University of Arizona's Initiatives to Maximize Student Diversity

描述(由申请人提供)：亚利桑那大学(UA)寻求继续并扩大有效实施一项综合培训计划，以增加进入并成功完成生物医学科学博士学位并从事生物医学研究事业的未被充分代表的少数族裔学生(URM)的数量。在这项资助中，我们建议1)将参加UA博士课程的研究生人数增加到每年12人，即在资助的5年内增加到60人，并确保90%的学生完成博士学位；2)扩大UA URM本科生的人数，使其具备进入生物医学博士课程的成绩、研究经验、准备和动机，到每年12人，或在资助的5年内增加到60人，预计60%的人将在完成学士学位后直接进入博士课程；3)增加我们对动机、心理和其他因素的了解，这些因素使我们的IMSD研究生在完成博士学位方面始终保持领先地位，在参与的16个UA生物医学博士项目中，与其他非IMSD项目的研究生相比；4)开发在线模块和播客，帮助URM IMSD博士学生提高他们对生物医学的理解，学习相关技能，并发展教学技能，从而与布朗大学合作，进一步为他们的学术或研究生涯做好准备；5)通过召集一组模范的MORE分部项目主任并与新墨西哥大学IMSD项目合作撰写手稿，确定指导URM本科生和研究生的最佳做法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Arizona (UA) seeks to continue and expand the effective implementation of a comprehensive training program to increase the number of underrepresented minority students (URMs) who enter and successfully complete doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences and pursue biomedical research careers. In this grant, we propose 1) to increase the number of URM graduate students enrolled in 16 participating UA Ph.D. programs to 12 students per year or 60 in the 5 years of the grant, and ensure that 90% of them complete the Ph.D.; 2) to enlarge the pool of UA URM undergraduates who have the grades, research experience, preparation and motivation to enter biomedical Ph.D. programs to 12 per year or 60 in the 5 years of the grant, with the expectation that 60% of them will directly enter a Ph.D. program upon completion of the bachelor's degree; 3) to increase our understanding of the motivational, psychological and other factors that allow our IMSD graduate students to consistently maintain a lead in the completion of their Ph.D., compared to other graduate students not in the IMSD program in each of the participating 16 UA biomedical Ph.D. programs; 4) to develop online modules and podcasts to help URM IMSD Ph.D. students improve their understanding of biomedical science, learn allied skills, and develop teaching skills, thus further preparing them for an academic or research career, in partnership with Brown University; 5) to identify best practices on mentoring of URM undergraduate and graduate students by convening a group of exemplary MORE Division program directors and writing a manuscript, in partnership with the University of New Mexico IMSD program.