CSULB MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U*STAR) Program

CSULB MARC 本科生学术研究培训 (U*STAR) 计划

• 批准号: 8843440
• 负责人: VASANTHY NARAYANASWAMI
• 金额: $ 25.93万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-06-15 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8843440
• 关键词: Academia; Academic Training; Administrator; Advisory Committees; Awareness; Back; Biomedical Research; Budgets; CCL7 gene; California; Charge; Climate; Collaborations; Communities; Counseling; County; Development; Education; Educational Curriculum; Environment; Evaluation; Extramural Activities; Face; Faculty; Feedback; Health; Hispanics; Institutes; Leadership; Life; Los Angeles; Medical; Mentors; Minority Groups; Oranges; Population; Process; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Ethics; Research Training; Schools; Science; Shapes; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Walking; base; career; combat; design; experience; health disparity; interest; member; minority health; professional atmosphere; programs; socioeconomics; success; tool; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The demographic figures of the student body at California State University Long Beach (CSULB) mirror the rapidly changing diversity of the community we serve in urban Los Angeles and Orange counties. The Hispanic/Latino population forms the largest ethnic underrepresented minority (URM) group at CSULB, which is designated a Hispanic Serving Institute. Students entering CSULB come from an academic, socioeconomic, health and domestic status that is vastly disparate from that of their non-URM counterparts. In a climate fraught with draconian cuts in budget at all levels, CSULB is charged with the responsibility of combating the educational and professional hurdles faced by this cross section of population and shaping tomorrow's leaders in many walks of life, including biomedical research. The MARC U*STAR Program, which has been in place for over 20 years in CSULB, has a tremendous impact on the academic and professional lives and career decisions of many students. The overall aim of the current competitive renewal is to continue to increase the number of URM students entering and earning doctorates in biomedical sciences. The program will recruit 8 URM students with potential and interest in pursuing research as a career, and provide individually designed academic and research training plan to each. We will provide a rich and intense curriculum, supplementary academic support and counseling, an enriching research experience, and professional and leadership development training in a nurturing environment over a period of two years. Further, we have established collaborations with Universities with outstanding graduate programs, which will provide additional short-term extramural research training for the Scholar. We will also increase the awareness of Scholars to minority health disparities issues, and engage them in topics on responsible conduct of research, and ethics and integrity in academia and research. The Program director has gathered a team of Faculty Mentors, senior administrators, an Advisory Committee and staff members, who are committed to the successful development of the Scholars. Taken together, the MARC program will support the Scholars and lay the essential groundwork required to face the rigors of graduate school education in a highly competitive atmosphere. In parallel, we will increase the awareness of faculty regarding the setbacks encountered by URM students. All components of the CSULB MARC U*STAR Program will be rigorously evaluated by an ongoing evaluation process, based on quantitative and qualitative assessment employing established rubric and tools to assess the success of the Program. The evaluator will provide valuable feedback to the Program Director and senior administration to sustain a robust Program. In summary, the CSULB MARC U*STAR Program will have a lasting impact on the career decisions of URM students by providing opportunities to attend graduate school in biomedical sciences and give back to the health and medical needs of the community.

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学长滩分校（CSULB）的学生群体的人口统计数据反映了我们在洛杉矶城市和奥兰治县服务的社区快速变化的多样性。西班牙裔/拉丁裔人口构成了CSULB最大的未被充分代表的少数民族（URM）群体，该机构被指定为西班牙裔服务学院。进入CSULB的学生来自学术，社会经济，健康和家庭状况，与非urm的同行大不相同。在各级预算大幅削减的大环境下，CSULB肩负着与这一人口横截面所面临的教育和专业障碍作斗争的责任，并在包括生物医学研究在内的许多各行各业培养未来的领导者。MARC U*STAR项目已经在CSULB开展了20多年，对许多学生的学术和职业生涯以及职业决策产生了巨大的影响。当前竞争性更新的总体目标是继续增加URM学生进入生物医学科学并获得博士学位的人数。该计划将招收8名有潜力和兴趣从事研究工作的URM学生，并为每位学生提供单独设计的学术和研究培训计划。在为期两年的培育环境中，我们将提供丰富而密集的课程，补充学术支持和咨询，丰富的研究经验，以及专业和领导力发展培训。此外，我们与拥有优秀研究生课程的大学建立了合作关系，这将为学者提供额外的短期校外研究培训。我们还将提高学者对少数群体健康差异问题的认识，并让他们参与有关负责任的研究行为以及学术和研究中的道德和诚信的主题。项目主任召集了一个由教师导师、高级管理人员、咨询委员会和工作人员组成的团队，他们致力于学者的成功发展。综上所述，MARC项目将为奖学金获得者提供支持，并为他们在竞争激烈的环境中面对严格的研究生教育奠定必要的基础。与此同时，我们会提高教职员对港大学生遭遇挫折的认识。CSULB MARC U*STAR项目的所有组成部分都将通过一个持续的评估过程进行严格评估，该评估过程基于定量和定性评估，采用既定的标准和工具来评估项目的成功。评估人员将向项目主管和高级管理人员提供有价值的反馈，以维持一个健全的项目。总之，CSULB MARC U*STAR计划将通过提供参加生物医学科学研究生院的机会并回馈社区的健康和医疗需求，对URM学生的职业决定产生持久的影响。