Elizabeth City State University Support Program for Academic and Research Enhance

伊丽莎白市州立大学学术和研究增强支持计划

• 批准号: 8019028
• 负责人: Ephraim Tobela Gwebu
• 金额: $ 40.98万
• 依托单位: ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-02-18 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8019028
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 75% of students at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) come from the 21 Northeast North Carolina Counties (NENC). The citizens of NENC are among the least educated, least skilled and most impoverished. The population is rural, minority, and poor. The per capita personal income of one these counties, Halifax, is $13,810 while the state average per capita income is $30,000. (North Carolina 2000 Census) About 19.4% of families and 23.9% of the population were below the poverty line. Because the majority of our students come from the impoverished and rural community, they are largely first generation college freshmen with no academic or scientific role models. Consequently, they are not motivated to seek to pursue advanced degrees. Thus, low numbers of students in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology and mathematics pursue PhDs in the biomedical/behavioral sciences. The Elizabeth City State University Support Program for Academic and Research Enhancement (E- SPARE) project is designed to assist undergraduates develop competence within their science discipline; confidence in their abilities, resiliency to challenges in the laboratory or in and outside the classroom; and leadership skills. Divided into Lower and Upper Division Sections, the proposed program will provide a strong science curriculum enhanced by well-designed co-curricular activities that will engage participants in the scientific and the research enterprise. These activities include: (1) research opportunities under mentorship of faculty with externally funding at ECSU and research intensive institutions, (2) participation in concurrent supplemental instruction to enhance achievement in the major, (3) special workshops and motivational seminars, (3) in-your-face academic and career advisement, (4) networking through the deliberate interaction of E-SPARE participants with science faculty, successful ECSU students/alumni and prominent visiting scientists, (5) participation in biomedical science seminar series, workshops and scientific research bowl competitions, (6) presenting papers at national science symposia, (7) publishing papers at biomedical science journals, (8) engaging in activities that make each participant very competitive for acceptance into strong PhD programs in the USA. A total of 56 participants will be enrolled over the 4-year funding period with 8 participants in year one and 16 in subsequent years. Expected outcome: At least 49 (75%) will be accepted into MS/PhD programs; 28 (50%) enrolling in competitive MS/PhD programs after graduating from ECSU.

描述（由申请人提供）：超过75%的学生在伊丽莎白城州立大学（ECSU）来自东北北卡罗来纳州的21个县（NENC）。NENC的公民是受教育程度最低、技能最低和最贫穷的人。人口为农村、少数民族和贫困人口。其中一个县，哈利法克斯，人均个人收入为13,810美元，而国家平均人均收入为30000美元。（北卡罗来纳州2000年人口普查）大约19.4%的家庭和23.9%的人口生活在贫困线以下。因为我们的大多数学生来自贫困和农村社区，他们主要是第一代大学新生，没有学术或科学榜样。因此，他们没有动力去追求更高的学位。因此，生物学、化学、物理学、心理学和数学专业的学生攻读生物医学/行为科学博士学位的人数很少。伊丽莎白城州立大学学术和研究增强支持计划（E- SPARE）项目旨在帮助本科生发展其科学学科内的能力;对自己能力的信心，对实验室或课堂内外挑战的弹性;以及领导技能。分为较低和较高的部门，拟议的计划将提供一个强大的科学课程，通过精心设计的课外活动，将参与科学和研究企业增强。这些活动包括：（1）在ECSU和研究密集型机构的外部资助下，教师指导下的研究机会，（2）参与并行补充指令，以提高主要成就，（3）特别研讨会和激励研讨会，（3）面对面的学术和职业交流，（4）通过E-SPARE参与者与科学教师的故意互动建立网络，成功的ECSU学生/校友和杰出的访问科学家，（5）参加生物医学科学系列研讨会，讲习班和科学研究碗比赛，（6）在国家科学研讨会上发表论文，（7）在生物医学科学期刊上发表论文，（8）从事活动，使每个参与者非常有竞争力的接受到强大的博士课程在美国。在四年的资助期内，共有56名参与者，其中第一年8名参与者，随后几年16名。预期成果：至少有49（75%）将被接受进入MS/博士课程; 28（50%）从ECSU毕业后在竞争激烈的MS/博士课程注册。