Research Experience for Minorities at Community College

描述(由申请人提供)：代托纳海滩社区学院(DBCC)与白求恩-库克曼学院、中佛罗里达大学、佛罗里达农工大学、佛罗里达大学惠特尼实验室和斯特森大学合作，提议在社区大学水平为未被充分代表的少数族裔学生提供生物医学研究方面的基本培训，并在毕业后将他们与学士学位机构联系起来。该计划的目标是增加获得理科学位并从事生物医学职业的少数族裔人数。为了实现这一目标，DBCC将在3年内每年招收20名少数民族学生。留住学生的策略包括但不限于学术咨询、咨询和辅导。桥牌学生将参加一门专门针对桥牌的研究方法课程，并将参与DBCC的研究项目。学生还将通过在教学实验室担任实验室助理来获得经验。来自合作机构的研究人员将在桥的具体研究方法课程中进行客座演讲。在暑假期间，每名剑桥大学的学生将与来自五个合作机构之一的一名研究导师配对，在实验室进行为期10周的研究。学生将在地区和国家科学会议上展示他们的研究成果。DBCC的桥梁项目还将 建立并托管一个互联网服务器，供全国各地的桥牌学生使用。剑桥大学的学生将使用这个网站在他们之间建立网络，与他们的同龄人讨论他们的研究项目，并了解其他机构，特别是他们想要继续高等教育的四年制学院或大学。其他将促进对科学的兴趣和知识的活动包括在DBCC举行的科学博览会，学生将在那里向来自其他地区学院的教职员工和学生展示他们的研究成果，以及科学研讨会，这是一个讨论科学论文、关于科学发现的书籍和科学家传记的论坛，以促进对科学的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC), in collaboration with Bethune-Cookman College, University of Central Florida, Florida A&M University, Whitney Laboratory of the University of Florida, and Stetson University, proposes to give basic training in biomedical research at the community college level for underrepresented minority students and, upon graduation, bridge them to a baccalaureate institution. The goal of the program is to increase the number of minorities who graduate with a science degree and pursue a biomedical career. To achieve this goal, DBCC will recruit 20 minority students each year for 3 years. Student retention strategies include, but are not limited to, academic advising, counseling and tutoring. Bridge students will take a Bridge-specific Research Methods course and will work on research projects at DBCC. The students will also gain experience by working in the teaching laboratories as laboratory assistants. Research faculty from the partner institutions will give guest lectures in the Bridge-specific Research Methods Course. During summer, each Bridge student will be paired with a research preceptor from one of the five partner institutions to do research in the laboratory for 10 weeks. Students will present their research work at regional and national scientific meetings. The Bridge program at DBCC will also establish and host an internet server for the use of Bridge students all across the nation. This site will be used by Bridge students to network among themselves, discuss their research programs with their peers, and to learn about other institutions, especially the four-year colleges or universities where they would like to pursue their higher education. Other activities that will promote an interest and knowledge in science include Science Expo at DBCC where students will present their research work to faculty and students from other area colleges, and the Science Colloquia, a forum of discussion of scientific papers, books on scientific discoveries, and biographies of scientists to promote interest in the sciences.