MBRS IMSD Program

描述（由申请人提供）：路易斯安那州立大学的一个雄心勃勃和创新的MBRS IMSD项目每年将培养20名未被充分代表的高级少数民族本科学者，从事生物医学研究。路易斯安那州立大学在增加进入学术界和工业界的代表性不足的博士生数量方面建立了全国声誉，特别是在化学系。目前的目标是将这一成功扩展到包括NIH感兴趣领域的少数民族本科生的培训。路易斯安那州立大学最近建立了一些新的倡议和项目，旨在教育和留住少数民族本科生，特别是在STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）领域。拟议的IMSD计划将满足对高级生物医学研究培训有特殊兴趣的本科生的需求。IMSD学生学者将根据他们的兴趣与教师研究导师进行匹配。他们将在导师实验室工作两个学年，领取工资。八个可衡量的目标将用于项目评估，以满足NIH和机构的目标：(i) 20名IMSD学者（10名大三本科生和10名LSU大四本科生）每周进行15小时的生物医学研究，每年9个月（学术）月，由学生时间表和学期研究进度报告监督，由各自的导师批准和签署；（ii）在重要的地区或国家科学会议上发表至少一次讲座或学生研究海报，并出席第二次会议。（iv）至少95%的学生参加IMSD会议、研讨会和相关活动，(v) IMSD学生每年选择和邀请三名全国知名的科学家，他们专门研究学生和项目感兴趣的领域，（vi） IMSD学者的每位全职学生平均成绩至少保持3.0。（vii） IMSD学者在路易斯安那州立大学入学后的四年内毕业率至少达到90%；（viii） IMSD学者在毕业后立即获得研究生或专业学校安置和/或生物医学研究就业的成功率至少达到90%。学生将在每学期每周举行一次由PI/项目主任举办的研讨会，讨论学生的需要和关切，并开展加强教育的活动。活动将包括路易斯安那州立大学教师和研究生关于生物医学研究的演讲，海报和讲座演讲的要点，标准化测试的信息，研究生院的选择和申请，实验室安全，与少数群体具体相关的生物伦理学和生物医学问题，经济援助和其他相关项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): An ambitious and innovative MBRS IMSD program at Louisiana State University would train twenty upper-level underrepresented minority undergraduate Scholars per year for careers as biomedical researchers. LSU has established a national reputation for increasing the numbers of underrepresented doctoral students entering academics and industry, particularly in the Department of Chemistry. The current goal is to extend this success to include the training of minority undergraduates in areas of interest to the NIH. A number of new initiatives and programs have recently been established at LSU, aimed at the education and retention of minority undergraduates particularly in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. The proposed IMSD program would service the needs of undergraduates with a specific interest in advanced biomedical research training. A select group of IMSD Student Scholars would be matched with faculty research preceptors according to their interest. They would work in the preceptors' laboratory for two academic years, receiving wages. Eight measurable goals would be used for program evaluation to meet NIH and institutional objectives: (i) 20 (10 junior and 10 LSU senior undergraduate) IMSD Scholars perform 15 hours per week of biomedical research for 9 (academic) months per year, as monitored by student time sheets and semester research progress reports, approved and signed by their respective preceptors, (ii) presentation of at least one lecture or poster of the student's research at a major regional or national scientific meeting and attendance at a second meeting, (iii) coauthorship of at least one peer-reviewed publication by at least 90% of the students, (iv) at least 95% attendance at IMSD meetings, seminars and relevant events, (v) selection and invitation by the IMSD students of three nationally renowned scientists per year who specialize in areas of interest to the students and the program, (vi) each of the IMSD Scholars maintaining at least a 3.0 GPA for full-time loads, (vii) the IMSD Scholars having at least a 90% graduation rate within four years of enrollment at LSU, (viii) the IMSD Scholars attaining at least a 90% success rate in graduate or professional school placement and/or biomedical research employment immediately upon graduation. The students would meet once a week during each semester in a seminar held by the PI/Project Director to address student needs and concerns and for educational enhancement activities. Activities would include presentations by LSU faculty and graduate students on biomedical research, the fine points of presentations of posters and lectures, info on standardized testing, selecting and applying to graduate school, laboratory safety, bioethics and biomedical issues of specific relevance to minority groups, financial aid and other relevant programs.