SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

夏季本科生研究奖学金计划

• 批准号: 8167603
• 负责人: DAVID R ROWLEY
• 金额: $ 29.89万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8167603
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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The eighth consecutive Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program underwent an organizational transformation this year. Originally, the SURF program consisted of approximately 16 undergraduate students who were given a 10-week summer research experience held exclusively in laboratories at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and Brown University (Brown). While summer research experiences were also provided to undergraduate students at the Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI), students trained in PUI faculty laboratories were not formally recognized as Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows. They were however invited and expected to participate in all of the SURF Program events. The program now encompasses and administratively unifies all of the summer undergraduate researchers throughout the RI-INBRE Network. While applications for fellowships at URI and Brown were administered centrally at URI, the applications for the SURF Program at each PUI were handled by a SURF Program Coordinator, who was one of the two Steering Committee members, from that institution. This Coordinator assisted the PUI investigators in selecting qualified students for the SURF Program. Accepted students were assigned an individualized research project mentored by a faculty member at one of the network institutions. Each PUI investigator typically trained three RI-INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows. A total of sixty-six students participated in the 2009 SURF Program (16 at University of Rhode Island, 12 at Providence College, 15 at Rhode Island College, 10 at Roger Williams University, and 13 at Salve Regina University). Six of the students were underrepresented minorities and 39 of the 66 students were female. This administrative change greatly increased the total number of recognized SURF students, thus increasing the visibility of the program at the participating institutions. Student recruitment was carried out by advertising the SURF Program through the RI-INBRE and RI SURF web sites, presentations at summer internship fairs, internet posting services, and brochures displayed at various Rhode Island institutions of higher education. This change has also promoted a sense of belonging to the RI-INBRE community and unity among the undergraduate researchers. Furthermore, students can now list the RI-INBRE Fellowship on their resume and enhance their chances of acceptance at a graduate program. In order to bring together undergraduate researchers in the biomedical and life sciences, a calendar of events was developed collaboratively with the Rhode Island Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (RI EPSCoR). These events included seminars and workshops on laboratory safety, research ethics, poster preparation, graduate education, and demonstrations on instrumentation in the RI-INBRE Centralized Research Core Facility. Selected workshops and seminars were broadcasted via videoconferencing to all of the network institutions. The students also toured Pfizer's research facilities in Groton, Connecticut and Newport Biodiesel, a biofuels manufacturing plant in Newport, RI. The joint program has not only provided a structured training environment for undergraduates interested in biomedical research, but also a platform for Summer Research Fellows throughout the state to present their research findings. The 2009 SURF Program concluded with a half-day conference where students from the RI-INBRE and the RI EPSCoR Programs presented 84 scientific posters. Over 200 individuals attended the event including the Rhode Island's Lieutenant Governor, Elizabeth Roberts, who gave the welcome address. Other attendees included administrators and faculty from the participating institutions, and parents.

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 连续第八个夏季本科生研究奖学金（SURF）计划今年经历了组织转型。 最初，SURF计划由大约16名本科生组成，他们在罗得岛大学（URI）和布朗大学（Brown）的实验室专门进行了为期10周的夏季研究经验。虽然暑期研究经验也提供给本科生在小学本科院校（PUI），学生在PUI教师实验室培训没有正式承认为暑期本科研究员。 然而，他们被邀请并被期望参加分区域资源中心方案的所有活动。 该计划现在涵盖并在行政上统一了整个RI-INBRE网络的所有夏季本科研究人员。 虽然URI和布朗大学的研究金申请由URI集中管理，但每个PUI的SURF方案申请由SURF方案协调员处理，他是该机构的两名指导委员会成员之一。 该协调员协助PUI调查员为SURF计划选择合格的学生。 被录取的学生被分配到一个个性化的研究项目，由一个网络机构的教员指导。 每个PUI研究员通常培训三名RI-INBRE夏季本科研究员。 共有66名学生参加了2009年分区域资源中心方案（罗得岛大学16名，普罗维登斯学院12名，罗得岛学院15名，罗杰威廉姆斯大学10名，萨尔维里贾纳大学13名）。其中6名学生是代表性不足的少数民族，66名学生中有39名是女性。 这一行政变化大大增加了认可的分区域资源中心学生的总数，从而提高了该方案在参与机构的知名度。 学生的招募是通过在RI-INBRE和RI SURF网站上宣传SURF方案、在夏季实习博览会上介绍、互联网张贴服务和在罗得岛各高等教育机构展示的小册子进行的。这一变化也促进了RI-INBRE社区的归属感和本科研究人员之间的团结。 此外，学生现在可以在他们的简历上列出RI-INBRE奖学金，并提高他们被研究生课程录取的机会。 为了将生物医学和生命科学的本科研究人员聚集在一起，与罗得岛实验计划合作开发了一个活动日历，以刺激竞争性研究（RI EPSCoR）。 这些活动包括关于实验室安全、研究伦理、海报制作、研究生教育的研讨会和讲习班，以及RI-INBRE集中研究核心设施中仪器的演示。通过电视会议向所有网络机构播放了选定的讲习班和研讨会。 学生们还参观了辉瑞公司在康涅狄格州格罗顿的研究设施和纽波特生物燃料制造厂。 该联合计划不仅为对生物医学研究感兴趣的本科生提供了一个结构化的培训环境，而且还为全州的暑期研究员提供了一个展示他们研究成果的平台。 2009年次区域资源中心计划以半天的会议结束，来自RI-INBRE和RI EPSCoR计划的学生展示了84张科学海报。 200多人参加了这次活动，其中包括罗得岛副州长伊丽莎白·罗伯茨，她致了欢迎词。 其他与会者包括参与机构的管理人员和教师以及家长。