Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

萨克拉门托大学未来科学家联盟

• 批准号: 8109990
• 负责人: Enid T Gonzalez-Orta
• 金额: $ 20.68万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-30 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8109990
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project is a renewal of a "Bridges to the Baccalaureate" project, which unites California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) and three of its primary feeder community colleges (American River College, Cosumnes River College and Sacramento City College) in an inter- institutional partnership, named "The Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists". The long- range goal of the project is to contribute to meeting the national need to increase the number of well- trained minority scientists engaged in biomedical research that will improve the Nation's capability to prevent disease and reduce health disparities. Specifically, this project aims to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students who transfer from the partnering community colleges to four-year universities to pursue majors related to the biomedical sciences, complete baccalaureate degrees in these fields and advance to graduate study and research careers in the biomedical sciences. The project aims to accomplish these goals by providing developmental activities, academic support and mentoring for promising underrepresented minority students enrolled at partner community colleges, providing participants early exposure to science research and careers in the biomedical sciences, and facilitating a seamless transition to relevant baccalaureate majors at California State University, Sacramento or other four-year universities. The method employed by the project focuses on engaging cohorts of 22-25 students in a well-defined set of common activities over a two-year period. Activities for first-year participants include weekly study halls, monthly enrichment workshops in the Fall, a 3 semester unit "Freshman Seminar" course in the Spring, and a 3-week "Introduction to Science Research" summer program at Sacramento State. Activities for second-year participants include a weekly workshop series in the Fall, a Spring "Journal Club", participation in scientific research conferences, and an 8-week summer research experience at Sacramento State. In addition, all students will receive academic advising by a Sacramento State faculty member and will be guaranteed admission to Sacramento State upon successful completion of lower division courses included in student academic plans. Congressional findings in the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-525) reported that "despite notable progress in the overall health of the Nation, there are continuing disparities in the burden of illness and death experienced by African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Asian Pacific Islanders, compared to the United States population as a whole", and that "demographic trends inspire concern about the Nation's ability to meet its future scientific, technological, and engineering workforce needs. This project will contribute to addressing these concerns by increasing the number of students from underrepresented minority groups who pursue careers as biomedical scientists.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目是“通往学士学位的桥梁”项目的更新，该项目将加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校（萨克拉门托州）及其三所主要支线社区学院（美国河学院、科苏姆尼斯河学院和萨克拉门托城市学院）联合起来，建立一个机构间合作伙伴关系，名为“萨克拉门托学院未来科学家联盟”。该项目的长期目标是满足国家需要，增加从事生物医学研究的训练有素的少数族裔科学家的数量，从而提高国家预防疾病和减少健康差距的能力。具体来说，该项目旨在增加代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 学生的数量，他们从合作社区学院转学到四年制大学，攻读生物医学相关专业，完成这些领域的学士学位，并进入生物医学科学的研究生学习和研究生涯。 该项目旨在通过为在合作社区学院就读的有前途的少数族裔学生提供发展活动、学术支持和指导，让参与者尽早接触生物医学领域的科学研究和职业，并促进无缝过渡到加州州立大学、萨克拉门托分校或其他四年制大学的相关学士学位专业，来实现这些目标。该项目采用的方法侧重于让 22-25 名学生在两年内参与一组明确的共同活动。第一年参与者的活动包括每周的自习室、秋季的每月强化研讨会、春季的 3 个学期单元“新生研讨会”课程，以及萨克拉门托州立大学为期 3 周的“科学研究概论”暑期课程。第二年参与者的活动包括秋季每周一次的研讨会系列、春季“期刊俱乐部”、参加科学研究会议以及在萨克拉门托州立大学进行为期 8 周的夏季研究体验。此外，所有学生都将获得萨克拉门托州立大学教职人员的学术建议，并在成功完成学生学术计划中包含的低年级课程后保证被萨克拉门托州立大学录取。 2000 年《少数族裔健康与健康差异研究与教育法案》（公法 106-525）中的国会调查结果报告称，“尽管国家整体健康状况取得了显着进步，但与美国整体人口相比，非裔美国人、西班牙裔人、美洲原住民、阿拉斯加原住民和亚太岛民所经历的疾病和死亡负担仍然存在差异”，并且“人口趋势引发了人们对国家的能力 满足未来科学、技术和工程劳动力的需求。该项目将通过增加来自代表性不足的少数群体从事生物医学科学家职业的学生数量，有助于解决这些问题。