UC Riverside MARC U Star Undergraduate Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：位于滨江的加州大学是美国最多样化的校园之一，位于美国发展最迅速和最多样化的地区之一。UCR的大部分本科生都来自这个地区。因此，有一个广泛的学生基础，从中选择和促进在生物医学相关科学的研究生涯的兴趣。加州大学滨江分校MARC U* 项目的总体目标是增加符合条件的少数民族本科生攻读博士学位和从事生物医学相关科学研究的人数。MARC U* 计划的可衡量目标是每年增加一名少数民族学生进入博士课程。总体机构目标是促进本科研究，并在UCR产生大量贫困和代表性不足的少数民族学生。该补助金提供了一个MARC前发展计划，以增加合格的学生为实习研究计划的池。MARC U* 计划的目标如下：1）通过增加UCR低年级少数民族科学专业学生的数量，增加有资格成为MARC U* 学员的少数民族学生的数量，这些学生在生物学和微积分入门课程中达到3.0的GPA; 2）通过辅导提供支持活动，指导和夏季MARC前研究计划，将申请MARC U* 培训计划的合格少数民族学生人数从平均15人增加到至少30人; 3）准备MARC U* 学员成为有竞争力的录取和成功的研究生院通过研究和其他活动。可衡量的目标是学生在科学会议上的演讲百分比，科学文章的作者，以及参与校外经验的受训者的百分比将从20%增加到80%; 4）通过增加申请并被接受进入博士研究项目的受训者人数到100%，鼓励MARC U* 受训者申请并毕业于博士项目。 相关性：通过这种MARC U* 赠款产生的高素质少数民族本科生的数量增加将为进入博士课程和科学研究做好准备。MARC U* 学者将作为科学界的榜样，帮助打破种族概念和障碍，并进行有趣和富有成效的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of California at Riverside is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation and is located in one of the most rapidly growing and diverse regions of the United States. Most of the undergraduate students at UCR come from this region. Thus, there is a broad base of students from which to select and promote interest in a research career in the biomedically-related sciences. The Overall Goals of the MARC U* Program at the University of California, Riverside is to increase the number of eligible undergraduate minority students pursuing a PhD degree and a research career in the biomedically-related sciences. The Measurable Objective of the MARC U* Program is to increase the number of minority students going into PhD programs by one each year. The Overall Institutional Goal is to promote undergraduate research and to produce a large number of underprivileged and underrepresented minority students at UCR. This grant provides a Pre-MARC Development Program to increase the eligible pool of students for the Trainee Research Program. The goals of the MARC U* Program are the following: 1) Increase the pool of minority students eligible to become MARC U* Trainees by increasing the number of lower-division minority science majors at UCR that attain a GPA of 3.0 in Introductory Biology and Calculus; 2) provide support activities through tutoring, mentoring and a summer Pre-MARC Research Program by doubling the number of qualified minority students who apply to the MARC U* Training Program from an average of 15 to at least 30; 3) prepare MARC U* Trainees to become competitive for admission to and success in graduate school through research and other activities. The Measurable Objective is the percentage of student presentations at scientific meetings, authorship of scientific articles, and percentage of Trainees involved in extramural experiences will increase from 20% to 80%; 4) encourage MARC U* Trainees to apply to and graduate from PhD programs by increasing the number of Trainees who apply to and are accepted into PhD research programs to 100%. RELEVANCE: The increased number of highly qualified minority undergraduates produced by this MARC U* grant will be well prepared for entrance to PhD Programs and scientific research. The MARC U* Scholars will serve as role models in the scientific community to help break down racial concepts and barriers as well as producing interesting and productive research.