The UA Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities Program: Increasing Diversity

UA 本科生暑期研究机会计划：增加多样性

• 批准号: 7406019
• 负责人: Maria Teresa Velez
• 金额: $ 5.4万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2010-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7406019
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The University of Arizona's Graduate College seeks NHLBI support to continue a very successful summer research training program for underrepresented undergraduates with majors in biology. The Summer Research Opportunities Program aims to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue Ph.D.s in biomedical science by introducing these students to research in pulmonary, heart and vascular, and blood diseases and disorders under the supervision of highly experienced UA faculty working in these areas, by exposing them to lectures on biomedical research on diseases and disorders affecting certain populations disproportionately, by increasing the students skills in presenting their research orally and through a poster, and by providing extensive assistance in the graduate school application process including a GRE Preparation workshop . Specifically, we are requesting funding to support 40 underrepresented undergraduate students, 10 in each year of the grant, to engage in a ten-week intensive summer research experience during the summer between their junior and senior years. SROP, started five years ago to provide research opportunities to students from HSIs, HBCUs and regional institutions with large populations of low income, first generation students, already has contributed to the enrollment of 31-participants in Ph.D. programs at top universities throughout the country. It has also contributed to the UA's ability to dramatically increase the number of underrepresented students in Ph.D. programs in biomedical areas, an increase from 20 students in 2001 to 63 students in fall 2005, a 300% increase. This program has also shown that a focus on diseases and disorders that affect certain groups disproportionately, stimulates young people from these backgrounds to pursue summer research and eventually careers in biomedical areas.

亚利桑那大学的研究生院寻求NHLBI的支持，继续一个非常成功的夏季研究 为生物学专业代表性不足的本科生提供培训计划。夏季研究机会 该计划旨在通过以下方式增加攻读生物医学博士学位的代表性不足的学生人数 介绍这些学生在肺，心脏和血管，血液疾病和疾病的研究下， 监督在这些领域工作的经验丰富的UA教师，让他们接触生物医学讲座 通过提高学生在以下方面的技能，研究不成比例地影响某些人群的疾病和失调 口头和通过海报展示他们的研究，并在研究生院提供广泛的帮助 申请过程包括GRE准备工作坊。具体而言，我们要求提供资金，以支持40 代表性不足的本科生，10在每年的补助金，从事为期十周的密集夏季 在大三和大四之间的夏天进行研究。SROP成立于五年前， 首先，为来自HSI，HBCU和低收入人口众多的区域机构的学生提供研究机会， 一代学生，已经为31名博士生的入学做出了贡献。顶尖大学的课程 在全国这也有助于美国的能力，以显着增加的数量， 博士生人数不足生物医学领域的课程，从2001年的20名学生增加到63名学生 在2005年秋季，增长了300%。该计划还表明，关注影响某些人健康的疾病和失调， 不成比例的群体，刺激来自这些背景的年轻人进行夏季研究，并最终 生物医学领域的职业。