Biomedical Research Training for Science Undergraduates

理科本科生生物医学研究培训

• 批准号: 6891023
• 负责人: DOUGLAS D MCGREGOR
• 金额: $ 7.78万
• 依托单位: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6891023
• 关键词: career; education evaluation /planning; health science research potential; health science research support; physical science; science education; training; vocational guidance

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A short-term training grant is requested to support the New Horizons Program at Cornell. An award would enable ten competitively selected students who have completed their sophomore year in a quantitative or physical science discipline or engineering to take part in an intensive ten week program in each of two successive years. The program would be structured to encourage entry of the trainees into careers in biomedical research. The initiative would combine faculty-guided research in cell and molecular biology with vocational counseling and professional enhancement activities of singular richness and diversity. Talented students would be drawn from Cornell and from 20 other institutions known for the excellence of the education they provide in the targeted undergraduate disciplines. The criteria for student selection would include the individual's academic record, research experience and recommendations. When realistic, candidates for training would be interviewed by the Executive Committee and relevant members of the participating faculty. The criteria for project selection would be the scientific merit of the proposed research and the prospect that meaningful progress would be made during the ten-week period that the program is in session. Cornell students would have the opportunity to continue their research during their junior and senior academic years although support for that phase of the program is not requested. Research experiences would be offered in cancer biology, genetics, infectious diseases, and in signaling mechanisms associated with cell growth, cell movement, and cancer cell metastases. The participating faculty would be nationally competitive research scientists who have excellent training records. Training would be structured to encourage the student's commitment to a research career while simultaneously enhancing their critical capacity and communication skills. Vital in this connection would be academic counseling that would facilitate the individual's entry into a graduate program in the biomedical sciences.

描述（由申请人提供）：请求短期培训补助金以支持康奈尔大学的新视野计划。该奖项将使十名在定量或物理科学学科或工程专业完成二年级学业的竞争性选拔学生能够连续两年每年参加为期十周的强化课程。该计划的结构将鼓励学员进入生物医学研究领域。该计划将把教师指导的细胞和分子生物学研究与职业咨询和丰富多样的专业增强活动结合起来。 有才华的学生将从康奈尔大学和其他 20 个因其在目标本科学科领域提供卓越教育而闻名的机构中选拔。学生选择的标准包括个人的学术成绩、研究经验和推荐。在现实情况下，培训候选人将接受执行委员会和参与教师的相关成员的面试。项目选择的标准将是拟议研究的科学价值以及在该计划实施的十周期间取得有意义进展的前景。康奈尔大学的学生将有机会在大三和大四学年继续他们的研究，尽管不要求对该项目阶段的支持。 将提供癌症生物学、遗传学、传染病以及与细胞生长、细胞运动和癌细胞转移相关的信号机制方面的研究经验。参与的教师将是具有优秀培训记录、具有全国竞争力的研究科学家。培训的结构将鼓励学生致力于研究事业，同时提高他们的关键能力和沟通技巧。在这方面至关重要的是学术咨询，这将有助于个人进入生物医学科学研究生课程。