Honors Biomedical Research Training Grant at Barry University

描述（由申请人提供）：巴里大学（BU）是一所私立天主教男女同校的国际机构，为来自61个国家和49个州的5207名本科生提供服务（2005-2006）。巴里，一个少数民族，西班牙裔服务机构和学院和大学的西班牙裔协会的成员是由阿德里安，Ml.多米尼加姐妹赞助的。巴里大学继续致力于其教师，行政和研究资源的努力，以MARC U*STAR资助，我们将继续准备学生攻读博士学位和未来的职业生涯在生物医学和行为研究。波士顿大学MARC项目的目标是：1。增加经过竞争性训练的少数族裔学生的数量，让他们参加攻读研究型博士学位的项目。2. 加强巴里大学的师资力量和科学课程。加强巴里大学的研究培训环境。我们通过现代课程和各种培训活动来实现这一目标，这些活动展示了服务学习和领导技能的发展。这些活动包括：荣誉研究课程简介、校内研究获得荣誉学分、校内研究获得荣誉学分、参加生物医学和生物医学相关的研讨会、参加科学家的演讲、系列研讨会的研究报告/视频、卡普兰GRE课程、参加科学会议并发表演讲、准备完成荣誉论文和研究生院申请。PRE-MARC部分是针对大一和大二学生的，旨在提高这些学生的深度、质量和学科多样性，这些学生将成为MARC申请者。项目评估的目的是用可靠的方法记录项目在实现其目标和目的方面的进展。所有目标都通过形成性（过程）和总结性（结果）度量来跟踪。该项目将加强和扩大现有的跟踪系统，以减少前受训人员“失去跟踪”的数量，并更详细地跟踪前受训人员在毕业培训之后的职业轨迹。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Barry University (BU) is a private co-educational Catholic International institution serving the needs of 5,207 undergraduate students (2005-2006) representing 61 countries and 49 states. Barry, a Minority, Hispanic Serving Institution and a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities is sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Ml. Barry University continues to dedicate the efforts of its faculty, administration and research resources to the MARC U*STAR grant and we will continue to prepare students to pursue PhD degrees and future careers in biomedical as well as behavioral research. The Goals of the MARC Program at BU are: 1. Increase the number of competitively trained, underrepresented minority students enrolled in programs that lead to the research doctorate. 2. Strengthen the faculty and the science curriculum at Barry University. 3. Strengthen the research training environment at Barry University. This we accomplish through a contemporary curriculum and varied training activities which demonstrate service learning and leadership skill development. The activities include: Introduction to Honors Research course, Intramural research for Honors credit, Intramural research for Honors credit, Participation in Biomedical and Biomedically related workshops, Attendance at Scientists' Presentations, Presentation/video of research at Seminar Series, Kaplan GRE Course, Attendance and Presentations at Scientific Meetings, Preparation through completion of Honors Thesis and Graduate School application. A PRE-MARC component is described for freshmen and sophomores which strives to increase the depth, quality and disciplinary diversity of these students who will become the MARC applicant pool. The program evaluation is designed to document with reliable measures the program's progress toward achieving its goals and objectives. All goals are tracked by both formative (process) and summative (outcome) measures. The program will enhance and expand its existing tracking system in order to reduce the number of former Trainees "lost to follow-up" and to track in more detail former Trainees' career trajectory beyond their graduate training.