Fresno State and UC Merced Bridges to the Doctorate Program in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences

弗雷斯诺州立大学和加州大学默塞德分校衔接生物医学和行为科学博士学位课程

• 批准号: 8934991
• 负责人: Viswanathan V Krishnan
• 金额: $ 19.55万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8934991
• 关键词: Academic Training; Academic advising; Address; Area; Arts; Award; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical Research; California; Categories; Collaborations; Data; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Enrollment; Ensure; Environment; Evaluation; Faculty; Financial Support; Goals; Grant; Heart; Hispanic-serving Institution; Humanities; Individual; Institution; Internships; Master' s Degree; Measures; Minority; Minority Groups; Modeling; Natural Sciences; Paper; Peer Review; Performance; Population; Program Evaluation; Publishing; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Institute; Research Training; Resources; Rest; Schools; Science; Social Sciences; Stem Cell Research; Students; Surveys; Training; Training Support; Translating; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Students; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; base; career; college; ethnic minority population; experience; health science research; interest; mathematical sciences; meetings; member; programs; public health relevance; skills; socioeconomics; success; symposium; underrepresented minority student; university student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A Bridges to the Doctorate program between the two major Hispanic Serving Institutions in California's central valley is proposed. Under-represented minority (URM) students from California State University Fresno (Fresno State) will complete Master's program in biomedical/behavioral sciences to continue and complete their PhD program at the University of California Merced (UC Merced). This proposal will emphasize areas of both biomedical and behavioral research that can utilize and build on major research themes, activities and facilities at the two institutions including Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions Program (RIMI) at Fresno state, and the Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) and Stem Cell Research Consortium (SCRC) at UC Merced. Faculty members from the Colleges of Science and Mathematics (CSM) at Fresno State and from the Schools of Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts at UC Merced will create a highly interactive program to encourage students from underrepresented groups to enter the M.S. program at Fresno State and ease the transition of these students into programs at UC Merced. Both Fresno State and UC Merced have a large ethnic minority student population and are Department of Education-designated Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), but small percentages of students from underrepresented backgrounds continue post baccalaureate trainings, especially Ph.D. program in biomedical sciences. The purpose of this program is to create a pipeline to the PhD by providing academic training and research experiences to increase the number of Fresno State students pursuing doctorates at UC Merced in the areas of biomedical/ behavioral research. The program will provide training and financial support for four Fresno State-UC Merced Bridges Scholars each year. The specific aims are: (1) To recruit at least four Masters underrepresented minority students each year with a demonstrated commitment and potential to complete a doctoral program in biomedical and behavioral research, (2) Successfully train them in one focus area represented by the pool of participating bridges faculty during the Master's program to ensure a smooth transition to the PhD program, (3) Provide academic guidance during the semester at Fresno State with summer internships at UC Merced and financial assistance for two years in the development of scientific and research skills to insure academic and professional enhancement and (4) Develop and implement an evaluation plan that leads to successful transfer and completion of a PhD program in biomedical/behavioral sciences and optimizes each aspect of the program to develop a viable long-term programmatic bridge between the campuses. A set of milestones will be used to measure project success in meeting the proposed goals. Formative and summative evaluation of the program performance will be analyzed through a comprehensive evaluation plan. The Fresno State-UC Merced Bridges program will help to expedite Fresno State's institutional goal of becoming a premier campus in research and research training among comprehensive universities, and a model HSI for addressing biomedical research, and will help UC Merced, the first new research university opened in the 21st century, to build its doctoral programs and increase the diversity of students entering those programs.

 描述（由申请人提供）：提议在加州中央山谷的两个主要西班牙裔服务机构之间建立通往博士学位的桥梁计划。加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校（弗雷斯诺州立大学）的弱势少数族裔 (URM) 学生将完成生物医学/行为科学硕士课程，然后继续在加州大学默塞德分校 (UC Merced) 完成博士课程。该提案将强调生物医学和行为研究领域，这些领域可以利用和建立在两个机构的主要研究主题、活动和设施上，包括弗雷斯诺州的少数民族机构研究基础设施计划（RIMI）以及加州大学默塞德分校的健康科学研究所（HSRI）和干细胞研究联盟（SCRC）。来自弗雷斯诺州立大学科学与数学学院 (CSM) 以及加州大学默塞德分校自然科学与社会科学、人文与艺术学院的教职人员将创建一个高度互动的项目，鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生进入硕士学位。弗雷斯诺州立大学的项目，并帮助这些学生轻松过渡到加州大学默塞德分校的项目。弗雷斯诺州立大学和加州大学默塞德分校都拥有大量少数族裔学生，并且都是教育部指定的拉美裔服务机构 (HSI)，但来自少数背景的学生中有一小部分继续接受学士学位后培训，尤其是博士学位培训。生物医学科学计划。该计划的目的是通过提供学术培训和研究经验，增加在加州大学默塞德分校攻读生物医学/行为研究领域博士学位的弗雷斯诺州立大学学生的数量，从而建立攻读博士学位的渠道。该计划每年将为四名弗雷斯诺州立大学默塞德桥学者提供培训和财政支持。具体目标是：（1）每年招收至少四名少数族裔硕士学生，他们具有完成生物医学和行为研究博士课程的承诺和潜力，（2）在硕士课程期间，在以参与桥梁教师为代表的一个重点领域成功培训他们，以确保顺利过渡到博士课程，（3）在弗雷斯诺州立大学的学期期间提供学术指导，并在弗雷斯诺州立大学进行暑期实习 加州大学默塞德分校提供两年的财政援助，用于发展科学研究技能，以确保学术和专业提升；(4) 制定和实施评估计划，以成功转学和完成生物医学/行为科学博士学位课程，并优化该计划的各个方面，以在校园之间建立可行的长期计划桥梁。将使用一组里程碑来衡量项目在实现拟议目标方面是否成功。将通过综合评估计划对项目绩效进行形成性和总结性评估。弗雷斯诺州立大学-加州大学默塞德分校桥梁项目将有助于加快弗雷斯诺州立大学的机构目标，即成为综合性大学中研究和研究培训的一流校园以及解决生物医学研究的 HSI 模型，并将帮助加州大学默塞德分校（21 世纪第一所新研究型大学）建立其博士课程并增加进入这些课程的学生的多样性。