Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

描述(申请人提供)：纽约西奈山医学院 约克大学生物科学研究生院提议发起一项 学士学位后研究教育计划(PREP)，最初的一组 四位学者，五年共十位学者 该计划。PREP的两个主要目标是：增加学生的入学人数 我们研究生院项目中代表不足的少数族裔(URM)学生(和， 毫无疑问)通过培养高潜力URM的初始兴趣 学者；并提高研究生院的质量， 学者们后来享受到了由于接触到研究和学术 通过预科而发生的发展。该计划建立在一个长期存在的 学校对教育项目的承诺，这些项目涉及 代表不足的群体。预科学者会花1-2年的时间 计划，在第一个夏天进入，所以他们的定向可以包括 一年一度的研究生院务虚会，他们可以利用合适的暑期 本科生研究计划(SURP)活动，并在适当的情况下，参加 一门为预科学生和博士研究生服务的课程(有待开发)。 生物化学/分子生物学背景不足以 支持他们在我们的核心课程中取得成功。 PREP的主要活动是从26个实验室中挑选一个实验室进行研究工作 准备导师，他们出色的研究项目横跨生物医学的不同领域 科学。所有预科教职员工都强烈致力于URM的工作 学生们。大多数人已经有了经验，年轻的教职员工将获得 通过SURP和之前的众多西奈山倡议获得经验 辅导一名预科学者。除了研究工作，杂志俱乐部和 出差参加会议，所有预科学者将参加特别预科和 研究生院精选活动，包括研究中的负责任行为， 与博士前伙伴的互动和许多可选的活动。每个人 预科奖学金获得者将有一个个性化的课程，基于首字母 评估学术上的长处和短处；该计划可能包括 启动研究生核心课程--工作，研究生入门选修课 特别感兴趣的是，特殊的核心前课程课程，和/或 各种技能发展选择。对筹备工作进展情况的评估 学者和项目的成功将通过以下方式相结合 客观的后续测试/评估工具以及与此相关的结果 为考上和完成研究生院和随后的职业生涯 活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University's Graduate School of Biological Sciences proposes to initiate a post-baccalaureate research education program (PREP) with an initial group of four scholars, building to a total group of ten scholars in the fifth year of the Program. The two major goals of the PREP are: to increase enrollment of under-represented minority (URM) students in our Graduate School programs (and, no doubt in others) by fostering the initial interest of high potential URM scholars; and to enhance the quality of the Graduate School experience that the scholars later enjoy as a result of the exposure to research and the academic development that occur through PREP. The Program builds upon a long-standing commitment of the School to educational programs that reach out to under-represented groups. The PREP scholars would spend 1-2 years in the Program, entering during the first summer, so their orientation can include the Annual Graduate School Retreat, they can take advantage of appropriate Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) activities, and, where appropriate, take a course (to be developed) that serves PREP scholars and entering Ph.D. students whose background in biochemistry/molecular biology is insufficient to support their success in our Core Curriculum. The major activity of PREP is the research work in a laboratory chosen from 26 PREP mentors whose excellent research programs span diverse areas of biomedical sciences. All PREP faculty share a strong dedication to working with URM students. Most have already had experience and younger faculty will gain experience through the SURP and numerous Mount Sinai initiatives before mentorlng a PREP scholar. In addition to the research work, journal clubs and travel to meetings, all PREP scholars will participate in special PREP and selected Graduate School activities, including Responsible Conduct in Research, interactions with a pre-doctoral "buddy" and many optional activities. Each PREP scholar will have an individualized program, based on an Initial Assessment of academic strengths and weaknesses; this program may include the initiation of graduate core course-work, selected introductory graduate courses of particular interest, the special pre-core curriculum course, and/or a variety of skills development options. An assessment of the progress of PREP scholars and success of the Program will be conducted through a combination of objective follow-up testing/assessment tools as well as outcomes with respect to matriculation and completion of Graduate School and subsequent career activities.