UC Denver MARC U-STAR

项目摘要 随着美国变得更加多样化，高等教育机构必须加快努力， 确保向代表性不足群体的学生颁发博士学位的数量公平。 科罗拉多大学科罗拉多丹佛分校（CU丹佛）致力于这一目标，独特的文化和 在地理上满足这一需求。CU丹佛校区与安舒茨医学校区（Anschutz）合并 和，一起，被归类为“博士大学：高等研究活动”，每年超过4亿美元， 赞助的研究资金。因此，丹佛大学是科罗拉多州唯一的城市公立研究型大学， 它拥有科罗拉多大学中最多元化的学生群体。2016年，至少有34%的人进入 新生被认定为代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生和至少57%的有色人种学生。丹佛大学是 于2013年5月22日获得了第一个MARC U-STAR奖（NIGMS T34 GM 096958; 2013-2018），是仅有的两个 在状态这次竞争性的更新扩展了CU Denver MARC U-STAR的成功初始开发 在几个重要方面。首先，它扩大了第一个奖项的重点（支持学生在生物医学- 面向行为科学），以生物医学科学更广泛地提供24个月的支持，以40个额外的 正在上升的大三本科生（每年8名新学者），主修综合生物学，化学，心理学，和 公共卫生第二，它扩展并进一步制度化了一系列成功的大学生行为和 生物医学研究培训课程，为MARC计划开发，由所有MARC学者参加， 并促进他们真实的研究经验。第三，它利用和支持机构资助的MARC前 “U-RISE”计划，由主要研究人员和计划工作人员开发，以确定和支持新生， 大二，并转移学生与真实的研究经验，从事研究生涯的早期兴趣。的 CU丹佛MARC计划补充并扩展了CU丹佛和安舒茨的其他培训计划，扩大了 支持UR学生的成功和他们进入生物医学博士课程的机构文化 以理工科为重这里所描述的新的努力，侧重于扩大我们最初成功的工作与招聘和培训 来自心理学系的MARC学者，并建立对这些机会感兴趣的学生基础， 通过严格的外部计划评估来补充，持续评估有效性和相关性 我们的计划活动，并包括计划优化和学术传播的故意成果。的 MARC计划享有强大的机构支持，已经帮助改变了多样性的气氛， 在CU Denver。这些努力，加上出色的研究环境和支持文化， 多样性和包容性，将有助于CU丹佛MARC U-STAR计划继续满足总体MARC 该计划的目标是，90%的支持学生毕业时获得STEM学位，至少60%的学生将被录取为博士。 (or联合医学博士/博士）生物医学科学课程，完成率至少为80%。

PROJECT SUMMARY As the United States becomes more diverse, it is imperative that institutions of higher education accelerate their efforts to ensure equity in the number of doctoral degrees awarded to students who are members of underrepresented (UR) groups. The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) is committed to this goal, and uniquely situated culturally and geographically to meet this need. The CU Denver campus is consolidated with the Anschutz Medical Campus (Anschutz) and, together, is classified as a “Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity”, with more than $400 million in annual sponsored research funding. As such, CU Denver is the only urban public research university in the State of Colorado, and it has the most diverse student body of any University of Colorado campus. In 2016, at least 34% of entering freshmen identified as underrepresented minority (URM) students and at least 57% as students of color. CU Denver was awarded its first MARC U-STAR award on May 22, 2013 (NIGMS T34 GM096958; 2013-2018), and is one of only two in the state. This competing renewal expands the successful initial development of the CU Denver MARC U-STAR program in several important ways. First, it broadens the focus of the first award (supporting students in the biomedical- oriented behavioral sciences) to the biomedical sciences more broadly by providing 24-month support to 40 additional rising junior undergraduates (eight new scholars per year) majoring in Integrative Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, and Public Health. Second, it expands and further institutionalizes a series of successful undergraduate Behavioral and Biomedical Research training courses, developed for the MARC program and taken by all MARC scholars, to accompany and facilitate their authentic research experiences. Third, it leverages and supports an institutionally-funded pre-MARC “U-RISE” program, developed by the principal investigators and program staff, to identify and support freshman, sophomore, and transfer students with authentic research experiences that engage early interests in research careers. The CU Denver MARC program complements and extends other training programs at CU Denver and Anschutz, expanding an institutional culture that supports the success of UR students and their entrance into doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences. The new efforts described here, focused on expanding our initial successful work with recruitment and training of MARC scholars from the Psychology Department, and building the base of students interested in these opportunities, are complemented by a rigorous, external program evaluation that continuously assesses the effectiveness and relevance of our program activities, and includes intentional outcomes in program optimization and scholarly dissemination. The MARC program enjoys strong institutional support and has already helped transform the climate of diversity and inclusion at CU Denver. These efforts, together with an outstanding research environment and culture of support for diversity and inclusion, will help the CU Denver MARC U-STAR program continue to meet the overarching MARC program goal that 90% of supported students graduate with a STEM degree and at least 60% will matriculate into Ph.D. (or combined M.D./Ph.D.) programs in the biomedical sciences with a completion rate of at least 80%.