South Carolina Initiative for Minority Student Development

拟议中的USCIMSD计划的本科部分将寻求建立在我们现有的计划 通过提供代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生更广泛的接触生物医学研究比可以 在一个单一的本科夏季实验室轮换期间获得。IMSD计划将提高 合格的URM申请人到我们的研究生课程，提供少数民族学生的机会，作为研究工作 在生物医学研究实验室做两三年的助理，同时准备研究生院。的学生 完成USC IMSD课程的本科部分，并获得导师的强烈推荐， 谁拥有3.0或更高的本科GPA将被保证进入研究生课程之一， 南加州大学的生物医学科学合作的HBCU将为我们的研究生课程提供更多的申请者， USC PREP项目。IMSD本科生，完成PREP课程的学生，以及合格的 来自HCBU的学生将提供USC IMSD研究生课程的核心。IMSD研究生课程将 开始与研究生过渡计划在七月，使IMSD学生充分准备，为他们的开始 8月毕业班。此外，IMSD计划将为参与者提供研究生研究 在他们的研究生课程的第一年助教奖学金，并将支付他们的学费长达4年，在他们的 毕业生培训。USC IMSD计划的具体目标是： (1)招募合格的少数民族本科生参加资助的生物医学研究 在他们的本科生涯的其余部分程序。 (2)提高IMSD参与者的研究技能，通过工作作为本科研究助理， 与教师和研究生或博士后研究员的指导关系。 (3)帮助学生在南加州大学和其他研究机构的同行和教师之间建立关系 社区，使学生有明确的职业目标和支持系统，帮助他们实现自己的目标。 目标. (4)提供从南加州大学本科科学课程和合作HCBU平稳过渡到 南加州大学的生物医学研究生课程 该计划的成功将增加生物医学研究领域科学家的多样性。这种增加的 多样性将为研究问题提供更平衡的视角，并有助于解决 纠正健康差距。

The undergraduate component of the proposed USCIMSD program will seek to build on our already-existing programs by offering under-represented minority (URM) students a more extensive exposure to biomedical research than can be obtained during a single undergraduate summer laboratory rotation. The IMSD program will increase the level of qualified URM applicants to our graduate programs by offering minority students the opportunity to work as research assistants for two or three years in biomedical research laboratories while preparing for Graduate School. Students who complete the undergraduate portion of the USC IMSD program with a strong recommendation from their mentor and who have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher will be guaranteed admission into one of the graduate programs in the biomedical sciences at USC. The cooperating HBCUs will provide additional applicants to our graduate programs and to the USC PREP program. The IMSD undergraduates, students completing the PREP program, and well qualified students from the HCBUs will provide the core of the USC IMSD graduate program. The IMSD graduate program will begin with a graduate transition program in July so that the IMSD students are fully prepared for the start of their graduate coursework in August. In addition, the IMSD program will provide participants with a graduate research assistantship during the first year of their graduate program and will pay their tuition for up to 4 years during their graduate training. The specific goals of the USC IMSD program are: (1) To recruit qualified underrepresented minority undergraduates to participate in funded biomedical research programs throughout the remainder of their undergraduate career. (2) To improve research skills of IMSD participants through work as an undergraduate research assistant in a mentored relationship with both a faculty member and a graduate students or postdoctoral fellow. (3) To help the students establish relationships among peers and faculty at USC and elsewhere in the research community so that the students have well-defined career goals and a support system that helps them achieve their goals. (4) To provide a smooth transition from undergraduate science programs at USC and the cooperating HCBUs to biomedical graduate programs at USC. The success of this program will increase the diversity of scientists with careers in biomedical research. This increased diversity will provide a more balanced perspective on research issues and contribute towards soloutions for the correction of health disparities.