NU-STARS for Northeastern Illinois Student Training in Academic Research in the Sciences

项目摘要/摘要 长期目标：1.至少90%的MARC U-STAR实习生将在一年内获得学士学位 主干区。2.至少60%的MARC U-STAR学员在毕业三年内将进入一所 在研究密集型机构攻读生物医学博士或医学博士/博士相结合的课程，其中至少80% 将获得学位(S)。具体目标：将实施以下培训要素：(1)指导 提供学术和情感支持的基础设施，(2)丰富“沉浸”于 科学界的研究经验和对外部科学界的接触等；(3) 将定量科学与生物医学科学相结合的创新课程。与以下内容相关 美国国立卫生研究院使命：东北伊利诺伊大学处于独特的地位，拥有MARC培训资金 国家对领导国家生物医学和行为学的多样化和训练有素的劳动力的需求 研究。设计、方法、重点：课程强化是该计划的重点。我们有 MARC实习生计划的两个组成部分将导致课程强化：(1)毕业生 学校轨道：实习生课程和活动将向预备实习生和任何其他学生开放 有兴趣去研究生院学习与茎相关的科学，以及(2)创造量化 跨学科STEM辅修。这一新辅修学科的建立为我们的科学提供了一个新的焦点 各部门。生物和健康科学正在迅速变化，并变得更加跨学科。 大自然。目前和未来，成功的学生将需要广泛的知识和培训，而不仅仅是 专业领域，特别是在定量科学(Bio，2010)。为了满足这一需求，我们提出了一项新的 辅修，让学生接触跨学科的科学研究，特别强调加强 量化技能。虽然辅修课程将被安置在数学系内，但它将包括所教授的课程 所有生物医学相关领域的教职员工。我们认为这两个组件在 改变NEIU学术课程的性质，以提高学生在多个领域的技能 (数学、实验室、研究和交流)，以更好地为学生进入研究生院和 为了让学生更好地为跨学科性质的职业做好准备。科学 该计划涵盖的学科包括：生物、化学、心理学、物理、数学、 计算机科学。受该计划影响的级别：本科生。建议的持续时间 培训：2年，大三、大四。预计参加培训的人数：5年内36人。

Project Summary/Abstract Long term objectives: 1. At least 90% of MARC U-STAR trainees will graduate with a bachelor's degree in a STEM field. 2. At least 60% of MARC U-STAR trainees, within three years of graduation, will matriculate into a biomedical Ph.D. or combined M.D./Ph.D. program at a research-intensive institution and at least 80% of those will obtain the degree(s). Specific Aims: These elements for training will be implemented: (1) a mentoring infrastructure that provides academic and emotional support, (2) enriching opportunities for “immersion” into the scientific community such as research experience and exposure to the outside scientific community and (3) an innovative curriculum that integrates quantitative sciences with the biomedical sciences. Relevance to NIH mission: Northeastern Illinois University is in a unique position with MARC training funds to contribute to the national need of a diverse and highly trained workforce leading Nation's biomedical and behavioral research. Design, Methods, Key Focus: Curricular enhancement is a key focus of the program. We have two components of the MARC trainee program that will result in curricular enhancement: (1) The graduate school track: The trainee curriculum and activities will be open to pre-trainees and any other students interested in going to graduate school in the stem-related sciences, and (2) The creation of the Quantitative Interdisciplinary STEM minor. The establishment of this new minor provides a new focus within our science departments. The biological and health sciences are rapidly changing and becoming more interdisciplinary in nature. Currently and in the future successful students will need extensive knowledge and training beyond a field of specialty, especially in the quantitative sciences (Bio, 2010). To fulfill this need we are proposing a new minor that will expose students to interdisciplinary scientific research, with a special emphasis on enhancing quantitative skills. Although the minor will be housed within the math department, it will include courses taught by faculty in all biomedical-related fields. We see these two components as profoundly transformative in changing the nature of NEIU's academic curriculum to improve students' skills in a number of areas (mathematical, laboratory, research, and communication), to better prepare students for graduate school and to better prepare students for careers that are becoming more interdisciplinary in nature. Scientific Disciplines Encompassed in the Program: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science. Levels Affected by the Program: Undergraduates. Duration of the Proposed Training: 2 years, juniors and seniors. Projected Number of Participating Trainees: 36 over 5 years.