INBRE: FRANCIS MARION U: FACULTY AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

INBRE：弗朗西斯·马里昂大学：教师和本科生研究发展

• 批准号: 8360746
• 负责人: PETER KING
• 金额: $ 20.15万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8360746
• 关键词: Academy; African American; Award; Biology; Biomedical Research; Collaborations; Complement; Education; Educational process of instructing; Electronic Mail; Employee; Faculty; Fellowship; Fellowship Program; Foundations; Funding; Grant; Head; Human Resources; Institution; Laboratories; Literature; Minority; National Center for Research Resources; Neurosciences; Not Hispanic or Latino; Occupations; Paper; Positioning Attribute; Principal Investigator; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Scholarship; Science; Source; South Carolina; Students; Time; Travel; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Woman; base; college; cost; experience; falls; graduate student; interest; meetings; planetary Atmosphere; posters; professor; programs; research and development; symposium; university student

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. Francis Marion University (FMU) is a state-supported University located in Florence, SC, which is rapidly transitioning from a teaching-only institution to a paradigm were research is an integral part of faculty activities and research training a vital component of undergraduate education. The Biomedical Research Enhancement Program (BREP) at FMU will revolve around 2 research projects, headed each by a target faculty, in collaboration with faculty at USC Columbia, and will have a strong emphasis on involvement of undergraduate students in all aspects of the research, with six students receiving research training each year in the laboratories of the target faculty and their collaborators, both during the semester and in the Summer. Undergraduate research experience is an integral part of the BREP plan at FMU. Each semester 6 undergraduates will be awarded BREP fellowships of $1000. The BREP fellows will be supervised by target faculty and will participate in intensive research experience during the semester. Fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis and fellow selected by a committee of Drs Eaton, Malaiyandi and one other biology faculty. Fellows will have weekly lab meetings where current projects and literature is discussed. At least once per semester Fellows will travel to Columbia to meet with USC collaborators, Drs. Mott and Reisman and to interact with lab personnel. During the summer, 6 undergraduates will receive stipends for 6 weeks full time to participate in BREP summer research. Students will alternate between the lab at FMU and the collaborating lab at USC. FMU students will interact with undergraduates and graduate students at USC. Students in the summer program will be expected to produce a poster or presentation to be presented at a scientific meeting, including the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) as appropriate. The biology department at FMU already has an annual PURE symposium (Program for Undergraduate Research Experience) for undergraduates to present research. Beyond this, students will go to the SC Academy of Science Annual meeting, SYNAPSE (Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast), and/or the Georgia and South Carolina Neuroscience Consortium or equivalent meeting. FMU's Women and Minorities in Science program will provide summer stipends for 3 additional BREP students, complementing INBRE funding. The large pool of minority students at FMU offers an opportunity for BREP to increase African American students' interest in biomedical research. FMU is a diverse campus with 43% of students identified as Black Non-Hispanic, 51% White Non-Hispanic and 6% as others. Student affairs have a full-time Coordinator of Multicultural Affairs to maintain an atmosphere on campus that is welcoming to all students. The coordinator takes advice from the Multicultural Advisory board made up of faculty staff and students to organize cultural and diverse programming. The employees at FMU established an African-American Faculty and Staff Coalition (AAFSC) in 1995 that meets regularly and raises money for student scholarships. The FMU Foundation and the University have each matched funds, dollar for dollar, raised for scholarships for African American students. In the past 5 years there have been an average of 12 scholarships each semester with 15 scholarships being offered in Fall 2009. Twelve Scholarships are also offered to minority students with financial needs through the SC Access and Equity program. All faculty vacancies are listed with HigherEdJobs.com and the National Minority Faculty ID Program to encourage applications from minorities. HigherEdJobs.com are instructed to email applicants who request job listings from colleges and universities that are actively recruiting in accordance with affirmative action plans. Part-time faculty positions are also posted in a local paper that covers minority issues.

这个子项目是许多利用资源的研究子项目之一 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 而子项目的主要调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其它NIH来源。 列出的子项目总成本可能 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 而不是由NCRR赠款提供给子项目或子项目工作人员的直接资金。 弗朗西斯马里恩大学（FMU）是一所国家支持的大学，位于南卡罗来纳州佛罗伦萨，它正在迅速从一个教学机构转变为一个范式，研究是教师活动的一个组成部分，研究培训是本科教育的重要组成部分。在FMU的生物医学研究增强计划（BREP）将围绕2个研究项目，每个项目由一个目标教师领导，与南加州大学哥伦比亚的教师合作，并将重点关注本科生参与研究的各个方面，每年有六名学生在目标教师及其合作者的实验室接受研究培训，无论是在学期还是在夏天。本科研究经验是在FMU BREP计划的一个组成部分。每学期6名本科生将获得1000美元的BREP奖学金。BREP研究员将由目标教师监督，并将在学期内参加密集的研究经验。奖学金将在竞争的基础上颁发，并由伊顿博士，Malaiyandi和其他一个生物学院的委员会选择研究员。研究员将每周举行实验室会议，讨论当前的项目和文献。每学期至少一次，研究员将前往哥伦比亚，会见南加州大学的合作者，博士莫特和赖斯曼，并与实验室人员互动。在夏季，6名本科生将获得为期6周的全日制奖学金，参加BREP夏季研究。学生将在FMU的实验室和USC的合作实验室之间交替。FMU学生将与南加州大学的本科生和研究生互动。暑期课程的学生将被要求制作一张海报或演示文稿，在科学会议上展示，包括少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议（ABRCMS）。FMU的生物系已经有了一个年度纯研讨会（本科生研究经验计划），供本科生展示研究成果。除此之外，学生将参加SC科学院年会，SYNAPSE（东南部青年神经科学家和教授研讨会）和/或格鲁吉亚和南卡罗来纳州神经科学联盟或同等会议。FMU的妇女和少数民族科学计划将为另外3名BREP学生提供夏季津贴，补充INBRE资金。FMU的大量少数民族学生为BREP提供了一个机会，以提高非裔美国学生对生物医学研究的兴趣。 FMU是一个多元化的校园，43%的学生被确定为黑人非西班牙裔，51%的白色非西班牙裔和6%的其他人。学生事务有一个多元文化事务的全职协调员，以保持校园的气氛是欢迎所有学生。协调员从由教职员工和学生组成的多元文化咨询委员会的建议，以组织文化和多样化的节目。FMU的员工于1995年成立了一个非洲裔美国教师和工作人员联盟（AAFSC），定期开会并为学生奖学金筹集资金。FMU基金会和大学都有相应的资金，一美元对一美元，为非裔美国学生筹集奖学金。在过去的5年里，平均每学期有12个奖学金，2009年秋季提供了15个奖学金。还通过SC Access and Equity计划向有经济需求的少数民族学生提供12项奖学金。所有教师职位空缺都在HigherEdJobs.com和全国少数民族教师身份证计划中列出，以鼓励少数民族申请。HigherEdJobs.com被指示向申请人发送电子邮件，要求根据平权行动计划积极招聘的学院和大学提供工作清单。兼职教师的职位也刊登在一份报道少数民族问题的当地报纸上。