Temple University Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program

描述（由申请人提供）：天普大学在2007年的本科多样性排名第一，突出了扩大生物医学和行为科学（BMBS）中代表性不足的少数民族学生（URM）进入博士学位的机会。或医学博士程序.正在上升的大三学生将被选为MARC学员，表现出较高的学术成就和对BMBS研究的兴趣。学员将进入一个研究导师的实验室在夏天后，在大三参加为期一周的介绍研讨会的研究和负责任的行为。学员将在大三期间继续从事研究项目。他们将花大四的夏天在外面的机构从事研究。我们计划成功的关键是在坦普尔的第一年和第二年招募和留住潜在的MARC学员。我们的MARC管道计划将识别和招募高资质URM进入相关专业的本科生，并提供学术和同行支持，以确保他们的成功和持久性作为潜在的MARC学员。大学将为这些学生提供暑期实习机会，这是一种行之有效的方法，可以保留和提高他们的学习成绩。我们的MARC计划将专注于几个组成部分，这些组成部分被证明是成功的关键，包括：早期研究曝光，同行队列的识别，学术规划和支持，包括有关职业选择和机会的信息，针对专业入门课程中的目标技能的研讨会，接触科学研究社区，增加家庭成员的参与和支持。MARC计划采用了评估和评估的策略，以客观地衡量成果的改善，如学术成就，研究沟通技巧，以及与BMBS领域的认同。MARC计划将跟踪实习/奖学金数量的增加，同行评审研究论文的撰写和出版，以及所选学生相对于可比同行的竞争激烈的研究生课程的录取情况。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Temple University was ranked first in undergraduate diversity in 2007 highlighting the opportunity to expand the pipeline of underrepresented minority students (URM) in the biomedical and behavioral sciences (BMBS) entering Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. programs. Rising juniors will be selected as MARC trainees by demonstrating high academic achievement and interest in BMBS research. Trainees will enter a research mentor's laboratory in the summer following the junior year after participation in a week-long introductory workshop on research and responsible conduct. Trainees will continue working on research projects during their junior year. They will spend the senior summer engaged in research at an outside institution. Critical to the success of our program is the recruitment and retention of potential MARC trainees during the 1st and 2nd years at Temple. Our MARC pipeline program will identify and recruit high aptitude URM entering undergraduates in the relevant majors and provide academic and peer support to assure their success and persistence as potential MARC trainees. The University will provide summer internships for these students, a proven way to retain and enhance their academic performance. Our MARC program will focus on several components shown to be central to success including: early research exposure, identification of peer cohort, academic planning and support including information about career options and opportunities, workshops for targeted skills in entry courses to the major, exposure to the scientific research community and increased involvement and support of family members. The MARC program incorporates a strategy of evaluation and assessment to objectively measure improvements in outcomes such as academic achievement, research communication skills, and identification with the BMBS field. The MARC program will track increases in the number of internships/fellowships, authoring and publication of peer reviewed research papers, and acceptances into highly competitive graduate programs for the selected students relative to comparable peers.