成本的关键问题， URM博士生招生毕业后的计划。该方案将是第一个在ODU：（一）为 扩大参与国家卫生研究院资助的STEM领域;（ii）专门针对增加URM UG STEM研究的学生;以及（iii）特别针对增加URM UG学生的数量， 进入生物医学/行为科学研究的博士课程和职业生涯。 具体的计划目标是：（a）建立一个强大的潜在MARC学员（MARC前学生）库 在ODU MARC部门，以加强他们的教育，提高他们对研究事业的认识， 机会，并在STEM学科的途径和（B）实施URM的研究培训计划 三年级和四年级学生。该计划的特点是：（1）持续的教师研究指导和学术 （2）在负责任的研究行为方面进行全面培训，（3）接触和培训， 进入竞争激烈的研究生博士学位所需的定量/计算技能项目，（4）参与 在整个初中和高中学年ODU教师的研究计划，以及（5）参与一个 与外部生物医学和行为研究合作者进行密集的夏季研究计划。的 该计划包括一个广泛的一套前MARC活动，为新生和大学生准备，然后进入 MARC计划除了密集的研究培训外，MARC培训生活动还将包括高级 软件，编程和实验室设备，批判性思维，文献分析，写作技巧， GRE准备，研究生院准备，以及如何成功地竞争研究生奖学金 专门针对生物医学和行为学博士的应用。程序. MARC学员还将 接受演讲技巧和科学写作的强化培训，最终导致他们的演讲 在国家会议上工作，以及向同行评审的期刊提交手稿。MARC学员 将在ODU导师的实验室以及外部合作者的实验室进行研究。 对ODU MARC计划的强有力的机构支持是通过支持信来证明的 来自教务长，学术事务副教务长，科学学院院长和MARC主席 各部门，与机构的重大财政承诺，以尽量增加成功的机会， 节目项目主任将与联合主任、 本科研究主任，和三个额外的部门联络教员，并将受益 这是一个组织良好的咨询委员会的监督和反馈的结果。