Genomics Summer Research for Minorities: A Pathway to Promote Diversity in Science Research

少数族裔基因组学夏季研究：促进科学研究多样性的途径

• 批准号: 10441307
• 负责人: H. Joseph Yost
• 金额: $ 26.23万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-20 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10441307
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PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Historically, minorities have been underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related fields. Underrepresented minorities make up 32.7% of the total population of the United States, but only account for 13% of the total number of employees in science or engineering fields. Recognizing the need to promote diversity in the STEM workforce, we propose to develop an internship program that provides minority students with a pathway to gain the necessary skills and experience to attend graduate school. Our proposal will collaborate with the outstanding Genomics resources at the University of Utah and the existing, exceptional undergraduate research internship programs already on campus. The overall goals of this program are to provide minority undergraduate participants with quality research opportunities in genomics fields. This includes training in bioinformatics and analysis of genomic datasets, and overall professional development. We aim to provide participants with skills and a pathway to successfully navigate graduate school. Undergraduate participant outcomes will be tracked and long-term support services will be provided to ensure future success of all participants. Through this proposal, we aim to increase the pipeline of minority students into bioscience and genomics research careers.

项目摘要/摘要 从历史上看，少数民族在STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)中的代表性不足 相关字段。代表不足的少数族裔占美国总人口的32.7%，但只有 占科学或工程领域员工总数的13%。认识到有必要 为了促进STEM劳动力的多样性，我们建议制定一个实习计划，为少数族裔提供 学生有途径获得必要的技能和经验，进入研究生院学习。我们的建议 将与犹他大学杰出的基因组资源和现有的、卓越的 已经在校园里的本科生研究实习项目。该计划的总体目标是 为少数族裔本科生提供基因组学领域的高质量研究机会。这 包括生物信息学和基因组数据集分析方面的培训，以及全面的专业发展。我们 旨在为学员提供成功进入研究生院的技能和途径。本科生 将跟踪参与者的成果，并提供长期支持服务，以确保未来的成功 在所有参与者中。通过这项提议，我们的目标是增加少数民族学生进入生物科学的渠道 以及基因组学研究事业。