U-RISE at Texas State University

项目摘要/摘要 德克萨斯州立大学(德克萨斯州立大学)将为学生实施本科生研究培训计划 增强计划(U-Rise TX)，以增加德克萨斯州学生进入博士学位的多样性和数量 生物医学研究项目。我们将招收合格的西班牙裔和其他代表不足(UR)的学生 在化学、生物化学和生物学方面有广泛的本科生研究经验，并提供这些 拥有必要的技能、指导、培训和支持的学生，在研究生院和其他地方脱颖而出。U- Rise TX将与德克萨斯州其他成功的NSF和NIH资助的项目协同工作，以广泛改善 通过循证培训和指导方法提供培训环境，这些培训和指导方法将在 多个部门。该计划将通过以下具体目标实现其目标： 招聘：我们将采用强有力的招聘策略，包括在大学期间浏览课程 面向未来高中高年级学生的招生活动(山猫节)和新生招生活动 迎新活动；以STEM为重点的必修第一年研讨会课程US1100和其他课程 针对STEM新生的校园广告。Pre-Rise：两周一次的新生研讨会将提供 有关学术成功战略、职业决策和生物医学职业的信息 科学。这些课程将包括为我们的合作伙伴Tier-1之一的夏季REU计划做准备 研究机构，并将培育一个社区，以建立学生自信，社会和文化资本， 和科学身份。指导研究：一年级学生申请者将被选入德克萨斯州U-Rise 计划在春季学期结束时进行。U-RISE德克萨斯州实习生将参加必修课程， 有计划的活动和独立的研究项目，有项目的教师指导。在整个过程中 计划，受训人员将参加负责任地进行研究、研究严谨和 可重复性、伦理和实验室安全。学员将参加至少一个暑期REU项目 我们的两个合作伙伴T32之一-主办研究型大学。U-Rise TX计划的一个创新方面是其 将实验室自动化培训与效率和可重复性的相关改进相结合， 以及关于在传统和电子实验室笔记本上保存记录的适当协议的培训。 专业发展：教师研究导师将参加地方和国家研讨会 以及导师指导研讨会。学员将参加广泛的职业发展活动，重点是 使用个人发展计划和研究项目组合过渡到博士项目。团队合作、社交 互动和同伴指导将发展学员的强烈归属感和科学认同感， 还将有多个机会在该计划内以及在地方和全国范围内展示他们的研究 开会。学员和他们的导师将接受持续的形成性评估，以确保 由一个监督委员会和一个外部咨询委员会协助的方案。

Project Summary/Abstract Texas State University (TxState) will implement an Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement program (U-RISE Tx) to increase the diversity and number of TxState students entering PhD programs in biomedical research. We will recruit qualified Hispanic and other underrepresented (UR) students for extensive undergraduate research experiences in chemistry, biochemistry, and biology and provide these students with the skills, mentoring, training, and support necessary to excel in graduate school and beyond. U- RISE Tx will synergize with other successful NSF- and NIH-funded programs at TxState to broadly improve the training environment through evidence-based training and mentoring methods that will be implemented across multiple departments. This program will accomplish its goals through the following Specific Aims: Recruitment: We will employ a robust recruitment strategy that includes Browse Sessions during University open-house recruitment events for prospective high school seniors (Bobcat Days) and during New Student Orientation events; STEM-focused sections of the mandatory first-year seminar course US1100 and additional campus-wide advertising targeting STEM freshmen. Pre-RISE: Bi-weekly seminars for freshmen will provide information regarding strategies for academic success, career decision making, and careers in the biomedical sciences. These sessions will include preparation for summer REU programs at one of our partner Tier-1 research institutions and will foster a community to build student self-confidence, social and cultural capital, and scientific identity. Mentored research: First-year student applicants will be selected to join the U-RISE Tx program at the end of the Spring semester. U-RISE Tx trainees will participate in required coursework, structured activities, and independent research projects with program faculty mentors. Throughout the program, trainees will participate in training for responsible conduct of research, research rigor and reproducibility, ethics, and laboratory safety. Trainees will participate in at least one summer REU program at one of our two partner T32-hosting research universities. An innovative aspect of the U-RISE Tx program is its integration of laboratory automation training, with associated improvements in efficiency and reproducibility, and training in proper protocols for record-keeping in both traditional and electronic lab notebooks. Professional development: Faculty research mentors will participate in both local and national workshops and seminars for mentorship. Trainees will participate in extensive career development activities focused on transitioning to PhD programs using Individual Development Plans and Research Portfolios. Teamwork, social interactions, and peer mentoring will develop a strong sense of belonging and science identity of trainees, who will also have multiple opportunities to present their research within the program and at local and national meetings. Trainees and their mentors will undergo continual formative evaluation to ensure the quality of the program aided by an Oversight Committee and an External Advisory Committee.