NIMH-COR Honors High School Research Education Grant

描述(申请人摘要)：杰克逊州立大学NIMH-CORE 荣誉高中研究教育计划寻求提供特殊研究 对少数民族优秀高中生的培训体会 在行为和生物医学研究领域的代表性不足。学生 有兴趣攻读心理学、生物学或其他专业的本科教育 化学有资格参加。这项计划的使命是 激发来自种族/民族高中生的兴趣和动机 少数群体在与科学相关的学科中做出职业选择 心理健康。四名GPA为3.0或更高(4.0)的高中生 Scale)将从地区高中中挑选出来参加一次动手 在经验丰富的研究导师的指导下进行研究。 学生将在他们的初三和/或高年级积极参与该计划。 将为学员提供全年研究培训活动； 然而，在夏季，实习生将工作8-10周 全职在心理学、生物学或 JSU或参与实验室的化学。学生们将从中受益 有研究设计、仪器、数据收集、数据分析、 撰写研究报告，准备海报和/或幻灯片演示文稿 专业会议。通过每月研讨会和1-2次监督会议 在学期中的一个月内，学员将得到指导和 他们的导师和/或项目总监的作业。具体地说，这些 课程将集中于众多研究技能，包括如何进行 文献综述，如何总结研究文章，如何运用 文字处理和统计软件，如何制定一个研究问题， 如何进行实验室程序等。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): The Jackson State University NIMH-COR Honors High School Research Education Program seeks to provide special research training experiences to talented minority high school students who are underrepresented in the behavioral and biomedical research arenas. Students who are interested in pursuing an undergraduate education in Psychology, Biology or Chemistry are eligible to participate. The mission of this program is to stimulate interest and motivation among high school students from racial/ethnic minority groups to make a career choice in science disciplines related to mental health. Four high school students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher (4.0 scale) will be selected from area high schools to participate in a hands-on research experience under the supervision of an experienced research mentor. Students will be active in the program during their junior and/or senior years. Year-round research training activities will be made available to the trainees; however, during the summer, for a period of 8-10 weeks, the trainees will work full-time in one of the research laboratories in psychology, biology or chemistry at JSU or participating laboratories. The students will gain experience in research design, instrumentation, data collection, data analysis, research report writing, and preparing a poster and/or slide presentation at a professional meeting. Through monthly seminars and 1-2 supervisory sessions per month during the school term, trainees will be given instructions and assignments by their mentors and/or the Program Director. Specifically, these sessions will focus on numerous research skills, including how to conduct a literature review, how to summarize research articles, how to use word-processing and statistical software, how to formulate a research question, how to carry out laboratory procedures, etc.