MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research Program at Old Dominion University

项目摘要 老道明大学(ODU)是一所位于弗吉尼亚州东南部的研究密集型大学。它 招收约20,000名本科生(UG)，其中约33%来自未被充分代表的少数民族 (URM)小组，包括生物科学系、化学和生物化学系、 计算机科学和心理学。ODU MARC计划建议解决Low的关键问题 本校博士生毕业后入学情况。这将是ODU的第一个项目：(I) 扩大NIH资助的STEM领域的参与；(2)具体目标是增加URM UG STEM研究中的学生；以及(Iii)具体目标是增加URM UG学生的数量 进入生物医学/行为科学研究的博士项目和职业生涯。 该方案的具体目标是：(A)建立一个强大的潜在MARC学员队伍(MARC预科学生) OU MARC部门加强他们的教育，提高他们对研究职业的认识， STEM学科的机会和途径，以及(B)为URM实施研究性培训方案 大三学生和大四学生。该计划的特点是：(1)持续的教员研究、指导和学术 咨询，(2)负责任的研究行为方面的彻底培训，(3)接触和培训 竞争激烈的研究生博士项目录取所需的量化/计算技能，(4)参与度 在ODU教员研究计划中贯穿初三和高三学年，以及(5)参与 与外部生物医学和行为研究合作者进行密集的暑期研究计划。这个 该计划包括一套广泛的MARC前活动，供一年级和二年级学生准备进入 MARC计划。除了密集的研究培训外，MARC实习生活动还将包括高级 软件、编程和实验室设备、批判性思维、文献分析、写作技能、 GRE准备，研究生院准备，以及如何成功竞争研究生奖学金 专门针对生物医学和行为学博士项目的应用。MARC实习生还将 接受演讲技巧和科学写作方面的强化培训，最终达到演讲的目的 在国家会议上开展工作，以及向同行评议的期刊提交手稿。MARC实习生 将在ODU导师的实验室以及外部合作者的实验室进行研究。 通过支持函显示了对ODU MARC计划的强有力的机构支持 教务长、负责学术事务的副教务长、科学院院长和MARC主席 各部门，机构有重大的财政承诺，以最大限度地增加成功的机会 这个项目。计划主任将与联席主任共同承担行政领导责任 本科生研究主任和三名额外的系联络教员，将受益 不受组成完善的咨询委员会的监督和反馈。

Project Summary Old Dominion University (ODU) is a research intensive university located in Southeastern Virginia. It enrolls about 20,000 undergraduate (UG) students with approximately 33% from underrepresented minority (URM) groups including a large number in the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computer Science, and Psychology. The ODU MARC program proposes to address the critical issue of low enrollment of URM students in Ph.D. programs after graduation. This program will be the first at ODU: (i) for broadening participation in STEM fields that is NIH-funded; (ii) that specifically targets to increase URM UG students in STEM research; and (iii) that specifically targets increasing the number of URM UG students who go onto doctoral programs and careers in biomedical/behavioral sciences research. The specific program aims are: (a) to build a strong pool of potential MARC trainees (pre-MARC students) in the ODU MARC departments to enhance their education and to improve their awareness of research careers, opportunities, and pathways in STEM disciplines and (b) to implement a research training program for URM juniors and seniors. The program is characterized by: (1) sustained faculty research mentoring and academic advisement, (2) thorough training in responsible conduct of research, (3) exposure to and training in quantitative/computational skills needed for admission to competitive graduate Ph.D. programs, (4) engagement in ODU faculty research programs throughout the junior and senior academic years, and (5) participation in an intensive summer research program with external biomedical and behavioral research collaborators. The program includes an extensive set of pre-MARC activities for freshmen and sophomores to prepare then to enter the MARC program. Apart from intensive research training, MARC trainee activities will include advanced instruction in software, programming, and laboratory equipment, critical thinking, literature analysis, writing skills, GRE preparation, graduate school preparation, and how to successfully compete for graduate fellowship targeted specifically toward application to biomedical and behavioral Ph.D. programs. MARC trainees will also receive intensive training in presentation skills and scientific writing, ultimately resulting in presentation of their work at national conferences, as well as submission of manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals. MARC trainees will perform their research in the laboratories of ODU mentors, as well as in laboratories of external collaborators. Strong institutional support for the ODU MARC program is demonstrated through the letters of support from the Provost, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Sciences, and Chairs of MARC departments, with significant financial commitment from the institution to maximize the chances of success of the program. The Program Director will share administrative leadership responsibilities with a Co-Director, the Director of Undergraduate Research, and three additional departmental liaison faculty members and will benefit from the oversight and feedback from a well-constituted Advisory Committee.