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

项目总结/摘要 长期目标：1。至少90%的MARC U-STAR学员毕业时将获得 STEM领域。2.至少有60%的MARC U-STAR学员在毕业后三年内将进入 生物医学博士或联合医学博士/博士研究密集型机构的项目，其中至少80%的项目 将获得学位（S）。具体目标：将实施以下培训要素：（1）指导 基础设施，提供学术和情感支持，（2）丰富的机会，“沉浸”到 科学界，如研究经验和与外部科学界的接触，以及（3） 将定量科学与生物医学科学相结合的创新课程。涉及 NIH使命：东北伊利诺伊大学在MARC培训基金方面处于独特的地位， 国家需要一个多样化和训练有素的劳动力领导国家的生物医学和行为 research.设计，方法，重点：课程增强是该计划的重点。我们有 MARC培训计划的两个组成部分将导致课程的增强：（1）研究生 学校轨道：培训生课程和活动将开放给预培训生和任何其他学生 有兴趣去研究生院在干相关的科学，和（2）定量的创建 跨学科STEM未成年人。这一新的未成年人的建立提供了一个新的重点在我们的科学 部门生物科学和健康科学正在迅速变化，变得更加跨学科， 自然目前和未来，成功的学生将需要广泛的知识和培训， 专业领域，特别是在定量科学（生物，2010年）。为了满足这一需求，我们提出了一个新的 未成年人，这将使学生接触到跨学科的科学研究，特别强调提高 量化技能。虽然未成年人将被安置在数学系，它将包括课程教授 所有生物医学相关领域的教师。我们认为，这两个组成部分在以下方面具有深刻的变革意义： 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，研究和通信），以更好地为学生准备研究生院， 为了更好地为学生的职业生涯做好准备，这些职业在本质上变得越来越跨学科。科学 该计划涵盖的学科：生物学，化学，心理学，物理学，数学， 计算机科学受计划影响的级别：本科生。建议的期限 培训：2年，初级和高级。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.