The University of Iowa IMSD: Iowa Biosciences Academy

描述（由申请人提供）：爱荷华州生物科学优势（IBA）计划在爱荷华州大学（UI）学生发展最大化倡议（IMSD）资助的支持下运作。它的使命是识别和竞争性地培养学术人才代表性不足的少数民族（URM）本科生谁有在生物医学，行为和生物物理科学的研究事业的愿望。对于这些学生，IBA计划通过以下方式促进进入博士课程：1）为每个学生量身定制学习计划，以最大限度地提高学习成绩，2）从UI的大量生物科学研究机会中提供具有竞争力和相关的研究培训经验，以及3）确保获得全面的四年职业发展路径。在上一个资助期，IBA毕业生进入博士课程的比例从11%增加到15%。最初，我们的主要困难是在确定本科生的职业生涯在研究与卫生专业的愿望。尽管指导研究一直被学生列为该计划最有价值的方面，但研究生院的时间长度和无法进行基于患者的研究阻碍了他们对博士学位的追求。在拟议的项目期间，我们的目标是扩大目前在IBA计划中的成功举措，并进一步增加一个快速通道的博士学位和证书课程在转化科学是由IBA计划发起，但将机构性质。I具体目标1，IBA将通过培养学生对研究生教育和学术/研究职业的认识和兴趣，并通过专注于学术和研究发展，提高每个学生申请生物科学博士课程的成功率，确保博士前培训的成功准备。具体目标2将开发和实施一个快速通道的博士学位课程，这将有助于早期录取和完成在UI生物医学，行为或生物物理科学博士学位课程的试点。这将允许竞争激烈的IBA学者在本科学习的第三年后进入微生物学或生物化学博士课程，同时完成本科学位和研究生学位的第一年。具体目标3将开发一个本科转化科学证书课程，帮助学生从本科研究过渡到博士课程，重点是CTSA资助的机构或其他进行转化研究的机构的临床和转化研究。利用教师和工作人员在外联，选拔，本科生发展理论和研究，博士培训，基于T32和其他研究资金，职业发展，转化研究，负责任的行为研究，指导和计划评估方面的专业知识，IBA将基准成功与至少60%的IBA毕业生直接进入博士课程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Iowa Biosciences Advantage (IBA) program operates under the aegis of The University of Iowa (UI) Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) grant. Its mission is to identify and competitively train academically talented underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduates who have aspirations for research careers in the biomedical, behavioral, and biophysical sciences. For these students, the IBA program facilitates entry into doctoral programs by: 1) tailoring the plan of study for each studen to maximize academic performance, 2) providing a competitive and relevant research training experience from among the vast bioscience research opportunities at the UI, and 3) assuring access to a comprehensive four-year path focused on professional development. In the last funding period, the percentage of IBA graduates matriculating into doctorate programs has increased from 11% to 15%. Initially, our main difficulty was in the identification of undergraduate students with aspirations for careers in research versus the health professions. Despite the fact the mentored research is consistently ranked by the students as the most rewarding aspect of the program, the length of time in graduate school and the inability to perform patient based research hindered their pursuit of doctoral degrees. In the proposed project period, our goal is to expand on the successful initiatives currently in place in the IBA program, and to further add a fast-track path to the doctorate and a Certificate program in Translational Sciences that are initiated by the IBA program but will be institutional in nature. I Specific Aim 1, IBA will ensure successful preparation for pre-doctoral training, by fostering students' awareness of and interest in graduate education and academic/research careers, and enhancing the success of each student's application to doctoral programs in the biosciences by focusing on both academic and research development. Specific Aim 2 will develop and implement a pilot for a fast track to the doctorate program that would facilitate early admission into and completion of a doctoral program in the biomedical, behavioral, or biophysical sciences at UI. This will entail allowing highly competitive IBA Scholars to enter a doctoral program in Microbiology or Biochemistry after their third year of undergraduate study, simultaneously completing the undergraduate degree and the first year of a graduate degree. Specific Aim 3 will develop an undergraduate Translational Sciences Certificate program that would prepare students to transition from undergraduate research into doctoral programs focused on clinical and translational studies at CTSA-funded institutions, or other institutions that conduct translational studies. Utilizing faculty and staff expertise in outreach, selection, undergraduate student development theory and research, doctoral training, T32-based and other research funding, career development, translational research, responsible conduct in research, mentoring, and program evaluation, the IBA will benchmark success with at least 60% of IBA graduates going directly into doctoral programs.