Honors Biomedical Research Training Grant at Barry University

描述(由申请人提供)：巴里大学(BU)是一所私立男女同校的天主教国际机构，为来自61个国家和49个州的5,207名本科生(2005-2006年)提供服务。巴里是一家少数族裔拉美裔服务机构，也是西班牙裔大学协会的成员，由多米尼加禤浩焯姐妹会赞助。巴里大学将继续为MARC U*STAR助学金贡献其教职员工、管理人员和研究资源，我们将继续为学生在生物医学和行为研究领域攻读博士学位和未来的职业生涯做好准备。北卡罗来纳大学MARC项目的目标是：1.增加接受过竞争性培训的少数族裔学生的数量，这些学生在攻读研究型博士学位的项目中所占比例较低。2.加强巴里大学的教师队伍和科学课程。3.加强巴里大学的科研培训环境。我们通过现代课程和多样化的培训活动来实现这一点，这些活动展示了服务学习和领导技能的发展。活动包括：荣誉研究课程简介，荣誉学分的校内研究，参加生物医学和生物医学相关的工作坊，出席科学家的演讲，在研讨会系列上的研究报告/视频，卡普兰GRE课程，出席科学会议和报告，通过完成荣誉论文和研究生院申请准备。为大一和大二的学生描述了MARC前的组成部分，它努力增加这些学生的深度、质量和学科多样性，这些学生将成为MARC的申请者。该计划评估旨在用可靠的衡量标准记录该计划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)和终结性(结果)措施进行跟踪。该方案将加强和扩大其现有的跟踪系统，以减少“失去后续行动”的前受训人员的数量，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.