UC Riverside MARC U* Star Undergraduate Research Program

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学河滨分校是最多元化的校园之一，位于美国发展最快、最多样化的地区之一。UCR的大部分本科生都来自这个地区。因此，有一个广泛的学生基础，可以从中选择和促进对与生物医学相关的科学和科学研究事业的兴趣。加州大学河滨分校MARC U*项目的总体目标是增加攻读博士学位和从事生物医学相关科学研究的本科生人数。MARC U*计划的可衡量目标是在毕业后三年内将进入博士项目的少数民族学生人数增加100%。该机构的总体目标是促进本科生研究，并培养出一大批来自科罗拉多大学的女性和代表性不足的少数族裔科学家。这笔赠款包括一项MARC前发展计划，以增加符合条件的受训人员。MARC U*培训补助金的目标如下：1)增加有资格成为MARC U*学员的少数族裔学生，方法是将加州大学伯克利分校低级少数民族理科专业在生物学概论中获得3.0分或以上的学生比例从16%增加25%；2)通过将申请MARC U*培训计划的合格少数族裔学生数量翻一番，从平均7人增加到至少14人，从而增加MARC U*培训计划的合格学生数量；3)以GRE、GPA和研究经验为衡量标准，使MARC U*受训人员达到一个稳定的状态，即100%的受训人员具有进入博士项目的竞争力；4)通过增加多达100%的MARC U*受训人员申请并被博士研究项目录取，鼓励MARC U*受训人员申请并毕业于博士项目，从而使MARC U*受训人员在研究生院的录取和入学方面具有竞争力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of California at Riverside is one of the most diverse campuses and is located in one of the most rapidly growing and diverse regions of the United States. Most of the undergraduate students at UCR come from this region. Thus there is a broad base of students from which to select and promote interest in the biomedically-related sciences and a research career in the sciences. The Overall Goal of the MARC U* Program at the University of California Riverside is to increase the number of undergraduate minority students pursuing a Ph.D. degree and a research career in the biomedically-related sciences. The Measurable Objective of the MARC U* Program is to increase the number of minority students going into Ph.D. Programs by up to 100% within three years of graduation. The Overall Institutional Goal is to promote undergraduate research and to produce a large number of women and under-represented minority scientists from UCR. This grant includes a pre-MARC Development Program to increase the eligible pool of Trainees. The goals of the MARC U* Training grant are the following: 1} to increase the pool of minority students eligible to become MARC U* trainees by increasing the fraction of lower division minority science majors at UCR attaining a GPA of 3.0 by 25% or higher in Introductory Biology by 25% from a basis of 16%; 2) increase the number of qualified students applying to the MARC U* Training Program by doubling the number of qualified minority students who apply to the MARC U* Training Program from an average of 7 to at least 14; 3) prepare MARC U* Trainees to become competitive for admission to and success in graduate school by achieving a steady state wherein up to 100% of the Trainees will be competitive for admission into a PhD program as measured by GRE, GPA and research experience; 4} encourage MARC U* Trainees to apply to and graduate from PhD programs by increasing up to 100% MARC U* Trainees who apply to and are accepted into PhD research programs.