Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in the Sciences (PUMAS)

描述（由申请人提供）：格莱斯顿旨在通过为传统上在科学领域代表性不足的本科生提供八个夏季研究机会来增加生物医学研究的多样性。我们的计划，促进代表性不足的少数民族在科学进步（PUMAS）的目的是1）增加代表性不足的少数民族（URM）谁获得学士学位的学生人数在科学和2）扩大和多样化未来的研究生院学生人口。我们的最终目标是增加训练有素的URM生物医学研究科学家的数量。PUMAS计划将招收两类本科生。首先，我们将从我们的格莱斯顿夏季学者（GSS）高中实习计划中招募参加4年制学院和大学的学生。GSS的学生已经经历了一个夏天的经验，在格莱斯顿实验室工作;因此，PUMAS将重新吸引这些已经有针对性的URM学生谁已经完成了他们的本科工作的第一年，追求他们对生物医学研究的热情。第二，我们将招收参加社区学院的学生，他们打算转入四年制大学。我们将与加州大学伯克利分校（UCB），转移联盟项目（TAP）的合作伙伴，以确定在旧金山弗朗西斯科/湾区社区学院的URM学生。我们将寻找谁已经完成了他们的大部分数学和科学的要求，并希望转移到一个4年制学校的科学课程的学生。在为期八周的时间里，PUMAS的参与者将与格拉德斯通的一位科学导师配对，共同研究一个特定的研究项目。他们将花费80%的时间进行生物医学研究，包括独立的研究活动，一对一的指导，实验室会议，科学讲座，研讨会，期刊俱乐部以及其他学术和专业发展活动。他们将花20%的时间参加补充教育活动。这包括每周一次的研讨会，主题包括准备研究生院申请，格拉德生院生活入门，以及一系列旨在提高学生科学沟通能力的公开演讲练习课程。PUMAS学生还将参加20小时的实验室技能训练营和关于负责任的研究行为的三个系列课程。PUMAS计划将以海报会议达到高潮，学生在海报会议中向格拉德斯通和UCSF的科学界描述他们的工作，假设和结果。学生对科学事业的热情必须在实验室实习期间和之后培养。因此，格拉德斯通将继续让学生参与各种后续活动，例如在格拉德斯通或其他机构获得连续的夏季研究经验，并帮助学生申请大学和研究生院的竞争性奖学金。最终，目的是增加URM学生追求生物医学研究作为一种职业的数量。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Gladstone seeks to increase diversity in biomedical research by providing eight summer research opportunities for undergraduate students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Our program, Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in the Sciences (PUMAS) aims 1) to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students who receive baccalaureate degrees in science and 2) expand and diversify the future graduate school student population. Our ultimate goal is to increase the number of well-trained URM biomedical research scientists. The PUMAS program will recruit two types of undergraduates. First, we will recruit students attending 4-year colleges and universities from our Gladstone Summer Scholars (GSS) high school internship program. GSS students have already experienced one summer experience working in Gladstone laboratories; therefore PUMAS will reengage these already targeted URM students who have completed their first year of undergraduate work to pursue their passion for biomedical research. Second, we will recruit students attending community college who intend to transfer to a 4-year university. We will partner with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Transfer Alliance Project (TAP) to identify URM students at community colleges in the San Francisco/Bay Area. We will seek students who have completed most of their math and science requirements and are looking to transfer to a science program at a 4-year school. For eight weeks, PUMAS participants will be paired with a scientific mentor at Gladstone to work on a specific research project. They will spend 80% of their time conducting biomedical research, including independent research activities, one-on-one mentoring, laboratory meetings, scientific lectures, seminars, journal clubs, and other academic and professional development activities. They will spend 20% of their time participating in supplementary educational activities. This includes weekly workshops on topics such as preparing graduate school applications, primer on grad school life, and a series of public speaking practice sessions geared towards improving student's scientific communication skills. PUMAS students will also participate in a 20-hr Laboratory Skills Bootcamp and a three-class series on the responsible conduct of research. The PUMAS program will culminate with a poster session in which students describe their work, hypothesis and results to the scientific community at Gladstone and UCSF. A student's passion for a scientific career must be cultivated both during and after a laboratory internship experience. Thus, Gladstone will continue to engage students in a variety of follow-up activities, such as securing a successive summer research experience at Gladstone or at other institutions and assisting students with applications for competitive fellowships in both college and graduate school. Ultimately, the aim is to increase the number of URM students pursuing biomedical research as a career. (End of Abstract)