The UA Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities Program: Increasing Diversity

UA 本科生暑期研究机会计划：增加多样性

• 批准号: 7228426
• 负责人: Maria Teresa Velez
• 金额: $ 5.24万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2010-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7228426
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Arizona's Graduate College seeks NHLBI support to continue a very successful summer research training program for underrepresented undergraduates with majors in biology. The Summer Research Opportunities Program aims to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue Ph.D.s in biomedical science by introducing these students to research in pulmonary, heart and vascular, and blood diseases and disorders under the supervision of highly experienced UA faculty working in these areas, by exposing them to lectures on biomedical research on diseases and disorders affecting certain populations disproportionately, by increasing the students skills in presenting their research orally and through a poster, and by providing extensive assistance in the graduate school application process including a GRE Preparation workshop. Specifically, we are requesting funding to support 40 underrepresented undergraduate students, 10 in each year of the grant, to engage in a ten-week intensive summer research experience during the summer between their junior and senior years. SROP, started five years ago to provide research opportunities to students from HSIs, HBCUs and regional institutions with large populations of low income, first generation students, already has contributed to the enrollment of 31-participants in Ph.D. programs at top universities throughout the country. It has also contributed to the UA's ability to dramatically increase the number of underrepresented students in Ph.D. programs in biomedical areas, an increase from 20 students in 2001 to 63 students in fall 2005, a 300% increase. This program has also shown that a focus on diseases and disorders that affect certain groups disproportionately, stimulates young people from these backgrounds to pursue summer research and eventually careers in biomedical areas (End of Abstract)

描述（由申请人提供）： 亚利桑那大学研究生院寻求NHLBI的支持，继续为生物学专业代表性不足的本科生提供非常成功的暑期研究培训计划。暑期研究机会计划旨在增加在生物医学科学领域攻读博士学位的代表性不足的学生的数量，通过向这些学生介绍在这些领域工作的经验丰富的UA教师的监督下进行的肺，心脏和血管，血液疾病和障碍的研究，通过让他们接触有关影响某些人群不成比例的疾病和障碍的生物医学研究讲座，通过提高学生口头和通过海报展示研究成果的技能，并在研究生院申请过程中提供广泛的帮助，包括GRE准备研讨会。具体来说，我们要求资助40名代表性不足的本科生，每年10名，在大三和大四之间的夏季进行为期十周的密集夏季研究。SROP于五年前开始为来自HSI，HBCUs和区域机构的学生提供研究机会，这些机构拥有大量低收入，第一代学生，已经为31名参与者的入学做出了贡献。全国顶尖大学的课程。这也有助于美国大学大幅增加博士生人数不足的能力。生物医学领域的课程，从2001年的20名学生增加到2005年秋季的63名学生，增加了300%。该计划还表明，对影响某些群体不成比例的疾病和障碍的关注，刺激来自这些背景的年轻人进行夏季研究，并最终在生物医学领域的职业生涯（摘要结束）