Virginia Tech Post-baccalaureate Research and Education Program (VT-PREP)

弗吉尼亚理工大学学士后研究和教育计划 (VT-PREP)

• 批准号: 8619637
• 负责人: Edward J Smith
• 金额: $ 37.87万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-04 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8619637
• 关键词: Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Authorship; Awareness; Behavioral; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; Chicago; Climate; Committee Members; Communities; Development; Development Plans; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ensure; Environment; Event; Faculty; Fellowship; Funding; Goals; Graduate Education; Individual; Institution; International; Interview; Manuscripts; Mentors; Minority; Outcome; Peer Review; Postdoctoral Fellow; Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award; Publishing; Records; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Supervision; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Virginia; career; cohort; college; experience; graduate student; improved; meetings; member; outreach; peer; programs; public health relevance; social; success; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Virginia Tech proposes to continue its successful Virginia Tech Post-baccalaureate Research and Education program (VT-PREP) for another four years by recruiting and preparing a total of 28 scholars for admission into highly selective biomedical and behavioral sciences doctoral programs at Research- intensive universities. The training plan includes a combination of educational, experiential, and social activities in a very supportive environment that ensures development of each scholar both academically and socially. The PREP program will be led by a three-member team of highly accomplished scientists with experience in training students at all levels including underrepresented (UR) minorities. The Management Committee (MC), which consists of the Program Directors (PD), co-PDs, the Advisory Committee Chair, and a General Advisor/Ombudsperson will guide the scholars through all aspects of VT- PREP. We will use our experience, which over the last funding cycle guided 76% of our scholars into Ph.D. programs at highly competitive, research intensive universities. Former scholars who participated in VT- PREP were accepted into highly selective doctoral programs including Yale, Columbia, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Univ. of Chicago, and Northwestern. Seven former scholars from the first funding cycle of 2003-2008 have now earned their Ph.D.s and are engaged in postdoctoral research at top universities including Penn, Sloan Kettering, and UNC. Two former PREP scholars have been awarded F31 graduate fellowships. Specific aims for this renewal include: 1. Recruit and enroll 28 minority students underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences to participate in a 12-month transition program as research scholars. 2. Develop and implement activities and programs that will enrich and motivate scholars to pursue a research career in the biomedical sciences. 3. Increase the number of minority students applying for and being accepted into graduate studies in biomedical, behavioral, and life sciences, and related disciplines at VT and improve the campus climate for diversity. We will use our successful recruiting strategy to recruit 28 PREP scholars from those brought in for on- campus interviews. Our recruitment strategy of bringing in applicants at the same time or in overlapping groups provides the applicants a chance to immediately start bonding and recognize their shared goals as a cohort. Applicants get to meet with the PDs, MC members, other scholars, and potential mentors, and attend social events as a group. This establishes an immediate sense of community. The PDs will help PREP scholars develop their individualized development plans (IDP). Each VT PREP scholar will be actively engaged in mentored research activity (75% of their time) under the guidance and supervision of successful VT faculty in the biomedical and behavioral sciences with national and international reputations for advising, teaching, and research excellence. In addition, the scholars will participate in seminars, graduate courses, the biweekly PREP forum, and other activities on their IDP. Each scholar will have a peer mentor. We will continue to collaborate with the Graduate School and other units on campus; e.g., Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program (MAOP) will continue to improve the campus climate and the recruitment and retention of UR students. We will conduct annual Best Practices in Mentoring Underrepresented Minorities workshops for PREP mentors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to improve the campus climate. We will publish a peer-reviewed manuscript that shares the successful strategies of VT-PREP. We anticipate the following quantifiable and qualitative outcomes from implementation of the VT PREP objectives: 1) An increased proportion of applications from UR applicants to pursue graduate education in the biomedical and behavioral sciences at VT, 2) 75 to 100% of the VT PREP scholars will pursue graduate studies in biomedical and behavioral sciences at highly selective research institutions VT 3) An increased awareness of Virginia Tech graduate programs and the positive environment the university has developed for minorities. VT-PREP will continue to be a highly valued institutional partner with Central Administration, the Graduate School, and several colleges.

描述（由申请人提供）：弗吉尼亚理工大学建议继续其成功的弗吉尼亚理工大学学士后研究和教育计划（VT-PREP）的另一个四年，招募和准备共28名学者进入高度选择性的生物医学和行为科学博士课程在研究密集型大学。培训计划包括教育，体验和社会活动的组合，在一个非常支持的环境，确保每个学者的学术和社会发展。PREP项目将由一个由三名成员组成的团队领导，该团队由高度成就的科学家组成，他们在培训包括代表性不足（UR）少数族裔在内的各个级别的学生方面拥有丰富的经验。管理委员会（MC）由项目主任（PD），共同PD，咨询委员会主席和总顾问/监察员组成，将指导学者完成VT-PREP的各个方面。在竞争激烈，研究密集型大学的课程。参加过VT- PREP的前学者被耶鲁大学、哥伦比亚大学、罗格斯大学、弗吉尼亚理工大学、芝加哥大学和西北大学等高选择性的博士课程录取。2003-2008年第一个资助周期的七名前学者现在已经获得了博士学位，并在包括宾夕法尼亚大学，斯隆凯特琳大学和麻省理工学院在内的顶尖大学从事博士后研究。两名前PREP学者被授予F31研究生奖学金。 这次更新的具体目标包括：1。招募并招收28名在生物医学和行为科学中代表性不足的少数民族学生，作为研究学者参加为期12个月的过渡计划。2.制定和实施活动和计划，这将丰富和激励学者追求在生物医学科学的研究生涯。3.增加少数民族学生申请和被接受进入生物医学，行为和生命科学研究生课程的数量，以及VT的相关学科，并改善多样性的校园氛围。 我们将利用我们成功的招聘策略，从那些带来的校园面试中招募28名PREP学者。我们的招聘策略是在同一时间或重叠的群体中引入申请人，这为申请人提供了一个立即开始联系并认识到他们作为一个群体的共同目标的机会。申请人可以与PD，MC成员，其他学者和潜在的导师会面，并作为一个团体参加社交活动。这就建立了一种直接的社区感。PD将帮助PREP学者制定他们的个性化发展计划（IDP）。每个VT PREP学者将积极参与指导研究活动（75%的时间），在生物医学和行为科学方面获得成功的VT教师的指导和监督下，在国内和国际上享有卓越的建议，教学和研究声誉。此外，学者将参加研讨会，研究生课程，双周PREP论坛，以及其他活动，他们的国内流离失所者。每个学者将有一个同伴导师。我们将继续与 研究生院和校园内的其他单位;例如，多元文化学术机会计划（MAOP）将继续改善校园氛围，并招募和保留UR学生。我们将为PREP导师，博士后研究员和研究生举办年度最佳实践辅导代表性不足的少数民族研讨会，以改善校园氛围。我们将发表一份同行评审的手稿，分享VT-PREP的成功策略。我们预计VT PREP目标的实施将产生以下量化和定性结果：1）UR申请人申请VT生物医学和行为科学研究生教育的比例增加，2）75%至100%的VT PREP学者将在高度选择性的研究机构VT 3）对弗吉尼亚理工大学研究生课程和大学为少数民族开发的积极环境的认识提高。VT-PREP将继续与中央行政部门，研究生院和几所大学成为高度重视的机构合作伙伴。