Minority Access to Research Careers

描述(申请人提供)：少数民族学者的研究培训不仅是国家的优先事项，也是夏威夷州和夏威夷大学的优先事项。生物医学和生物技术行业最近的增长以及对自然资源保护和管理的重新重视，增加了夏威夷对训练有素的博士科学家的需求。我们当地的学生正准备成为这个不断发展的科学事业的一部分。夏威夷的人口种族可能是美国最多元化的，但夏威夷、菲律宾和太平洋岛国的学生在理科博士职业生涯中的比例偏低。少数族裔进入研究职业计划(MARC)的目的是解决差异，并为荣誉级别的少数族裔学生在国家最高水平的科学工作人员的职业生涯做好准备。在一项前景看好的新项目中，MARC计划将与密歇根大学马诺阿荣誉计划合作，每年识别、教育、建议和培训10名少数族裔学生，从事生物和行为科学方面的研究工作。优秀生将在从社区大学转学时和在宣布专业时被识别为新生。目标是让这些学者中的50%以上进入博士轨道。该计划旨在加强学生的研究、学术和个人准备，以成功竞争研究生入学。将通过培养一批有竞争力的MARC前、一年级和二年级的优等生、各级密集的学术咨询以及基于研究的探究和方法论课程来加强学术准备。研究准备将通过在马诺阿大学科学研究人员进行为期两年的有指导的研究实习、校外暑期研究经验、期刊俱乐部、实验室技能培训、参加科学会议、出版物撰写和研究道德培训来完成。个人准备将通过接触职业选择、同伴指导活动、社交网络和提高书面和口头沟通技能的机会来培养。MARC与荣誉项目的合作预计将增加研究人员与所有荣誉学生的参与，并促进UH Manoa向更广泛的理科专业学生和社区学院转学学生展示荣誉机会。外部评估将允许及时评估实现方案目标和目的的进展情况。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The research training of minority scholars is not only a national priority, but a priority for the State of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii. Recent growth in the biomedical and biotechnological industry and renewed emphasis on the conservation and management of natural resources has increased the need for highly-trained Ph.D. scientists in Hawaii. Our local students are poised to become a part of this growing scientific enterprise. Hawaii may have the most ethnically diverse population in the U.S., but Hawaiian, Filipino, and Pacific Island students are underrepresented in the science Ph.D. career track. The purpose of the Minority Access to Research Careers Program (MARC) is to address the disparities and prepare honors-level minority students for careers at the highest levels of the nation's scientific work force. In a new and promising venture, the MARC Program will join a partnership with the UH Manoa Honors Program to identify, educate, advise, and train ten minority students each year for research careers in the biological and behavioral sciences. Honors-caliber students will be identified as entering freshman, at the time of transfer from the community colleges, and at the point of declaring a major. The goal is to put more than 50% of those scholars on the Ph.D. track. The program is structured to increase the research, academic, and personal preparedness of the students to successfully compete for graduate admission. Academic preparedness will be enhanced by development of a competitive pool of pre-MARC, freshman-sophomore honors students, intensive academic advising at all levels, and research-based inquiry and methodology coursework. Research preparedness will be accomplished by a two-year mentored research internship with UH Manoa science researchers, an extramural summer research experience, journal clubs, laboratory skills training, participation in scientific meetings, publication authorship, and research ethics training. Personal preparedness will be developed by exposure to career options, peer-mentoring activities, social networking, and opportunities to increase written and oral communication skills. The MARC partnership with the Honors Program is expected to increase the research faculty involvement with all honors students and to promote visibility of honors opportunities at UH Manoa to the broader cohort of science majors and community college transfer students. External evaluation will permit timely assessment of progress toward the goals and objectives of the program.