University of New Mexico: MARC U*STAR Undergraduate Training Program

新墨西哥大学：MARC U*STAR 本科生培训计划

• 批准号: 8077777
• 负责人: Diane Lee Marshall
• 金额: $ 39.77万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8077777
• 关键词: AIDS/HIV problem; Admission activity; Alcoholism; Area; Bachelor' s Degree; Biochemistry; Biology; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Chemistry; Communication; Control Groups; Educational Curriculum; Elements; Ethnic group; Evaluation; Goals; Infant Mortality; Information Dissemination; Institutes; Institution; Malignant Neoplasms; Mentors; Minority; Modification; New Mexico; Obesity; Poverty; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Ethics; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Schools; Science; Students; Training; Training Programs; Universities; career; cohort; experience; graduate student; health disparity; meetings; programs; research study; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of New Mexico is requesting $2,277,413 million to renew our MARC U*STAR training program for five years. Our program recruits, trains and prepares 25 minority honors students for graduate school in biomedical research. We expect that most will pursue research careers in the biomedical sciences and that because of their backgrounds this research will help reduce health disparities such as cancer, obesity, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, and alcoholism that afflict minorities and those in poverty. To date 100% of our students have obtained a baccalaureate degree and in the last MARC graduates have entered graduate school at a significantly greater rate than a control group. In addition our program contributes to the success of large numbers of undergraduate students through improvements in advising, curriculum, and dissemination of information about opportunities for undergraduate research. The goals of this program include both continuations of those we have used successfully and modifications that reflect changes in the institution. The MARC program will cultivate a large cohort of underrepresented students who are on track academically and aware of the possibility for undergraduate research, recruit 5 students each year from ethnic groups underrepresented in the sciences into the UNM MARC U*STAR program, provide these MARC scholars with academic advising and research experiences, and prepare the MARC scholars for application and admission to graduate school in the biomedical sciences. Specifically, the UNM MARC U*STAR goals are to: 1) Increase the number of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry majors, especially URM's, applying to and involved in research programs as undergraduates. We will increase advising capacity and institute more and broader recruitment programs. 2) Increase the number of URM's in Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry that are academically prepared to participate in research projects. We will increase advising track and strengthen the Biology Department's core curriculum. 3) Recruit 5 underrepresented students per year as MARC U*STAR scholars, and prepare them for 2 years for post-baccalaureate study and research careers. Training will include a well-mentored research project, presentations at local and national meetings, training in research ethics and training in scientific communication. 4) Increase the number of underrepresented students as MARC scholars who are entering biomedical research careers. 5) Identify effective strategies that can be implemented at UNM to encourage underrepresented students to enter graduate research degree programs. Evaluation of the MARC students and a control group will be continued to determine the success of each program element, to identify areas for improvement, and to provide information about successes and challenges for the program.

描述（由申请人提供）：新墨西哥州大学要求2,277,413万美元，以延长我们的MARC U* 星星培训计划五年。我们的计划招募，培训和准备25名少数民族荣誉学生在生物医学研究的研究生院。我们预计，大多数人将从事生物医学科学的研究事业，由于他们的背景，这项研究将有助于减少健康差距，如癌症，肥胖，婴儿死亡率，艾滋病毒/艾滋病和酗酒，折磨少数民族和贫困人口。到目前为止，我们的学生100%已获得学士学位，并在过去的MARC毕业生已进入研究生院在一个显着高于对照组的速度。此外，我们的计划有助于通过改善咨询，课程和有关本科生研究机会的信息传播大量本科生的成功。该计划的目标包括那些我们已经成功使用和修改，反映在该机构的变化的延续。MARC计划将培养一大批代表性不足的学生，他们在学术上走上正轨，并意识到本科研究的可能性，每年从科学代表性不足的少数民族中招收5名学生进入UNM MARC U* 星星计划，为这些MARC学者提供学术咨询和研究经验，并为MARC学者申请和入学生物医学研究生院做好准备。具体来说，UNM MARC U* 星星的目标是：1）增加生物学，化学和生物化学专业，特别是URM的，申请和参与研究项目的本科生的数量。我们将增加咨询能力，并制定更多更广泛的招聘计划。2)增加URM的数量在生物学，化学和生物化学是学术准备参与研究项目。我们将增加咨询轨道并加强生物系的核心课程。3)每年招收5名代表性不足的学生作为MARC U* 星星学者，并为他们准备2年的学士后学习和研究生涯。培训将包括一个得到良好指导的研究项目，在地方和国家会议上的演讲，研究道德培训和科学交流培训。4)增加代表性不足的学生作为MARC学者进入生物医学研究职业的人数。5)确定可以在UNM实施的有效策略，以鼓励代表性不足的学生进入研究生研究学位课程。将继续对MARC学生和对照组进行评估，以确定每个计划要素的成功，确定需要改进的领域，并提供有关计划成功和挑战的信息。