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

项目总结/摘要 历史上，少数民族在STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）中的代表性不足 相关领域代表性不足的少数族裔占美国总人口的32.7%，但只有 占科学或工程领域雇员总数的13%。认识到需要 为了促进STEM劳动力的多样性，我们建议制定一项实习计划， 学生有途径获得必要的技能和经验，参加研究生院。我们的建议 将与犹他州大学的优秀基因组学资源和现有的，特殊的 大学生研究实习项目已经在校园里了。该计划的总体目标是 为少数民族大学生提供基因组学领域的优质研究机会。这 包括生物信息学和基因组数据集分析方面的培训，以及整体专业发展。我们 旨在为参与者提供成功进入研究生院的技能和途径。本科 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 所有参与者。通过这项提案，我们的目标是增加少数民族学生进入生物科学的渠道 和基因组学研究事业。

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.