Biomedical Research Training at Jackson State University

描述(由申请人提供)：JSU的MARC U*STAR计划的包容性目标是增加生物、化学和心理学学士学位继续获得生物医学科学博士学位的人数。为了实现这一目标，联合州立大学将挑选符合某些标准的学生，并实施一项本科生研究培训计划，包括负责任的研究指导；课程改进；以及毕业生衔接活动。本科生研究培训将在JSU教员的最初夏季校内研究期间开始，并在接下来的两个学年继续进行。培训在校内暑期计划期间将举办两次研讨会。周五上午将举行GRE研讨会，周五下午将举行博士生准备研讨会。负责任的研究将在下午的研讨会上介绍，并在本学年继续进行。在MARC为期两年的实习期的第二个暑期，将有一个暑期实习机会，在优秀研究型大学的研究人员中实习。在四个学期的课程中，每个学期都会有一个荣誉座谈会。每个实习生将被要求成功参加GRE考试，并申请五个研究生课程以获得博士学位。将实施MARC前青年科学家计划，以识别和介绍一年级和二年级学生参加MARC U*STAR计划，并将生物医学研究作为职业和教育目标。将向学生介绍研究工具，并将参加生物医学研究研讨会，同时培养他们的研究兴趣。 计划评估将由两部分组成，外部评估和内部评估。总结性外部评估将为教师和机构执行人员提供对整个项目成就的优势、价值和潜在影响的独立审查。它还将提供有关扩展可能性、课程改进和增强学生利益的有价值的信息。这项评估将作为衡量教师和学生成长以及JSU加强其生物医学研究能力的统一计划的进展情况的一种手段。它将侧重于教师生产力，即该项目是否增加了教师出版物、教师演示文稿的数量，以及教师向NIH和/或其他资助机构提交研究补助金申请的数量。形成性内部评估将使用计划有效性模型，该模型确保计划循环是封闭的，并将评估结果用于计划改进。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The inclusive goal of MARC U*STAR Program at JSU is to increase the number of baccalaureates in Biology, Chemistry and Psychology who go on to earn Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences. To achieve this, JSU will select students meeting certain criteria and implement a program of undergraduate research training, including instruction in responsible conduct of research; curriculum enhancement; and graduate bridging activities. The undergraduate research training will begin during an initial summer of intramural research with JSU faculty members and continue during the following two academic years. TraineesTwo workshops will be conducted during the intramural summer program. On Friday mornings, a GRE workshop will be given and on Friday afternoons, a doctoral preparation workshop will be given. Responsible conduct of research will be introduced in the afternoon workshops and continued during the academic year. An extramural summer research internship with research faculty of outstanding research universities will occur in the second summer of the two-year MARC traineeship. An Honors colloquia will be offered for each term of the four semester program. Each trainee will be required to successfully take the GRE and apply to five graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. degree. A Pre-MARC Young Scientists Program will be implemented to identify and introduce freshmen and sophomores to the MARC U*STAR program and to biomedical research as a career and educational goal. The students will be introduced to the tools of research and will attend biomedical research seminars, while developing their research interests. The program evaluation will consist of two components, an external evaluation and an internal evaluation. The summative external evaluation will provide the faculty and institutional executive staff an independent review of the strengths, values and potential impact of overall program accomplishments. It will also provide valuable information on expansion possibilities, program improvement and enhancing benefits to students. This evaluation will serve as a means for measuring faculty and student growth and the progress of the JSU's unified plan to strengthen its biomedical research capacity. It will focus on faculty productivity, namely, whether the project increases the number of faculty publications, faculty presentations, and faculty submissions of research grant applications to NIH and/or other funding agencies. The formative internal evaluation will use a Program Effectiveness Model, which insures that the planning loop is closed and that evaluative results are used for program improvements.