MBRS IMSD Program at the University of California Irvine

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学欧文分校（UCI）的MBRS-IMSD计划始于1996年，是一项全面的努力，旨在增加未被充分代表的少数民族（URM）本科生和研究生从事生物医学研究的人数。该计划最重要的目标是大大提高本科生毕业后进入研究生课程的比率，并大大增加UCI博士课程的URM学生的入学率。在教师导师的指导下进行的独立有偿研究是诱导MBRS学生追求研究生院和以研究为重点的职业的核心要素。100多名拥有资助研究项目的教师担任MBRS学员的导师。该计划提供了一系列组成部分，以增加本科生进入研究生课程的兴趣，动机和学术准备，包括科学课程的同伴辅导/指导计划，研讨会系列，实验室方法研讨会，科学交流，GRE准备，研究生院申请和为该计划设计的科学写作课程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MBRS-IMSD Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) started in 1996 as a comprehensive effort to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate and graduate students pursuing biomedical research careers. The most important aim of the program has been to increase considerably the rate at which undergraduate participants enter graduate programs following graduation and substantially augment the enrollment in URM students in Ph.D. programs at UCI. Independent paid research conducted under the direction of faculty mentors serve as a core element to induce MBRS students to pursue graduate school and research-focused careers. Over 100 faculty members with funded research programs serve as preceptors of MBRS trainees. The program offers a series of components to increase the interest, motivation and academic preparedness of undergraduates to enter graduate programs, including a peer tutoring/ mentoring program of science classes, a seminar series, workshops on laboratory methods, scientific communications, GRE preparation, application to graduate school and a science writing class designed for the program. The graduate component of the program is designed to provide a comprehensive training for URM Ph.D. students to excel in graduate school. The program provides a summer research training program for juniors and seniors from other universities, orientation on the application process for prospective URM graduate students, a summer program for incoming URM Ph.D. students to prepare them for the core graduate classes, counseling and orientation about the graduate studies in a non-departmental setting, a workshop to prepare oral exams after the first year in the Ph.D. program and a class specifically designed to write a paper to be published in a peer-reviewed journal and preparation for advancement to candidacy and dissertation research.