MBRS IMSD Program at the University of California Irvine

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学欧文分校(UCI)的MBRS-IMSD项目的目标是增加完成生物医学博士学位并晋升到竞争激烈的博士后职位的未被充分代表(UR)的本科生和研究生的数量和学术成就。在过去的十年中，UR项目使UR本科生毕业后进入博士项目的机构比率和UR研究生在UCI完成博士项目的数量增加了几倍。课程内容包括学术准备、研究培训、高强度的指导和专业发展。在教师导师的指导下进行的独立付费研究是为MBR学生进入研究生院和专注于研究的职业生涯做准备的核心要素。研究培训从一年级开始，由参与者开发原创项目。100多名拥有资助研究项目的教职员工担任MBR学员的导师。该计划提供了一系列内容，以提高本科生(大一到大四)进入生物医学博士课程的兴趣、动机和学术准备，包括科学课程的同行辅导/辅导计划、研讨会系列、期刊俱乐部、进展报告会议、科学交流研讨会和研究生院申请。研究生部分旨在为UR博士生提供全面的培训，使他们在研究生院取得优异成绩。该计划为即将入学的UR博士生提供暑期研究培训，为他们准备研究生核心课程，为一年级后准备口试的研讨会，为二年级学生准备的一系列活动。 论文研究项目和外部资金竞争性建议、在全国会议上提交论文、关于学术博士后职位搜索和咨询的专业发展讲习班以及关于非院系背景下研究生学习和职业发展的情况介绍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the MBRS-IMSD Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is to increase the number and academic excellence of underrepresented (UR) undergraduate and graduate students that complete PhD degrees in biomedical sciences and advance to competitive postdoctoral positions. During the past decade, program increased by severalfold the institutional rate at which UR undergraduates enter PhD programs following graduation and the number of UR graduate students completing PhD programs at UCI. Program elements are academic preparation, research training, intense mentoring and professional development. Independent paid research conducted under the direction of faculty mentors serves as a core element to prepare MBRS students for graduate school and research-focused careers. Research training begins in the freshmen year with the development of original projects that are developed by participants. Over 100 faculty with funded research programs serve as preceptors of MBRS trainees. The program offers a series of components to increase the interest, motivation and academic preparedness of undergraduates (freshmen to seniors) to enter PhD programs in biomedical sciences, including a peer tutoring/mentoring program of science classes, a seminar series, journal club, progress report sessions, workshops on scientific communications, and application to graduate school. The graduate component is designed to provide a comprehensive training for UR Ph.D. students to excel in graduate school. The program provides summer research training for incoming UR PhD students to prepare them for the graduate core classes, a workshop to prepare oral exams after the first year, a series of activities for second year students to prepare a dissertation research project and competitive proposals for extramural funding, presentation of papers at national conferences, professional development workshops on the academic postdoctoral positions search and counseling and orientation about graduate studies and career development in a non-departmental setting.