Summer Program of Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Training (SPROUT): Human Development and Disabilities

本科生研究机会暑期计划(Sprout)是 旨在成为生物医学和行为科学科学研究的门户 加州州立大学洛杉矶分校本科生。该计划将设在 加州州立大学洛杉矶分校徐荣祥健康与人类服务学院近75%的学生 学生是代表不足的少数民族，73%是第一代大学生。尽管 大多数学生对研究有很高的兴趣，但他们很少接触到自己的研究 家庭环境。大多数人都在努力为他们的大学教育做出贡献 除了课程以外的学术经验，具有挑战性。这样做的首要目标是 该计划为有前途的学生提供了一个机会，让他们潜入一个 为期15周的强化培训环境，我们可以在这里实现以下三个目标： (A)培养学生在行为和生物医学科学以及 康复和儿童发展研究的内容领域(B)；为学生准备 研究生院在行为和生物医学科学方面的进展和(三)介绍 让学生研究生物医学和行为科学方面的职业。学生将有两个 研究轮换使他们有机会获得行为和 生物医学科学，并增加工作坊和其他活动，学生将 受过科学写作、分析技术、数据管理和数据展示方面的培训。一个 该提案的优势在于，不同的萌芽教职员工理解 徐荣祥学院的学生。因此，该计划旨在灌输自信，并 自我价值和发展自我效能感和沟通技巧。这些经历加在一起将会 填满萌芽学者的科学“工具箱”，帮助他们形成科学认同 需要在生物医学和行为科学领域取得成功。

The Summer Program of Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Training (SPROUT) is designed as a gateway to scientific research in biomedical and behavioral sciences for undergraduate students at Cal State LA university. The program will be housed in the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services at Cal State LA where nearly 75% of the students are underrepresented minorities and 73% are first generation college students. Despite a high interest level in research, most students have had little exposure to research within their home environments. The majority are working to contribute to their college education making scholastic experiences beyond credited coursework challenging. The overarching aim of this program is provide promising students with an opportunity to submerge themselves into an intensive training environment for 15-weeks where we can accomplish the following three aims: (a) to develop students' research skills in behavioral and biomedical sciences as well as in the content areas of rehabilitation and child development research (b); to prepare students for advancement in behavioral and biomedical sciences in graduate school and (c) to introduce the students to research careers in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Students will have two research rotations allowing them the opportunity to gain expertise in both behavioral and biomedical sciences and with the addition of workshops and other activities, students will be trained in scientific writing; analytical techniques; data management and data presentation. A strength of the proposal is that the diverse SPROUT faculty understand the unique needs of the Rongxiang Xu College students. Thus, the Program is designed to instill self-confidence, and self-worth and to develop self-efficacy and communication skills. Together the experiences will fill the scientific “tool box” of the SPROUT Scholar to help them develop a scientific identity they need to be successful in the fields of biomedical and behavioral sciences.