Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program

描述(由申请人提供)：加州州立大学Fullerton Marc U*STAR计划的使命是为有前途的少数族裔学生在生物医学或行为科学方面的研究生院和研究生涯做准备。该计划的成功在短期内将通过学者在美国著名大学的博士生项目中的入学和留存来衡量，从长期来看，将通过他们在迈向以研究为导向的职业生涯方面的进展和最终进入来衡量。在资助期间，我们建议让70%的奖学金获得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)发展MARC学者从事科学研究的技能，3)提高MARC学者的书面和口头交流技能，4)为MARC学者的博士或医学博士/博士课程做好学术准备，5)在MARC学者中培养对研究生涯中遇到的职业诚信问题的理解和欣赏，6)为MARC学者提供个性化的职业生涯和学术建议，以及7)使MARC学者为少数族裔科学家的研究职业生涯的需求做好准备。其中许多目标将实现，因为Scholars在教师导师的指导下参与实验室研究，最终完成书面论文的答辩，在学术挑战课程中获得高分，包括拟议的科学写作和职业提升GE课程，为期一学期的研究伦理学课程，以及专注于Scholar发展的四学期MARC专业研讨会系列。为了衡量我们的短期进展，该计划将使用专门开发的评估工具、表格和电子期刊条目。导师和项目主任将填写表格，学者将创建电子期刊。在每年的基础上，所有MARC奖学金获得者将在实验室表现、科学技能以及口头和书面交流能力方面提高或达到4-5级(1-5级)，以便到 在参加该计划的两年结束时，他们在至少75%的可衡量目标中表现出进步或很高的成就。为了衡量长期的成功，该计划将通过电子邮件或电话定期跟踪所有MARC毕业生在攻读博士学位及以后的过程中取得的进展。加州州立大学Fullerton MARC U*STAR计划不仅将有助于参与的MARC学者在他们的研究生涯中取得成功，而且将通过改进课程和增加学生研究环境的丰富性，对我们机构的参与部门和学院产生更广泛的影响。

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.