Summer Research Experience in Biological and Computational Sciences

生物和计算科学暑期研究经历

• 批准号: 8830703
• 负责人: JEFFERY Marvin VANCE
• 金额: $ 10.63万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-30 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8830703
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed Summer Research Program builds upon the success of the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG). Part of HIHG's mission is to train the next generation of researchers. For this reason, it has hosted for the last five years the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences (JJ Vance internship), a program that has offered rising seniors from Miami-area high schools a unique opportunity to be directly involved in scientific research. The program has been highly successful, and this year has received applications from 62 applicants representing 30 different high schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties for only eight positions. Last year, we had 56 students from 24 high schools apply to the program, a steady growth from our start of six applicants in 2009. Since its inception at the HIHG, we have had a total of 201 applicants from 53 different high schools. Of the 38 selected interns during this time, 24% were white non- Hispanic, 26% were Hispanic/Latino, 29% were African-American, 16% were Asian and 5% were other ethnicities. Currently, STEM majors represent 80% of the ex-intern's college major fields of study. Thus, the JJ Vance Internship is reaching a large group of individuals and filling a great need in the highly diverse Miami community. We have established this internship from ground zero in the Miami area. Its rising trajectory of applicants over the years show that it is a established program in the community and that has been obviously successful as it has grown and schools keep sending new students back to apply. We also now have data on successful outcomes, and active mentoring years after the students' summer internship occurred. Given this success and the program's potential, we can no longer run the program trying to accrue year-to-year funding from foundations. We need stability in order to serve the community better, increase the number of students that we can enroll in the program for the program's continued growth., This grant, if funded, would provide us with that stability to continue our highly successful program into the future, and increase the number of participants.

 描述(由申请人提供)：这项拟议的暑期研究计划建立在约翰·P·赫斯曼人类基因组研究所(HIHG)生物和计算科学JJ·万斯纪念暑期实习的成功基础上。Hihg的部分使命是培养下一代研究人员。出于这个原因，它已经主办了最后一届 五年的JJ万斯生物和计算科学暑期实习(JJ万斯实习)，该项目为迈阿密地区高中的新生提供了一个直接参与科学研究的独特机会。该项目非常成功，今年已经收到了62份申请者的申请，他们分别代表迈阿密-戴德县和布罗沃德县的30所不同的高中，只申请了8个职位。去年，我们有来自24所高中的56名学生申请该项目，与2009年开始的6名申请者相比，稳步增长。自从HIHG成立以来，我们总共收到了来自53所不同高中的201名申请者。在这段时间内挑选的38名实习生中，24%是非西班牙裔白人，26%是西班牙裔/拉丁裔，29%是非洲裔美国人，16%是亚洲人，5%是其他种族。目前，STEM专业占这位前实习生大学专业学习领域的80%。因此，JJ Vance实习生接触到了一大批个人，并填补了 在高度多样化的迈阿密社区中，这是一个巨大的需求。我们从迈阿密地区的起点建立了这个实习岗位。多年来，它的申请者人数不断上升，这表明它是社区中一个成熟的项目，随着它的发展和学校不断将新学生送回学校申请，这一项目显然取得了成功。我们现在也有关于成功结果的数据，以及在学生暑期实习发生几年后积极指导的数据。考虑到这一成功和该计划的潜力，我们不能再试图从基金会获得年复一年的资金来运行该计划。我们需要稳定，以便更好地服务于社区，增加我们可以在该计划中招收的学生数量，以促进该计划的持续发展。如果获得资金，这笔赠款将为我们提供这种稳定，使我们能够在未来继续我们非常成功的计划，并增加参与人数。