Temple University Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program

简介(由申请者提供)：坦普尔大学在2007年的本科生多样性排名中排名第一，突出了扩大生物医学和行为科学(BMBS)中未被充分代表的少数族裔学生进入博士或医学/博士课程的渠道的机会。上升的大三学生将被选为MARC实习生，表现出较高的学术成就和对BMBS研究的兴趣。学员参加了为期一周的关于研究和负责任的行为的入门讲习班后，将在大三的下一年夏天进入研究导师实验室。学员将在大三期间继续从事研究项目。他们将在高三的夏天在外部机构从事研究工作。我们项目成功的关键是在天普的第一年和第二年招募和留住潜在的MARC实习生。我们的MARC管道计划将识别和招募相关专业的高能力URM本科生，并提供学术和同行支持，以确保他们作为潜在的MARC学员的成功和坚持不懈。该大学将为这些学生提供暑期实习机会，这是一种行之有效的保留和提高他们学习成绩的方法。我们的MARC计划将重点放在几个被证明是成功的关键因素上，包括：早期研究接触，确定同行队列，学术规划和支持，包括关于职业选择和机会的信息，专业入学课程中有针对性的技能研讨会，接触科学研究社区，以及增加家庭成员的参与和支持。MARC项目结合了一种评估和评估战略，以客观地衡量成果方面的进步，如学术成就、研究沟通技能和对BMBS领域的认同感。MARC计划将跟踪实习/奖学金的数量、同行评议研究论文的撰写和发表以及与可比同行相比被选中的学生被竞争激烈的研究生项目录取的增加情况。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Temple University was ranked first in undergraduate diversity in 2007 highlighting the opportunity to expand the pipeline of underrepresented minority students (URM) in the biomedical and behavioral sciences (BMBS) entering Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. programs. Rising juniors will be selected as MARC trainees by demonstrating high academic achievement and interest in BMBS research. Trainees will enter a research mentor's laboratory in the summer following the junior year after participation in a week-long introductory workshop on research and responsible conduct. Trainees will continue working on research projects during their junior year. They will spend the senior summer engaged in research at an outside institution. Critical to the success of our program is the recruitment and retention of potential MARC trainees during the 1st and 2nd years at Temple. Our MARC pipeline program will identify and recruit high aptitude URM entering undergraduates in the relevant majors and provide academic and peer support to assure their success and persistence as potential MARC trainees. The University will provide summer internships for these students, a proven way to retain and enhance their academic performance. Our MARC program will focus on several components shown to be central to success including: early research exposure, identification of peer cohort, academic planning and support including information about career options and opportunities, workshops for targeted skills in entry courses to the major, exposure to the scientific research community and increased involvement and support of family members. The MARC program incorporates a strategy of evaluation and assessment to objectively measure improvements in outcomes such as academic achievement, research communication skills, and identification with the BMBS field. The MARC program will track increases in the number of internships/fellowships, authoring and publication of peer reviewed research papers, and acceptances into highly competitive graduate programs for the selected students relative to comparable peers.