South Carolina Initiative for Minority Student Development

南卡罗来纳州少数民族学生发展倡议

• 批准号: 7021270
• 负责人: BERT ELY
• 金额: $ 16.23万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-04-12 至 2010-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7021270
• 关键词: career; education evaluation /planning; health science research potential; mentoring /mentor; minority health professional; science education; training; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The undergraduate component of the proposed USC IMSD program will seek to build on our already existing programs by offering underrepresented minority (URM) students a more extensive exposure to biomedical research than can be obtained during a single undergraduate summer laboratory rotation. The IMSD program will increase the level of qualified URM applicants to our graduate programs by offering minority students the opportunity to work as research assistants for two or three years in biomedical research laboratories while preparing for Graduate School. Students who complete the undergraduate portion of the USC IMSD program with a strong recommendation from their mentor and who have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher will be guaranteed admission into one of the graduate programs in the biomedical sciences at USC. The cooperating HBCUs will provide additional applicants to our graduate programs and to the USC PREP program. The IMSD undergraduates, students completing the PREP program, and well qualified students from the HBCUs will provide the core of the USC IMSD graduate program. The IMSD graduate program will begin with a graduate transition program in July so that the IMSD students are fully prepared for the start of their graduate course work in August. In addition, the IMSD program will provide participants with a graduate research assistantship during the first year of their graduate program and will pay their tuition for up to 4 years during their graduate training. The specific goals of the USC IMSD program are: (1) To recruit qualified underrepresented minority undergraduates to participate in funded biomedical research programs throughout the remainder of their undergraduate careers. (2) To improve research skills of IMSD participants through work as undergraduate research assistants in mentored relationships with both a faculty member and a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. (3) To help the students establish relationships among peers and faculty at USC and elsewhere in the research community so that the students have well-defined career goals and a support system that helps them achieve their goals. (4) To provide a smooth transition from undergraduate science programs at USC and the cooperating HBCUs to biomedical graduate programs at USC. The success of this program will increase the diversity of scientists with careers in biomedical research. This increased diversity will provide a more balanced perspective on research issues and contribute toward solutions for the correction of health disparities.

描述(由申请人提供)：建议的南加州大学IMSD项目的本科生部分将寻求在我们现有项目的基础上，为未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)学生提供比单一本科夏季实验室轮换期间更广泛的生物医学研究机会。IMSD项目将通过为少数族裔学生提供在准备研究生院期间在生物医学研究实验室担任两到三年的研究助理的机会，提高我们研究生课程的合格URM申请者的水平。在导师的大力推荐下完成南加州大学IMSD项目的本科部分，并获得本科GPA 3.0或更高成绩的学生，将被保证进入南加州大学生物医学科学研究生项目之一。合作的HBCU将为我们的研究生项目和南加州大学预科项目提供更多的申请者。南加州大学国际管理发展学院的本科生、完成预科课程的学生以及来自HBCU的合格学生将成为南加州大学国际管理发展学院研究生课程的核心。该学院的研究生课程将於七月展开，为学员在八月开始他们的研究生课程作好充分准备。此外，IMSD项目将在研究生课程的第一年为学员提供研究生研究助学金，并将在研究生培训期间支付长达4年的学费。南加州大学IMSD项目的具体目标是：(1)招收合格的未被充分代表的少数族裔本科生，在他们剩余的本科生涯中参与资助的生物医学研究项目。(2)通过担任本科生研究助理，与教员和研究生或博士后建立导师关系，提高IMSD参与者的研究技能。(3)帮助学生在南加州大学和其他研究社区的同行和教职员工之间建立关系，使学生有明确的职业目标和帮助他们实现目标的支持系统。(4)提供从南加州大学本科生科学课程和合作的HBCU到南加州大学生物医学研究生课程的平稳过渡。该项目的成功将增加从事生物医学研究的科学家的多样性。这种增加的多样性将为研究问题提供更平衡的视角，并有助于为纠正健康差距的解决方案做出贡献。