Virginia Tech Post-baccalaureate Research and Education Program (VT-PREP)

弗吉尼亚理工大学学士后研究和教育计划 (VT-PREP)

• 批准号: 8797324
• 负责人: Edward J Smith
• 金额: $ 37.76万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-04 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8797324
• 关键词: Admission activity; Advisory Committees; Authorship; Awareness; Behavioral; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Biomedical Research; Chicago; Climate; Committee Members; Communities; Development; Development Plans; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ensure; Environment; Event; Faculty; Fellowship; Funding; Goals; Graduate Education; Health; Individual; Institution; International; Interview; Manuscripts; Mentors; Minority; Outcome; Peer Review; Postdoctoral Fellow; Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award; Publishing; Records; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Schools; Science; Scientist; Students; Supervision; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Virginia; career; cohort; collaborative environment; college; experience; graduate student; improved; meetings; member; outreach; peer; programs; social; success; symposium; underrepresented minority student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Virginia Tech proposes to continue its successful Virginia Tech Post-baccalaureate Research and Education program (VT-PREP) for another four years by recruiting and preparing a total of 28 scholars for admission into highly selective biomedical and behavioral sciences doctoral programs at Research- intensive universities. The training plan includes a combination of educational, experiential, and social activities in a very supportive environment that ensures development of each scholar both academically and socially. The PREP program will be led by a three-member team of highly accomplished scientists with experience in training students at all levels including underrepresented (UR) minorities. The Management Committee (MC), which consists of the Program Directors (PD), co-PDs, the Advisory Committee Chair, and a General Advisor/Ombudsperson will guide the scholars through all aspects of VT- PREP. We will use our experience, which over the last funding cycle guided 76% of our scholars into Ph.D. programs at highly competitive, research intensive universities. Former scholars who participated in VT- PREP were accepted into highly selective doctoral programs including Yale, Columbia, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Univ. of Chicago, and Northwestern. Seven former scholars from the first funding cycle of 2003-2008 have now earned their Ph.D.s and are engaged in postdoctoral research at top universities including Penn, Sloan Kettering, and UNC. Two former PREP scholars have been awarded F31 graduate fellowships. Specific aims for this renewal include: 1. Recruit and enroll 28 minority students underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences to participate in a 12-month transition program as research scholars. 2. Develop and implement activities and programs that will enrich and motivate scholars to pursue a research career in the biomedical sciences. 3. Increase the number of minority students applying for and being accepted into graduate studies in biomedical, behavioral, and life sciences, and related disciplines at VT and improve the campus climate for diversity. We will use our successful recruiting strategy to recruit 28 PREP scholars from those brought in for on- campus interviews. Our recruitment strategy of bringing in applicants at the same time or in overlapping groups provides the applicants a chance to immediately start bonding and recognize their shared goals as a cohort. Applicants get to meet with the PDs, MC members, other scholars, and potential mentors, and attend social events as a group. This establishes an immediate sense of community. The PDs will help PREP scholars develop their individualized development plans (IDP). Each VT PREP scholar will be actively engaged in mentored research activity (75% of their time) under the guidance and supervision of successful VT faculty in the biomedical and behavioral sciences with national and international reputations for advising, teaching, and research excellence. In addition, the scholars will participate in seminars, graduate courses, the biweekly PREP forum, and other activities on their IDP. Each scholar will have a peer mentor. We will continue to collaborate with the Graduate School and other units on campus; e.g., Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program (MAOP) will continue to improve the campus climate and the recruitment and retention of UR students. We will conduct annual Best Practices in Mentoring Underrepresented Minorities workshops for PREP mentors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to improve the campus climate. We will publish a peer-reviewed manuscript that shares the successful strategies of VT-PREP. We anticipate the following quantifiable and qualitative outcomes from implementation of the VT PREP objectives: 1) An increased proportion of applications from UR applicants to pursue graduate education in the biomedical and behavioral sciences at VT, 2) 75 to 100% of the VT PREP scholars will pursue graduate studies in biomedical and behavioral sciences at highly selective research institutions VT 3) An increased awareness of Virginia Tech graduate programs and the positive environment the university has developed for minorities. VT-PREP will continue to be a highly valued institutional partner with Central Administration, the Graduate School, and several colleges.

描述（由申请人提供）：弗吉尼亚理工大学提议将其成功的弗吉尼亚理工大学学士学位后研究和教育项目（VT-PREP）再继续四年，招募和准备总共28名学者，进入研究密集型大学的高选择性生物医学和行为科学博士课程。培训计划包括在一个非常支持性的环境中进行教育、体验和社会活动的结合，以确保每位学者在学术和社会方面的发展。PREP项目将由一个三名成员组成的团队领导，他们是非常有成就的科学家，具有培训各级学生（包括代表性不足的少数民族）的经验。管理委员会（MC）由项目主任（PD）、合作主任（co-PD）、咨询委员会主席和总顾问/督导员组成，将指导学者完成VT- PREP的各个方面。我们将利用我们的经验，在上一个资助周期中，我们76%的学者进入了竞争激烈的研究密集型大学的博士课程。参加VT- PREP的前学者被耶鲁大学、哥伦比亚大学、罗格斯大学、弗吉尼亚理工大学、芝加哥大学和西北大学等高选择性博士课程录取。2003-2008年第一个资助周期的7位前学者现在已获得博士学位，并在宾夕法尼亚大学、斯隆凯特林大学和北卡罗来纳大学等顶尖大学从事博士后研究。两位前PREP学者获得了F31研究生奖学金。此次更新的具体目标包括：1。招募28名在生物医学和行为科学领域未被充分代表的少数族裔学生，作为研究学者参加为期12个月的过渡项目。2. 发展和实施丰富和激励学者从事生物医学科学研究事业的活动和计划。3. 增加少数族裔学生申请和被录取的人数，进入VT的生物医学、行为、生命科学和相关学科的研究生学习，改善校园环境，促进多样性。我们将利用我们成功的招聘策略，从那些被带到校园面试的学生中招聘28名预科学生。我们的招聘策略是在同一时间或重叠的小组中引入申请人，这为申请人提供了一个机会，可以立即开始建立联系，并认识到他们作为一个群体的共同目标。申请人可以与博士、管委会成员、其他学者和潜在的导师见面，并作为一个团体参加社会活动。这建立了一种直接的社区意识。pd将帮助PREP学者制定个性化发展计划（IDP）。每位VT PREP学者将在生物医学和行为科学领域成功的VT教师的指导和监督下积极参与指导研究活动（75%的时间），这些教师在国内和国际上享有卓越的咨询、教学和研究声誉。此外，这些学者还将参加研讨会、研究生课程、两周一次的PREP论坛以及其他有关国内流离失所者的活动。每位学者将有一位同侪导师。我们将继续与……合作