Minority Access/Research Careers Undergraduate Student

少数族裔访问/研究职业本科生

• 批准号: 8079071
• 负责人: AZEEZ A AILERU
• 金额: $ 31.54万
• 依托单位: WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8079071
• 关键词: Achievement; Admission activity; Advertisements; Award; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical Research; Biotechnology; CCL7 gene; Critiques; Dental; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Faculty; Fostering; Goals; Industry; Institution; Investigation; Journals; Measurable; Medical; Mentors; Minority; Outcome; Paper; Recruitment Activity; Relative (related person); Research; Research Project Grants; Science; Scientific Evaluation; Series; Solid; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Vocational Guidance; Work; Writing; career; cohort; expectation; experience; forest; posters; programs; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) seeks to establish a Minority Access to Research Careers Student Training in Academic Research (MARC U*STAR) program to promote advancement of minorities who pursue advanced research careers in biomedical science. WSSU proposes to accomplish the following measurable objectives for the five years of the award: 1) that the rate at which our program graduates gain admission to competitive Ph.D. programs in biomedical and behavioral sciences will increase to a value of 13% relative to our current level of 8%; 2) that we will work with ongoing programs (MBRS, RIMI, NC Biotechnology etc) as part of the unified plan such that the number of MARC-eligible students at the university will increase by 10 each year relative to the current level. The goal is to increase the pool of talented minority students at WSSU who are well-prepared academically and experienced in research to be competitive to gain admission into top graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. Degree. We propose to use a simple five activity training program to achieve these objectives: 1) introduce the students to biomedical research via hands-on participation in a research project; 2) introduce the students to critical scientific evaluation by critiquing and presenting journal club papers; 3) provide experience in scientific writing and speaking via presentation of their research results as a poster; 4) provide exposure of the students to research faculty; and 5) foster a long-term commitment to pursue a career in the biomedical and behavioral sciences through an experience that exemplifies the excitement and challenges of relevant scientific investigation. Our cohort will include four junior and four senior trainees. We also propose pre-MARC activities whose goal is to increase the success rate of recruiting and retaining talented minority science students in their freshman and sophomore years at WSSU. The first two years of the undergraduate program in the various biomedical sciences are rigorous and demanding. It is at this time that the greatest attrition from these disciplines occurs, even among talented and gifted students. It is our intent to provide pre-MARC activities for five freshmen and five sophomores that includes a solid science curriculum, enhanced by: 1) introduction to research; 2) participation in special workshops; 3) careful academic advertisement; 4) networking through interaction of the students with science faculty and other successful science students at WSSU; 5) tutoring for enhanced achievement in biomedical sciences; 6) participation in a biomedical sciences seminar series; and 7) intensive career counseling and extended mentoring with research partners at Wake Forest University. Finally, it is our expectation that the resultant approach of this program will increase the number of students gaining admission into competitive Ph.D. programs to 13% of the total biomedical/behavioral Sciences majors from our current baseline of 8%, representing a modest 5% increase. The current baseline status for graduates in the institution entering Ph.D. programs in the past five years is 8% or 25 of 298 students. This means an average of five students pursues a biomedical/behavioral research career leading to a Ph.D. degree program per year while others chose to pursue medical, dental or work in the related industries. With a cohort of 8 (4 juniors and 4 seniors), we aim to increase the institutional number by 5% or an average of three students per year up to a total of 15 students in five years. This modest increase means that 75% (3 of 4 seniors per year) of the MARC students are anticipated to enter Ph.D. programs each year and we are optimistic for achieving this outcome. We expect the pre-MARC activity to be a channel to enhancing the achievement of many students majoring in biomedical science disciplines.

描述（由申请人提供）：温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学（WSSU）旨在建立一个少数民族进入研究职业的学生培训学术研究（MARC U* 星星）计划，以促进少数民族谁追求先进的研究事业在生物医学科学的进步。WSSU建议在五年的奖励中实现以下可衡量的目标：1）我们的课程毕业生获得竞争性博士学位的速度。生物医学和行为科学课程的价值将增加到13%，相对于我们目前的8%的水平; 2）我们将与正在进行的项目（MBRS，RIMI，NC生物技术等）合作，作为统一计划的一部分，使大学符合MARC资格的学生人数每年相对于目前的水平增加10人。我们的目标是增加有才华的少数民族学生在WSSU谁是学术上做好充分准备，并在研究经验丰富，有竞争力，以获得进入顶尖的研究生课程，导致博士学位池。℃下我们建议使用一个简单的五项活动训练计划来实现这些目标：1）通过亲身参与研究项目，向学生介绍生物医学研究; 2）通过批评和提交期刊俱乐部论文，向学生介绍批判性科学评价; 3）通过展示他们的研究成果作为海报，提供科学写作和演讲的经验; 4）提供学生接触研究教师;和5）培养长期的承诺，追求在生物医学和行为科学的职业生涯，通过一个经验，体现了相关科学调查的兴奋和挑战。我们的学员将包括四名初级学员和四名高级学员。我们还提出了MARC前活动，其目标是提高WSSU大一和大二招收和留住有才华的少数族裔理科学生的成功率。在各种生物医学科学的本科课程的头两年是严格和苛刻的。正是在这个时候，这些学科的最大损耗发生，即使是在有才华和有天赋的学生。这是我们的目的，提供前MARC活动为五个新生和五个学生，其中包括一个坚实的科学课程，增强：1）介绍研究; 2）参加特别研讨会; 3）认真的学术广告; 4）通过学生与科学教师和其他成功的科学学生在WSSU的互动网络; 5）辅导，以提高在生物医学科学的成就; 6）参加生物医学科学系列研讨会; 7）与维克森林大学的研究伙伴进行密集的职业咨询和扩展指导。最后，我们期望该计划的最终方法将增加获得竞争性博士学位的学生人数。从我们目前的基线8%增加到13%的生物医学/行为科学专业，代表了5%的适度增长。该机构进入博士学位的毕业生目前的基线状态。在过去五年中，298名学生中有8%或25名参加了该项目。这意味着平均有五名学生从事生物医学/行为研究职业，获得博士学位。其他人则选择攻读医学、牙科或相关行业的工作。随着8（4名大三学生和4名大四学生）的队列，我们的目标是增加5%的机构数量，或平均每年三名学生，五年内总共有15名学生。这一适度的增长意味着75%（每年4名大四学生中的3名）的MARC学生预计将进入博士学位。我们每年都有计划，我们对实现这一目标持乐观态度。我们希望MARC前活动能够成为提高生物医学科学专业学生成绩的一个渠道。