MARC at Georgia State University: Workforce Diversity through Honors Undergraduates

项目摘要 格鲁吉亚州立大学（MARC@GSU）的MARC将通过荣誉创造劳动力多样性 本科生GSU是一个新的MARC计划的“正确的时间正确的地方”;我们的机构提供了一个 “研究密集型机构”与5万多名学生组成“少数-多数”的不寻常组合 人口然而，学校文化还不足以支撑高水平的毕业生获得博士学位。一 MARC@GSU的战略重点将是利用GSU越来越多的最先进的跨学科 本科课程，如B&B（大脑与行为），MBD（疾病的分子基础），和IMSD （最大限度地提高学生发展的倡议），以及像CTY（捕捉）这样的夏季高中项目 Them Young）和ION（Institute on Neuroscience），提供动手训练，培养生命的机会 和专业技能，并获得在生物医学和行为的职业道路的人接触 以理工科为重MARC将帮助我们达到支持计划和培训资金的临界质量，以改变我们的文化。 在近1,000名符合MARC条件的生物学、化学、神经科学和心理学本科生中，我们 我将招募6-8每个队列到我们的环绕式编程基于四个计划目标：1）参与 在GSU和哈佛或范德比尔特的校外国家的最先进的研究助学金的学生; 2） 通过以荣誉课程为基础的本科生研究经验来改善学术环境 （CURES），研讨会，未来生物技术课程和荣誉论文; 3）促进科学交流， 通过研讨会、会议旅行、创客项目提高心理社会意识和技术技能， 专业管理;以及4）最大限度地提供全面的指导和个性化的职业支持 通过NRMN导师培训。国内流离失所者，专业的实地考察，和时间轴规划应用程序将提醒学者， 研究人员的职业道路多样化，并促进明确的职业规划。根据评估计划，我们将 评估学生对预测研究职业的内部倾向的进展（例如自我效能和 科学身份），并衡量90%的MARC学者完成学士学位的NIH基准， 60%的人进入博士课程，80%的人完成了高级学位。一对平衡的 共同主要研究者在教育和实验室科学方面都具有专业知识，能够很好地领导 由四名主要教师组成的多元化和热情的团队，以及30多名支持和富有成效的教师导师， 在荣誉学院和新的学生促进中心的基础支持下工作 和校友（CASA）在格鲁吉亚状态。最终，MARC@GSU将为代表性不足的个人做好准备。 成功的研究事业，从而帮助提高美国的研究队伍。

PROJECT ABSTRACT MARC at Georgia State University (MARC@GSU) will create workforce diversity through honors undergraduates. GSU is the “right place at the right time” for a new MARC program; our institution offers an unusual combination of “research intensive institution” with over 50,000 students in a “minority-majority” population. Yet the institutional culture does not yet support impressive levels of alumni earning PhDs. A strategic thrust of MARC@GSU will be to leverage GSU’s growing number of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary undergraduate programs like B&B (Brains & Behavior), MBD (Molecular Basis of Disease), and IMSD (Initiative for Maximizing Student Development), as well as summer high-school programs like CTY (Catch Them Young) and ION (Institute on Neuroscience), to provide hands-on training, opportunities to cultivate life and professional skills, and gain in-person exposure to career pathways in biomedical and behavioral sciences. MARC will help us reach critical mass of support programs and training funds to change our culture. Out of almost 1,000 MARC-eligible undergraduates in biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and psychology, we will recruit 6-8 per cohort into our wrap-around programming grounded in four program objectives: 1) engage students in state-of-the-art research assistantships at GSU and externships at Harvard or Vanderbilt; 2) enhance the academic environment through honors-level course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), seminars, a futuristic biotechnology course, and honors theses; 3) promote scientific communication, psychosocial awareness, and technical skills through workshops, conference travel, maker projects, and professional stewardship; and 4) maximize comprehensive mentoring and individualized career support through NRMN mentor training. IDPs, professional field trips, and timeline planning apps will alert scholars to a diverse array of career paths in research and facilitate clear career planning. Per our evaluation plan, we will evaluate student progress toward internal dispositions that predict research careers (e.g. self-efficacy and science identity), and measure the NIH benchmarks of 90% of MARC Scholars completing bachelor’s degrees, 60% proceeding into PhD programs, and 80% of those completing their advanced degrees. A balanced pair of Co-Principal Investigators, with expertise in both education and bench science, is well-positioned to lead a diverse and enthusiastic team of four key faculty, and over 30 supportive and productive faculty preceptors, working with foundational support from the Honors College and a new Center for the Advancement of Students and Alumni (CASA) at Georgia State. Ultimately, MARC@GSU will prepare individuals from underrepresented groups for successful research careers, thereby helping to enhance the US research workforce.