MARC/Biomedical Research and Training Program at the University of Arizona

描述（由申请人提供）：亚利桑那大学（UA） MARC项目继续支持7名现有的学员，并在未来5年内选出多达41名新学员。该项目为高年级少数族裔学生（非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民、美国太平洋岛民）提供独特的研究、指导、财务和学术机会，这些学生有兴趣和潜力从事生物医学研究事业，旨在增加这类学生进入博士学位的人数，并为非MARC学员提供机会。具体目标包括1)每年吸引125名新学生参加外展活动,2)减少的百分比的差距下代表少数民族学生实现年级平均超过3.0的有针对性的专业相对于其他学生,3)增加2年保留率MARC专业的80%到2010年秋天,和4)85%的MARC学员进入pro -克,截至2006年6月,进入博士项目或博士学位再加上其他项目。UA MARC的学员是根据他们的成绩、研究兴趣和潜力，从4所大学11个专业（化学、数学和9个生物科学领域）的合格荣誉少数民族学生中挑选出来的。优秀的、资金充足的培训师资队伍，利用他们对本科生的培训经验和对培养少数民族学生的承诺，提供研究指导和密集指导的机会。指导也由项目主管提供。通过少数民族生物医学研究研讨会，学员可以与来自其他机构的优秀少数民族科学家以及前UA MARC博士生见面。学生参加关于研究伦理和少数民族健康差异的讲习班；参加生物医学伦理学课程；参加一个科学写作项目；参加国家科学会议；参与校内外研究；在校园和全国会议上张贴海报；在研究研讨会上做口头报告，参加GRE准备课程和研究生申请过程研讨会。亚利桑那大学的MARC项目是有选择性的，有声望的，是鼓励低年级少数民族学生在学术上取得好成绩的“胡萝卜”，也是为优秀的少数民族学生从事生物医学研究做好准备的管道。MARC前拓展活动包括职业讨论会、MARC研究讨论会和低年级数学和科学辅导。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Arizona (UA) MARC program continues support for 7 current trainees and up to 41 new trainees to be selected in the next 5 years. This program provides unique research, mentoring, financial, and academic opportunities to upper-division under represented minority students (African-American, Hispanic, Native-American, U.S. Pacific Islander) who have interest and potential to pursue biomedical research careers, seeks to increase the number of such students entering Ph.D., and provides opportunities for non- MARC trainees. Specific aims include 1) to attract 125 new students per year to participate in outreach activities, 2) to reduce the gap in the percentage of under represented minority students achieving a grade average of greater than 3.0 in targeted majors relative to all other students, 3) to increase the 2-year retention rate in the MARC majors to 80% by fall 2010, and 4) to have 85% of MARC trainees who enter the pro- gram, as of June 2006, enter Ph.D. programs or Ph.D. coupled with other programs. UA MARC trainees are a select group, chosen for their grades, research interest, and potential, from an eligible pool of honors minority students from 11 majors (chemistry, math and 9 areas of biological science) in 4 colleges. Outstanding well-funded training faculty, provide opportunities for research guidance and intensive mentoring using their training experience with undergraduates and commitment to training minority students. Mentoring also is provided by the program director. Through the Minority Biomedical Research Colloquium, trainees meet outstanding minority scientists from other institutions as well as former UA MARC trainees in Ph.D. programs. Students attend workshops on research ethics and minority health disparities; take a Biomedical Ethics course; take part in a scientific writing program; attend national science meetings; participate in intramural and extramural research; present posters at campus and national conferences; give oral presentations in the Research Colloquium, and attend a GRE preparation course and workshops on the graduate application process. The UA MARC program, is selective, prestigious and the "carrot" that encourages lower- division minority students to do well academically, and the conduit that prepares outstanding minority students to pursue careers in biomedical research. Pre-MARC outreach activities include a Careers Colloquium, the MARC Research Colloquium, and tutoring in lower-division math and science.