Drug Discovery Academic Research Experience(DARE)

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案是为一个新的夏季研究和培训项目提供资金，该项目被称为药物发现学术研究经验（DARE）项目，该项目将针对定量科学和物理科学的本科生。DARE项目将是一个独特的项目，不会被现有的暑期研究项目重复。每个被选中参加DARE项目的学生将在一名教师导师的指导下进行一个研究项目。该计划将有一个结构化的课程，包括研究经验，有讲座和实验室实习的迎新周，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展示。这是一个新颖而可行的建议，基于我们从美国、加拿大和欧洲的所有主要地理区域招募不同种族的本科生的记录，我们的本科生接触生物医学研究的记录，随后进入生物医学科学的研究生和专业学位课程或职业，以及具有独特功能的相关基础设施的存在。我们期望DARE项目能够提高吸引数学、工程、化学或物理专业的本科生从事生物医学研究的能力。积极进取的教师在教育努力方面的合作记录是对现有的结构化课程和正式评估系统的补充。该项目的特点和我们之前在夏季本科生研究经验管理方面的成功保证了DARE项目对具有定量和物理科学背景的本科生进入生物医学研究职业的招聘产生很大影响的可能性。

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.