MARC U-STAR PROGRAM, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

描述（由申请人提供）：波多黎各大学马亚圭斯校区（UPRM）的MARC U-STAR计划的目标是改善生物学和化学本科荣誉学生的培训环境，作为提高他们为生物医学科学研究生培训做好准备的一种方式。这将通过校内和校外研究经验、特殊科学课程、每周会议、GRE研讨会和研讨会来实现。针对大一和大二学生的活动是让这些学生了解生物医学科学的研究事业和机会的一种方式。通过一门关于适应大学生活的必修课，我们将为所有生物化学系的新生介绍生物医学科学的研究事业和机会。为大一和大二学生提供六个暑期校内工作坊，为他们提供常规实验室实践之外的技能和方法培训。upm的MARC U-STAR计划的目标是：1)增加生物和化学系大一和大二学生参加校园暑期研讨会的人数50%，2)将参加生物医学科学相关研究的MARC学员人数保持在100%，3)至少保持目前的水平（78.7%）注册博士或博士/博士。项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the MARC U-STAR Program at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) is to enhance the training environment for biology and chemistry undergraduate honors students as a way of improving their preparedness for graduate training in biomedical sciences. This will be achieved through on- and off-campus research experiences, a special science curriculum, weekly meetings, a GRE workshop, and seminars. Activities for freshmen and sophomore students are proposed as a way of acquainting these students with research careers and opportunities in biomedical sciences. A presentation on research careers and opportunities in biomedical sciences will be offered to all freshmen in the biology and chemistry departments through a presentation in a required course on adaptation to university life. Six summer on-campus workshops will be offered to freshmen and sophomore students as a way of providing them with training in skills and methodologies beyond the regular laboratory practices. The objectives of the MARC U-STAR Program at UPRM are: 1) to increase by 50% the number of freshmen and sophomore students from the departments of biology and chemistry that participate in on-campus summer workshops, 2) to maintain at 100% the number of MARC trainees that participate in biomedical sciences related research, 3) to maintain at least, the current level of MARC trainees (78.7%) that enroll in Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. programs.