Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学富勒顿分校MARC U*STAR项目的使命是为有前途的少数民族学生准备研究生院和生物医学或行为科学的研究生涯。该计划的成功将在短期内通过学者在美国著名大学的博士课程的注册和保留来衡量，并在长期内通过他们朝着研究导向的职业发展和最终进入来衡量。在资助期内，我们建议有70%的学者进入高质量的博士课程。短期目标是：1)招募、选择和留住合格的学生，2)培养MARC Scholar从事科学研究的技能，3)提高MARC Scholar的书面和口头沟通能力，4)为MARC Scholar攻读博士或医学博士/博士课程做好学术准备，5)培养MARC Scholar对研究生涯中遇到的职业诚信问题的理解和欣赏，6)为MARC Scholar提供个性化的职业和学术建议。7)准备MARC学者作为少数民族科学家的研究生涯的需求。许多这些目标将通过以下方式实现：学者们在教师导师的指导下参与实验室研究，最终完成论文答辩；在具有学术挑战性的课程中取得高分，包括拟议的科学写作和职业提升GE课程、一学期的研究伦理课程和四学期的MARC专业系列研讨会，重点关注学者的发展。为了衡量我们的短期进展，该项目将使用专门开发的评估工具、表格和电子日志条目。导师和项目主任将填写表格，学者们将创建电子期刊。在每年的基础上，所有MARC学者将被期望在实验室表现，科学技能，口头和书面沟通能力方面提高到或达到4-5级（1-5级）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program is to prepare promising minority students for graduate school and a research career in biomedical or behavioral science. The success of the Program will be measured in the short-term by Scholar enrollment and retention in doctoral programs at respected U.S. universities and in the long term by their progress toward, and eventual entry into, research-oriented careers. Over the course of the funding period, we propose to have 70% of all Scholars enter high-quality doctoral programs. The short-term goals are to: 1) recruit, select and retain well-qualified students, 2) develop MARC Scholar's skills for doing scientific research, 3) improve MARC Scholars' written and oral communication skills, 4) prepare MARC Scholars academically for PhD or MD/PhD programs, 5) develop in MARC Scholars an understanding and appreciation of professional integrity issues encountered during a research career, 6) provide MARC Scholars with personalized career and academic advisement, and 7) prepare MARC Scholars for the demands of a research career as minority scientists. Many of these goals will be met as Scholars participate in laboratory research with a faculty mentor that culminates with the defense of a written thesis, achieve high grades in academically-challenging courses, including a proposed scientific writing and career- enhancement GE course, a one-semester-long Research Ethics course and a four-semester MARC Pro- seminar series, which focuses on Scholar development. To measure our short-term progress, the Program will use specially-developed assessment tools, forms, and e-journal entries. The mentors and Program Director will complete the forms, and the Scholars will create the e-journals. On a yearly basis, all MARC Scholars will be expected to improve to, or achieve at, Level 4-5 (scale 1-5) in laboratory performance, scientific skills, and oral and written communication abilities, so that by the end of their two-year participation in the Program they have shown improvement, or high achievement, in at least 75% of the measurable objectives. To measure long-term success, the Program will track all MARC graduates periodically by e-mail or phone as they progress towards their PhD degrees and beyond. The Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program will not only contribute to the success of the participating MARC Scholars in their research careers, but will have a broader impact on the participating departments and colleges at our institution via the enhancement of curricula and an increased richness in the student research environment. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goals of the Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program are to 1) provide a complete research training experience to a select group of underrepresented, minority undergraduates, 2) place graduating Scholars in respected health-oriented (biomedical or behavioral) doctoral programs, and 3) ensure the success of each Scholar in a specified PhD program. Our MARC U*STAR Program will increase the number of highly-trained, minority scientists in the US who contribute to the immediate and long term health-related research concerns of our nation.