Drug Discovery Academic Research Experience(DARE)

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是为一个新的夏季研究和培训计划提供资金，该计划称为药物发现学术研究经验（DARE）计划，该计划将针对定量和物理科学的本科生。DARE计划将是一个独特的计划，不会被现有的夏季研究计划复制。每个学生选择参加DARE计划将与教师导师一起从事研究项目。该计划将有一个结构化的课程，其中包括研究经验，一周的讲座和实验室实习，每周讲座和研究讨论，专业小组会议和研讨会或期刊俱乐部的选择，以及研究成果和教育成就的最终演示。这是一个新颖而可行的建议，基于我们在招聘来自美国以及加拿大和欧洲的所有主要地理区域的种族多样化的本科生方面的经验，我们对本科生接触生物医学研究的跟踪记录，随后进入研究生和专业学位课程或生物医学科学的职业生涯，以及具有独特能力的相关基础设施的存在。我们预计，DARE计划将提高吸引数学，工程，化学或物理专业的本科生进入生物医学研究职业的能力。积极的教师在教育工作中的合作记录补充了结构化的课程和正式的评估系统。该计划的属性和我们在夏季本科生研究经验的管理先前的成功保证了DARE计划的概率很高，使在定量和物理科学背景的本科生的招聘到生物医学研究事业的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is for funding of a new summer research and training program, called the Drug Discovery Academic Research Experience (DARE) program, that will be targeted to undergraduates from the quantitative and physical sciences. The DARE program will be a unique program that is not duplicated by existing summer research programs. Each student selected to participate in the DARE program will work on a research project with a faculty mentor. The program will have a structured curriculum that includes the research experience, an orientation week with lectures and lab practicums, weekly lectures and research discussions, a choice of specialty group meetings and seminars or journal clubs, and a final presentation of research results and educational accomplishments. This is a novel yet feasible proposal based on our documented experience in the recruitment of ethnically diverse undergraduates from all major geographical regions of the United States as well as Canada and Europe, our track record of exposure of undergraduates to biomedical research with subsequent entry into graduate and professional degree programs or careers in biomedical sciences, and the presence of the relevant infrastructure with unique capabilities. We anticipate that the DARE program will enhance the ability to attract undergraduates majoring in mathematics, engineering, chemistry, or physics into biomedical research careers. The motivated faculty with documented records of cooperation in educational endeavors complements the structured curriculum and the formal evaluation systems that are in place. The program attributes and our prior success in the administration of summer undergraduate research experiences assure a high probability of the DARE program making an impact on the recruitment of undergraduates with backgrounds in the quantitative and physical sciences into biomedical research careers.