University of California Davis Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Scholars Program

摘要 我们ADAR计划的长期目标是增加追求以下目标的硕士研究生的多样性 在老龄化相关领域的研究生学位和研究职业。为此，我们建议加强 戴维斯ADAR学者计划，这是一个全面的三年计划，包括两个主要组成部分。这个 首先是为期一年的ADAR计划，该计划将支持从 一年级新生参加我们的ADAR前计划[生物学本科生计划]。这 组件旨在增强留存能力、培养卓越的学习能力和激发阅读兴趣 从事老龄化研究；它包括课程作业、建议和研究经验。第二 ADAR荣誉计划(ADAR-HR)是一项为期两年的研究密集型计划 鼓励和支持八名不同的大三和大四学生考入与老龄化相关的研究生 程序。ADAR-HR提供为期两年的研究密集型体验，包括一个夏天和另一个夏天 机构。它将通过促进社交的活动来促进学生留住学生和提高学业成绩 以及在支持性同行群体中的学术整合和科学认同的形成；它将参与 研究和讨论老化研究主题的学生，研究中的完整性，以及 实验设计。它还将为他们提供职业信息、建议书撰写经验和 在研究生院申请过程中进行口头和书面的科学陈述和指导。至 为了实现这些目标，ADAR-HR将有四个主要组成部分：建议、研究经验、 专业发展和社区活动，加强科学认同感的形成和提供 社会支持的重要来源。ADAR-HR有以下可衡量的目标：(1)四个不同的 每年将招募大三学生进入ADAR-HR；(2)90%的ADAR-HR学生将在 具有GPA≥3.25的理科硕士领域；(3)ADAR-HR学生作为学生将拥有更多的专业知识 研究人员对老化研究中的实验设计和数据解释的理解 (4)ADAR-HR学生将通过展示他们的研究来培养专业沟通技能 地方和国家；(5)ADAR-HR学生将培养研究生项目的应用意识 过程；(6)ADAR-HR学生将通过讲故事和外展活动发展科学认同； (7)大多数(50%)ADAR-HR学生将进入涉及老龄化的研究生项目- 在获得学士学位后两年内从事相关研究。

Summary The long-term goal of our ADAR Program is the increased diversity of MSTEM students that pursue graduate degrees and research careers in aging-related areas. For this, we propose to enhance the UC Davis ADAR Scholars Program, a comprehensive three-year program with two major components. The first is the one-year ADAR Program, which will support eight diverse sophomore students selected from the freshmen participating in our pre-ADAR program [the Biology Undergraduate Scholars Program]. This component is designed to enhance retention, foster academic excellence, and kindle interest and engagement in aging research; it involves course work, advising, and research experience. The second component, the ADAR-Honors Program (ADAR-HR), is a research-intensive two-year program designed to encourage and support eight diverse juniors and seniors to matriculate into aging-related graduate programs. ADAR-HR provides a two-year research-intensive experience, including one summer at another institution. It will promote student retention and academic excellence through activities that facilitate social and academic integration and scientific identity formation within a supportive peer group; it will engage students in research as well as in discussions of aging research topics, integrity in research, and experimental design. It will also provide them with career information, experience in proposal writing and oral and written scientific presentations, and guidance in the graduate school application process. To achieve these goals, ADAR-HR will have four main components: advising, research experience, professional development, and community activities that enhance science identity formation and provide important sources of social support. ADAR-HR has the following measurable objectives: (1) Four diverse juniors per year will be recruited into ADAR-HR; (2) Ninety percent of ADAR-HR students will graduate in an MSTEM field with a GPA ≥ 3.25; (3) ADAR-HR students will have increased expertise as student researchers with respect to understanding experimental design and data interpretation in aging-research areas; (4) ADAR-HR students will develop professional communication skills by presenting their research locally and nationally; (5) ADAR-HR students will develop awareness of graduate program application processes; (6) ADAR-HR students will develop scientific identity through storytelling and outreach activities; (7) The majority (>50%) of ADAR-HR students will matriculate into graduate programs involving aging- related research within two years of receiving their Bachelor's degree.