The University of Iowa IMSD: Iowa Biosciences Advantage

爱荷华大学 IMSD：爱荷华生物科学优势

• 批准号: 8537468
• 负责人: LORI C ADAMS-PHILLIPS
• 金额: $ 38.71万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-04-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8537468
• 关键词: Admission activity; Area; Authorship; Awareness; Back; Behavioral; Benchmarking; Biochemistry; Biomedical Research; Clinical Research; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Educational Curriculum; Ensure; Event; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Graduate Education; Grant; Health Occupations; Hour; Institution; Iowa; Length; Mentors; Microbiology; Minority; Mission; Nature; Participant; Patients; Performance; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Program Evaluation; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Research Training; Rewards; Schools; Science; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Translational Research; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; base; bench to bedside; career; career development; college; design; experience; graduate student; interest; meetings; outreach; pre-doctoral; programs; research and development; responsible research conduct; skills; success; symposium; theories; translational study; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Iowa Biosciences Advantage (IBA) program operates under the aegis of The University of Iowa (UI) Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) grant. Its mission is to identify and competitively train academically talented underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduates who have aspirations for research careers in the biomedical, behavioral, and biophysical sciences. For these students, the IBA program facilitates entry into doctoral programs by: 1) tailoring the plan of study for each studen to maximize academic performance, 2) providing a competitive and relevant research training experience from among the vast bioscience research opportunities at the UI, and 3) assuring access to a comprehensive four-year path focused on professional development. In the last funding period, the percentage of IBA graduates matriculating into doctorate programs has increased from 11% to 15%. Initially, our main difficulty was in the identification of undergraduate students with aspirations for careers in research versus the health professions. Despite the fact the mentored research is consistently ranked by the students as the most rewarding aspect of the program, the length of time in graduate school and the inability to perform patient based research hindered their pursuit of doctoral degrees. In the proposed project period, our goal is to expand on the successful initiatives currently in place in the IBA program, and to further add a fast-track path to the doctorate and a Certificate program in Translational Sciences that are initiated by the IBA program but will be institutional in nature. I Specific Aim 1, IBA will ensure successful preparation for pre-doctoral training, by fostering students' awareness of and interest in graduate education and academic/research careers, and enhancing the success of each student's application to doctoral programs in the biosciences by focusing on both academic and research development. Specific Aim 2 will develop and implement a pilot for a fast track to the doctorate program that would facilitate early admission into and completion of a doctoral program in the biomedical, behavioral, or biophysical sciences at UI. This will entail allowing highly competitive IBA Scholars to enter a doctoral program in Microbiology or Biochemistry after their third year of undergraduate study, simultaneously completing the undergraduate degree and the first year of a graduate degree. Specific Aim 3 will develop an undergraduate Translational Sciences Certificate program that would prepare students to transition from undergraduate research into doctoral programs focused on clinical and translational studies at CTSA-funded institutions, or other institutions that conduct translational studies. Utilizing faculty and staff expertise in outreach, selection, undergraduate student development theory and research, doctoral training, T32-based and other research funding, career development, translational research, responsible conduct in research, mentoring, and program evaluation, the IBA will benchmark success with at least 60% of IBA graduates going directly into doctoral programs.

描述（由申请人提供）：爱荷华州生物科学优势（IBA）项目在爱荷华大学（UI）学生发展最大化计划（IMSD）资助的支持下运作。它的使命是识别和有竞争力地培养有学术才华的少数民族（URM）本科生，他们渴望在生物医学、行为和生物物理科学领域从事研究工作。对于这些学生来说，IBA项目通过以下方式促进他们进入博士课程：1)为每个学生量身定制学习计划，以最大限度地提高学业成绩；2)从UI的大量生物科学研究机会中提供有竞争力和相关的研究培训经验；3)确保获得全面的四年专业发展路径。在上一个资助期内，IBA毕业生进入博士项目的比例从11%上升到15%。最初，我们的主要困难是在确定本科生的志向是从事研究还是从事卫生专业。尽管受指导的研究一直被学生们评为该项目最有价值的方面，但研究生院的时间长度和无法进行基于患者的研究阻碍了他们对博士学位的追求。在拟议的项目期间，我们的目标是扩展目前在IBA项目中成功的举措，并进一步增加一个快速通道，以获得博士学位和翻译科学证书课程，这些课程由IBA项目发起，但本质上是机构性的。1、IBA将通过培养学生对研究生教育和学术/研究事业的意识和兴趣，并通过专注于学术和研究发展，提高每个学生申请生物科学博士课程的成功，确保为博士前培训做好准备。具体目标2将开发并实施一个试点项目，为博士项目提供快速通道，以促进UI生物医学，行为或生物物理科学的早期录取和完成博士课程。这将需要允许竞争激烈的IBA学者在本科学习的第三年之后进入微生物学或生物化学博士课程，同时完成本科学位和研究生学位的第一年。具体目标3将开发一个本科转化科学证书课程，帮助学生从本科研究过渡到博士课程，重点是在ctsa资助的机构或其他进行转化研究的机构进行临床和转化研究。利用教职员工在外联、选拔、本科生发展理论和研究、博士培训、基于t32和其他研究资助、职业发展、转化研究、负责任的研究行为、指导和项目评估方面的专业知识，IBA将以至少60%的IBA毕业生直接进入博士课程为基准。