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

描述(由申请者提供)：新墨西哥大学要求提供22.774.13亿美元，用于续签我们的MARC U*STAR培训计划，为期五年。我们的计划招募、培训和培养25名少数民族优等生，为生物医学研究的研究生院做准备。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、肥胖症、婴儿死亡率、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和酗酒，这些问题困扰着少数族裔和贫困人口。到目前为止，我们的学生100%获得了学士学位，在过去的几年里，MARC毕业生进入研究生院的比例明显高于对照组。此外，我们的计划通过改进咨询、课程设置和传播有关本科生研究机会的信息，为大量本科生的成功做出贡献。该计划的目标既包括我们已经成功使用的那些项目的延续，也包括反映制度变化的修改。MARC计划将培养一大批在学术上处于正轨并意识到本科研究可能性的未被充分代表的学生，每年从科学界未被充分代表的民族中招收5名学生加入UNM MARC U*STAR计划，为这些MARC学者提供学术建议和研究经验，并为MARC学者申请和录取生物医学研究生院做好准备。具体来说，UNM MARC U*STAR的目标是：1)增加生物、化学和生物化学专业的人数，特别是URM的学生，作为本科生申请和参与研究项目。我们将增加咨询能力，推出更多更广泛的招聘计划。2)增加在学术上准备参与研究项目的生物、化学和生物化学专业的URM的数量。我们将增加辅导跟踪，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*明星学者，并为他们毕业后的学习和研究生涯做好2年的准备。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陈述、研究道德培训和科学交流培训。4)增加作为MARC学者进入生物医学研究职业生涯的人数不足的学生。5)确定可在UNM实施的有效战略，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学生和控制组进行评估，以确定每个计划要素的成功程度，确定需要改进的领域，并提供有关该计划的成功和挑战的信息。

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.