Elizabeth City State University Minority Access to Research Careers (E-MARC)

伊丽莎白城州立大学（ECSU）是一所历史悠久的黑人机构，位于美国东北部。 北卡罗来纳州（NENC），北卡罗来纳州经济最困难的地区之一。 ECSU请求NIH/NIGMS支持继续其成功的MARC U* 星星培训 计划旨在影响学生的挑战博士学位途径，特别是对学生 在生物医学科学，通过长期目标：（一）提供优秀的学生 研究培训;（ii）增加学术支持;（iii）广泛影响ECSU 社区，以促进学生的成功与博士学位预科的最终目标。 在目前的支助期间，我们在实现 这些目标。该计划支持了24个URM本科生在校内和校外， 在范德比尔特和杜克等著名的RO 1大学进行校园指导研究， 为这些人提供学术和职业咨询，以获得竞争性博士学位 提交申请。值得注意的是，65%的MARC支持学生正在取得扎实的进展 90%的MARC学者已经完成了博士学位， 学士学位，并正在攻读博士和学士后课程， 生物医学和相关领域，以实现这些目标，这一竞争的具体目标， 更新是建立在过去的成功：（一）选择学者，拥有优秀的 证书和真诚的愿望，以获得博士学位;（二）继续提供一对一 导师在研究和博士申请提交，增加的可能性， 成功的方案接受;（iii）提供机构财政支持， 学生从分心和潜在的出轨工作的外部工作，而追求 学术和研究。后者很重要，因为我们的许多学生来自家庭， 高经济需求。此次更新申请针对8所研究密集型机构， 外部夏季研究培训网站，这些合作者作为未来的 EMARC学者攻读博士学位的机构。此更新请求将支持4名学员 每个队列，并在更新的生命周期至少12名学员，学者将获得全额奖学金。 学费，每月津贴，以减轻外面的工作义务，并为研究提供额外的支持， 演讲、出版物和会议旅行以及GRE培训。预期成果： 在5年的资助期内，我们预计该计划的12名参与者中至少有8名 (67%）将进入博士课程。考虑到目前的ECSU，这个数字是现实的 EMARC计划的成功博士录取率接近65%。

Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is a historically black institution located in Northeastern North Carolina (NENC), one of the most economically distressed regions of North Carolina. ECSU requests NIH/NIGMS support to continue its successful MARC U*STAR Training Program designed to impact the challenges for students to PhD pathway, especially for students in biomedical sciences, through the long-term goals of: (i) providing exceptional student research training; (ii) increasing academic support; and (iii) broadly impacting the ECSU community to promote student success with the ultimate goal of PhD degree matriculation. During the current period of support, we have made significant progress towards achieving these goals. The program supported 24 URM undergraduates in both on-campus and off- campus mentored research at such prestigious RO1 universities, like Vanderbilt and Duke, and provided academic and career counseling to these individuals toward competitive PhD application submissions. A notable 65% MARC supported students are making solid progress towards completing doctoral degrees and 90% of MARC scholars overall have completed their Bachelor’s degree and are pursuing PhD and post-Baccalaureate programs in advanced biomedical and related fields to accomplish those goals, the specific aims of this competitive renewal are to build on the past successes by: (i) selecting scholars that possess excellent credentials and bona-fide desire to obtain PhDs; (ii) continuing to provide one-on-one mentorship in research and PhD application submissions that increases the likelihood of successful program acceptance; and (iii) provide institutional financial support alleviating students from the distraction and potential derailment of working external jobs while pursuing academics and research. The latter is important since many of our students are from families of high economic need. This renewal application has targeted 8 research-intensive institutions as external summer research training sites and these collaborators serve as prospective institutions for EMARC scholars to pursue PhDs. This renewal request will support 4 trainees per cohort, and minimum 12 trainees over the life of the renewal, and scholars will receive full tuition, monthly stipend to alleviate outside work obligations, and additional support for research, presentations, publications and conference travel and GRE training. Expected outcome: Within the 5 years of the grant period, we anticipate a minimum of 8 of the program’s 12 participants (67%) will have entered PhD programs. This number is realistic consider the current ECSU EMARC program’s successful PhD admission rate is nearly 65%.