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

NU-STARS 用于伊利诺伊州东北部学生科学学术研究培训

• 批准号: 10409648
• 负责人: RUTH B CHURCH
• 金额: $ 26.15万
• 依托单位: NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10409648
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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.

项目概要/摘要 长期目标： 1. 至少 90% 的 MARC U-STAR 学员毕业时将获得学士学位 STEM 领域。 2. 至少 60% 的 MARC U-STAR 学员在毕业后三年内将入读 生物医学博士或联合医学博士/博士学位研究密集型机构的项目，其中至少 80% 将获得学位。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”的机会 科学界，例如研究经验和接触外部科学界的经历以及（3） 将定量科学与生物医学相结合的创新课程。相关性 NIH 使命：东北伊利诺伊大学处于独特的地位，拥有 MARC 培训基金，可以为 国家需要一支多元化且训练有素的劳动力来领导国家的生物医学和行为学 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增强：(1) 毕业生 学校轨道：受训者课程和活动将向预受训者和任何其他学生开放 有兴趣进入与干科学相关的研究生院，以及 (2) 定量研究的创建 辅修跨学科 STEM。这个新辅修课程的设立为我们的科学提供了新的焦点 部门。生物和健康科学正在迅速变化，并变得更加跨学科 自然。当前和未来，成功的学生将需要超越一般知识的广泛知识和培训。 专业领域，特别是定量科学（Bio，2010）。为了满足这一需求，我们提出了一种新的 辅修课程将使学生接触跨学科科学研究，特别强调增强 定量技能。虽然未成年人将被安置在数学系内，但它将包括所教授的课程 由所有生物医学相关领域的教师组成。我们认为这两个组成部分具有深刻的变革性 改变东北国际大学学术课程的性质，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 更好地为学生做好跨学科职业的准备。科学的 该计划涵盖的学科：生物学、化学、心理学、物理学、数学、 计算机科学。受该计划影响的级别：本科生。拟议的期限 培训：2年，大三和大四。预计参与培训人数：5 年内 36 人。