University of New Mexico: MARC U*STAR Undergraduate Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：新墨西哥大学申请22774.13亿美元用于更新我们的MARC U*STAR培训计划，为期五年。我们的项目招募，培训和准备25名少数民族荣誉学生攻读生物医学研究研究生院。我们预计，大多数人将从事生物医学科学方面的研究工作，由于他们的背景，这项研究将有助于减少影响少数民族和贫困人口的癌症、肥胖、婴儿死亡率、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和酗酒等健康差距。到目前为止，我们100%的学生都获得了学士学位，在最近的MARC毕业生进入研究生院的比例明显高于对照组。此外，我们的项目通过改进建议、课程和传播有关本科生研究机会的信息，为大量本科生的成功做出了贡献。这个项目的目标既包括我们已经成功使用的项目的延续，也包括反映机构变化的修改。MARC项目将培养一大批在学术上有建路并意识到本科研究可能性的弱势群体学生，每年从科学领域弱势群体中招收5名学生进入新墨西哥大学MARC U*STAR项目，为这些MARC学者提供学术建议和研究经验，并为MARC学者申请和录取生物医学科学研究生做好准备。具体来说，新墨西哥大学MARC U*STAR的目标是：1)增加生物、化学和生物化学专业的学生，特别是新墨西哥大学的学生，作为本科生申请和参与研究项目的人数。我们将提高咨询能力，并制定更多更广泛的招聘计划。2)增加在生物学、化学和生物化学领域有学术准备参与研究项目的URM的数量。我们将增加建议跟踪和加强生物系的核心课程。3)每年招收5名未被充分代表的学生作为MARC U*STAR学者，并为他们准备2年的学士学位后学习和研究生涯。培训将包括一个有良好指导的研究项目、在地方和国家会议上的演讲、研究伦理方面的培训和科学传播方面的培训。4)增加进入生物医学研究职业的MARC学者中代表性不足的学生的数量。5)确定可以在新墨西哥大学实施的有效策略，以鼓励代表性不足的学生进入研究生研究型学位课程。将继续对MARC学生和对照组进行评估，以确定每个项目元素的成功，确定需要改进的领域，并提供有关项目成功和挑战的信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of New Mexico is requesting $2,277,413 million to renew our MARC U*STAR training program for five years. Our program recruits, trains and prepares 25 minority honors students for graduate school in biomedical research. We expect that most will pursue research careers in the biomedical sciences and that because of their backgrounds this research will help reduce health disparities such as cancer, obesity, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, and alcoholism that afflict minorities and those in poverty. To date 100% of our students have obtained a baccalaureate degree and in the last MARC graduates have entered graduate school at a significantly greater rate than a control group. In addition our program contributes to the success of large numbers of undergraduate students through improvements in advising, curriculum, and dissemination of information about opportunities for undergraduate research. The goals of this program include both continuations of those we have used successfully and modifications that reflect changes in the institution. The MARC program will cultivate a large cohort of underrepresented students who are on track academically and aware of the possibility for undergraduate research, recruit 5 students each year from ethnic groups underrepresented in the sciences into the UNM MARC U*STAR program, provide these MARC scholars with academic advising and research experiences, and prepare the MARC scholars for application and admission to graduate school in the biomedical sciences. Specifically, the UNM MARC U*STAR goals are to: 1) Increase the number of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry majors, especially URM's, applying to and involved in research programs as undergraduates. We will increase advising capacity and institute more and broader recruitment programs. 2) Increase the number of URM's in Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry that are academically prepared to participate in research projects. We will increase advising track and strengthen the Biology Department's core curriculum. 3) Recruit 5 underrepresented students per year as MARC U*STAR scholars, and prepare them for 2 years for post-baccalaureate study and research careers. Training will include a well-mentored research project, presentations at local and national meetings, training in research ethics and training in scientific communication. 4) Increase the number of underrepresented students as MARC scholars who are entering biomedical research careers. 5) Identify effective strategies that can be implemented at UNM to encourage underrepresented students to enter graduate research degree programs. Evaluation of the MARC students and a control group will be continued to determine the success of each program element, to identify areas for improvement, and to provide information about successes and challenges for the program.