MBRS IMSD Program at Louisiana State University

路易斯安那州立大学 MBRS IMSD 项目

• 批准号: 6863719
• 负责人: ROBERT M STRONGIN
• 金额: $ 17.13万
• 依托单位: LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-01 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6863719
• 关键词: ethnic group; health science research potential; science education; training; university; university student

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.

描述(由申请者提供)：路易斯安那州立大学的一个雄心勃勃的创新的MBRS IMSD项目每年将为生物医学研究人员的职业生涯培训20名高水平的未被充分代表的少数族裔本科生。路易斯安那州立大学建立了全国声誉，因为增加了进入学术界和工业界的人数不足的博士生数量，特别是在化学系。目前的目标是将这一成功扩大到包括在国家卫生研究院感兴趣的领域对少数族裔本科生进行培训。路易斯安那州立大学最近设立了一些新的倡议和方案，旨在教育和留住少数族裔本科生，特别是在STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)领域。拟议的IMSD项目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。一批经过挑选的IMSD学生学者将根据他们的兴趣与教职研究导师进行匹配。他们将在教员实验室工作两个学年，拿到工资。八个可衡量的目标将用于项目评估，以满足NIH和机构目标：(I)20名(10名初级本科生和10名路易斯安那州立大学高年级本科生)IMSD学者每年在学生考勤表和学期研究进展报告的监督下，每周进行15个小时的生物医学研究，并由各自的导师批准和签署；(Ii)在重大的地区或全国科学会议上展示至少一场学生研究的讲座或海报，并出席第二次会议；(Iii)至少90%的学生共同撰写至少一本同行评议的出版物，(Iv)至少95%出席该学院的会议、研讨会及相关活动；(V)每年由该学院的学生挑选及邀请三名在学生及该计划感兴趣的领域的全国知名科学家参与；(Vi)每名该学院的学者在全日制课程方面维持至少3.0的平均绩点；(Vii)该学院的学者于入学后四年内的毕业率至少达90%；(Viii)该学院的学者于毕业后立即在研究生或专业学校就业及/或生物医学研究方面取得至少90%的成功率。在每个学期期间，学生们将在PI/项目主任举办的研讨会上每周举行一次会议，以解决学生的需求和关切，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职员工和研究生关于生物医学研究的陈述，海报和讲座的陈述要点，关于标准化测试的信息，选择和申请研究生院，实验室安全，生物伦理和与少数群体特别相关的生物医学问题，财政援助和其他相关计划。