UAB PREP Scholars Program

UAB PREP 学者计划

• 批准号: 8431975
• 负责人: JEFFREY ALLEN ENGLER
• 金额: $ 39.77万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8431975
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a comprehensive research university and medical complex with $224 million of NIH-funded research in 2011. UAB has a strong commitment to training undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented minorities, students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and students with disabilities. UAB has established and supported several programs to help such students meet their career goals. Some potential graduate students make a decision to pursue doctoral education too late in their undergraduate career. These students may have already attained their baccalaureate degrees, but do not have the credentials for entry into top biomedical graduate programs where prior research experience and high standardized test scores are essential criteria for admittance. We have identified several potential pools from which to recruit such students. Our PREP program will continue to provide opportunities to these students who need to strengthen their credentials for entry into doctoral education. Based on our past accomplishments (8/11 past scholars now enrolled in doctoral graduate programs), UAB provides a fertile training ground to prepare PREP scholars for entry into the most competitive graduate training programs. Our overall goal is to recruit 8 students per year and to provide them a high quality research experience in the laboratories of NIH-funded mentors and multiple academic enrichment opportunities to equip them to be competitive for entry into biomedical graduate programs at top NIH-funded institutions. The students will work with their mentors to develop a challenging research project at which they will spend 80% or more of their time. An individual development plan (IDP) will also be designed for each student, to address any academic weaknesses that might affect success in future graduate attainment. The IDP will provide activities to strengthen writing and quantitative skills, provide career information, develop presentation skills, discuss research ethics, and foster networking with peers at scientific meetings, such as the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. The PREP Scholar's progress toward meeting the goals of their IDP will be monitored at least quarterly in meetings with Dr. Engler and their research mentor. The program will also provide opportunities for the scholars to interact with graduate students and student organizations (such as the Black Graduate Student Association), to build a sense of community and support for the scholars. We expect that continuing the already successful PREP Scholars program at UAB will increase the number of minority applicants who are well prepared for entry into top doctoral programs.

描述(由申请人提供)：阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)是一所综合性研究型大学和医疗综合体，2011年NIH资助了2.24亿美元的研究。UAB坚定地致力于培养来自不同背景的本科生和研究生，包括代表性不足的少数族裔、弱势背景的学生和残疾学生。UAB已经建立并支持了几个项目，以帮助这些学生实现他们的职业目标。一些潜在的研究生决定在他们的本科生涯中攻读博士学位的时间太晚。这些学生可能已经获得了学士学位，但没有进入顶级生物医学研究生项目的资格，在这些项目中，以前的研究经验和高标准化测试分数是录取的基本标准。我们已经确定了几个潜在的人才库，可以从那里招收这样的学生。我们的预科项目将继续为这些需要加强他们进入博士教育资格的学生提供机会。基于我们过去的成就(8/11过去的学者现在注册了博士研究生项目)，UAB提供了肥沃的培训场地，为准备学者进入最具竞争力的研究生培训项目做准备。我们的总体目标是每年招收8名学生，并在NIH资助的导师的实验室为他们提供高质量的研究经验和多个学术充实机会，使他们具备进入NIH资助的顶尖机构生物医学研究生项目的竞争力。学生们将与他们的导师一起开发一个具有挑战性的研究项目，他们将花费80%或更多的时间在这个项目上。还将为每个学生设计个人发展计划(IDP)，以解决任何可能影响未来研究生成功的学术弱点。国内发展计划将提供活动，以加强写作和量化技能， 在科学会议上提供职业信息，培养演讲技巧，讨论研究伦理，并培养与同行的联系，例如年度少数民族学生生物医学研究会议。预科学者将至少每季度与恩格勒博士和他们的研究导师会面，监督他们在实现国内发展计划目标方面的进展。该计划还将为学者提供与研究生和学生组织(如黑人研究生协会)互动的机会，以建立社区意识和对学者的支持。我们预计，继续UAB已经成功的预科奖学金项目将增加为进入顶级博士项目做好准备的少数族裔申请者的数量。