Post-Baccalureate Research Education Program (PREP)

学士后研究教育计划（PREP）

• 批准号: 6949705
• 负责人: Luis P Villarreal
• 金额: $ 51.04万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6949705
• 关键词: ethnic group; health science research potential; predoctoral investigator; science education; university student

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is a top research institute that has gained national recognition for its Minority Science Programs at the School of Biological Sciences. The Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at UCI is new initiative to encourage and prepare minorities who hold a recent baccalaureate degree for a successful pursuit of a research doctorate. PREP aims at increasing the number of qualified underrepresented minorities entering Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences. The program will start with a cohort of 6 scholars. During the second year, the program will increase to a steady state group of 10 scholars per year. PREP will provide (1) paid research training as full-time apprentice scientists in a preceptor's faculty laboratory to gain research skills, in an employer-employee relationship, (2) individual academic plans to enhance scholar's preparedness, (3) quarterly academic advising, (4) GRE preparation, (5) monthly faculty seminars about research on health disparities presented by invited speakers and (6) training in scientific communications to prepare papers to be presented at scientific meetings. These components serve as a mechanism to maintain interest in biomedical research after college graduation, receive compensation and prepare for a Ph.D. program, while scholars establish a mentor relation with a faculty advisor, gain advance research skills and become competitive applicants for graduate school. PREP scholars will have individual academic plans based on recommendations made by the Admission Committee of the Combined Graduate Program offered by two departments in the School of Biological Sciences and four departments in the College of Medicine. Faculty in the Combined Graduate Program utilize state-of-the-art approaches and provide training in eight areas of concentration, including cancer biology, virology, immunology and pathogenesis. Over 100 faculty with funded research programs have agreed to serve as preceptors. Progress made by scholars will be monitored by quarterly meetings to insure advances in their research training, academic plans, GRE preparation and application to the Ph.D. program.

加州大学欧文分校（UCI）是一所顶尖的研究机构，其生物科学学院的少数民族科学项目获得了全国的认可。UCI的学士学位后研究教育计划（PREP）是一项新举措，旨在鼓励和培养最近获得学士学位的少数民族学生成功攻读研究型博士学位。PREP旨在增加合格的未被充分代表的少数民族进入生物医学科学博士课程的人数。该项目将从6名学者开始。在第二年，该项目将增加到每年10名学者的稳定小组。PREP将提供(1)作为全职科学家学徒在导师的教师实验室中获得研究技能的有偿研究培训，在雇主-雇员关系中，(2)个人学术计划，以提高学者的准备，(3)季度学术咨询，(4)GRE准备，(5)每月由特邀演讲者主持的关于健康差异研究的教师研讨会，(6)科学交流培训，以准备在科学会议上发表的论文。这些组成部分作为一种机制，在大学毕业后保持对生物医学研究的兴趣，获得报酬并为博士课程做准备，而学者与指导教师建立导师关系，获得先进的研究技能，并成为研究生院的竞争申请人。PREP学者将根据由生物科学学院两个部门和医学院四个部门提供的联合研究生课程的招生委员会提出的建议，制定个人学术计划。联合研究生课程的教师采用最先进的方法，并在八个集中领域提供培训，包括癌症生物学，病毒学，免疫学和发病机理。100多名拥有资助研究项目的教师同意担任导师。学者们的进展将通过季度会议来监测，以确保他们在研究训练、学术计划、GRE准备和博士项目申请方面取得进展。