Elizabeth City State University Minority Access to Research Careers (E-MARC) Unde

伊丽莎白城市州立大学少数族裔研究职业机会 (E-MARC) Unde

• 批准号: 8664896
• 负责人: Ephraim Tobela Gwebu
• 金额: $ 26.33万
• 依托单位: ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8664896
• 关键词: Academic Training; Achievement; Behavioral Research; Biology; CCL7 gene; Chemistry; Cities; Country; Doctor of Philosophy; Engineering; Generations; Grant; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Home environment; Institution; Mathematics; Minority; North Carolina; Outcome; Participant; Physics; Production; Psychology; Research; Research Training; STEM field; Sociology; Students; Technology; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; career; college; computer science; design; programs; role model; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A historically black institution, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is located in one of the most impoverished regions of North Carolina that is home to 80% of its students. An institutional self-study identified four major challenges that militate against the production of graduates that are competitive for acceptance into PhD programs. These challenges are (i) lack of academic role models for first-generation college freshman, (ii) achievement gaps in academics between underrepresented minority and majority students, (iii) low advanced majors in the STEM disciplines and (iv) low acceptance rates into PhD Programs. The proposed ECSU Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Students Academic and Research Training (E-MARC) is designed to equip the institution with an ability to mitigate these challenges through academic enhancement on campus and biomedical/behavioral research training at external research-intensive institutions around the country. E-MARC participants are majors in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering Technology, Psychology and Sociology with minimum GPA of 3.50 and unequivocal commitment to pursuing PhDs. Expected outcome: In the 5 years of the grant period, 20 EMARC former alumni and about 10 non-MARC supported alumni will have entered PhD programs. Thus, the program will result in increasing the number of alumni entering PhD programs from a 5-year baseline of 7 to over 30 in 5 years.

描述（由申请人提供）：伊丽莎白市立大学（ECSU）是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，位于北卡罗来纳州最贫困的地区之一，80%的学生都住在这里。一项机构自我研究确定了四大主要挑战，这些挑战阻碍了毕业生进入博士项目的竞争。这些挑战是(i)第一代大学新生缺乏学术榜样，（ii）代表性不足的少数民族和多数学生之间的学术成就差距，（iii） STEM学科的高级专业较低，（iv）博士课程的录取率较低。拟议的ECSU少数民族研究职业本科生学术和研究培训（E-MARC）旨在通过校园学术提升和全国各地外部研究密集型机构的生物医学/行为研究培训，使该机构具备缓解这些挑战的能力。E-MARC的参与者主修生物、化学、物理、数学、计算机科学、工程技术、心理学和社会学，GPA不低于3.50，并明确承诺攻读博士学位。预期结果：在5年的资助期内，将有20名EMARC前校友和大约10名非marc资助校友进入博士课程。因此，该计划将导致进入博士课程的校友人数从5年的基线7人增加到5年内超过30人。