Undergraduate Biomedical Research Training at UNM

描述(由申请者提供)：新墨西哥大学MARC U*STAR项目的长期目标是增加获得博士学位并进入生物医学研究职业生涯的少数族裔荣誉学生的数量。眼下的目标是提高我们最优秀的少数族裔学生在研究生课程上的竞争力。该计划的核心是为十名有才华的少数民族生物化学、生物和化学本科生提供机会，在他们的三年级和四年级接受密集的研究培训。MARC之前的学生发展部分解决了对新墨西哥州州立大学学生的成功构成主要障碍的问题，包括课程规划不善和无法有效参与电子世界。随着MARC学生完成整个项目，对学业和职业指导的重视将继续下去。在第一个暑假期间，他们将开始一个研究项目，并参加许多小组学习活动，最后是一个暑期结束的学生研究研讨会，所有人都将在研讨会上展示他们的工作。在接下来的两个学年里，学生们将继续他们的研究项目，并在地方和地区或国家会议上展示他们的项目。预计大多数人将成为科学出版物的合著者。在他们作为MARC学者的第一年，学生们将选修一门名为“研究伦理学”的课程和一门GRE预备课。在二年级，学生们将参加一个小班，重点是确定合适的研究生项目并开发具有竞争力的应用程序，然后申请研究生院。作为该项目的一个附加功能，学生们将在另一个机构度过一个暑假(通常是他们的第二个暑假)，在那里他们将开展与他们的项目相关的合作研究。已经建立了一个强大的独立评估组件，从而可以展示该方案的效果。MARC U*STAR项目的继续实施将对一批高素质的少数族裔学生产生巨大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of the MARC U*STAR program at The University of New Mexico is to increase the number of underrepresented minority honor students obtaining the doctorate and entering careers in biomedical research. The immediate goal is to increase the competitiveness of our best minority students for graduate programs. The heart of this program is the opportunity for ten talented minority undergraduates in Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry to receive intense research training in their junior and senior years. A pre-MARC Student Development component addresses problems that present major obstacles to the success of UNM students, including poor curriculum planning and inability to participate effectively in an electronic world. The emphasis on academic and career guidance will be continued as MARC students move through the program. During the first summer, they will begin a research project and participate in many group learning activities, capped by an end-of-summer student Research Symposium, at which all will present their work. During the subsequent two academic years, the students will continue their research projects and present their projects at a local and a regional or national meeting. It is expected that most will becomes co-authors on a scientific publication. In their first year as MARC scholars, the students will take a class entitled "Research Ethics" and a GRE preparation class. During their second year, students will take a small class that focuses on identifying an appropriate graduate program and developing a competitive application, and then apply to graduate school. As an added feature of the program, the students will spend one summer at another institution (typically their second summer), where they will carry out collaborative research that is related to their project. A strong independent evaluation component has been established, so that the efficacy of the program can be demonstrated. Continuation of this MARC U*STAR program will have enormous impact on a highly qualified group of minority students.