UC Denver MARC U*STAR Scholars Program

加州大学丹佛分校 MARC U*STAR 学者计划

• 批准号: 9271198
• 负责人: RICHARD M ALLEN
• 金额: $ 12.55万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9271198
• 关键词: Award; Behavioral Sciences; CCL7 gene; Climate; Colorado; Degree program; Doctor of Philosophy; Ethics; Face; Fostering; Foundations; Goals; Graduate Education; Institution; Methodology; Minority; Minority Groups; NCI Scholars Program; Positioning Attribute; Psychology; Public Health; Research; Research Training; Science; Series; Students; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; career; demographics; experience; health science research; higher education; member; minority student; programs; success; undergraduate education; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As the face of the United States becomes more diverse, it is imperative that institutions of higher education increase the number of PhDs awarded to students who are members of underrepresented minority groups. The University of Colorado at Denver (UC-Denver) is committed to this goal and is in an excellent position to enhance and intensify its training of undergraduate students to foster diversity not only in the PhD workforce in higher education, but also in research beyond the University setting. This MARC U*STAR program application supports these efforts by providing intensive interdisciplinary curricular and research training for 25 URM students during the last two years of their undergraduate education that will enable them to enter PhD programs in basic and applied behavioral science and pursue research careers in these fields. The regional and local demographics of UC Denver along with the rapid expansion of research in the behavioral sciences and an already thriving undergraduate program provide a strong foundation for building the proposed MARC U*STAR Scholars program in behavioral sciences. The proposed program features a new series of courses in the methodology and ethics of behavioral and health science research as well as on and off- campus research experiences that will provide the strong academic and experiential foundation necessary for students to gain entrance into and succeed in PhD programs. Importantly, these activities leverage other minority training programs at UC Denver to expand an institutional culture that supports the success of minority students and their entrance into graduate education in the sciences. The MARC program, which builds on existing interdisciplinary degree programs in Psychology and Public Health, enjoys strong institutional support and holds the potential to be transformational for the climate of diversity and inclusion at UC Denver.

描述（由申请人提供）：随着美国面貌变得更加多样化，高等教育机构必须增加授予代表性不足少数群体成员的学生的博士学位。科罗拉多大学丹佛分校（UC-Denver）致力于这一目标，并且在高等教育中的博士学位劳动力中，还可以增强和加强对本科生的培训，以培养多样性，而且还可以在大学以外的研究中进行研究。这项MARC U*Star计划的应用程序通过在本科教育的最后两年为25名URM学生提供密集的跨学科课程和研究培训来支持这些努力，这将使他们能够在基本和应用的行为科学领域进入博士学位课程，并从事这些领域的研究生涯。加州大学丹佛分校的区域和地方人口统计以及行为科学研究的快速扩展以及已经蓬勃发展的本科计划为在行为科学中建立拟议的MARC U*Star Scholars计划提供了坚实的基础。拟议的计划为行为和健康科学研究的方法和伦理学以及在校外和校园研究经验中提供了一系列新的课程，这些课程将为学生进入博士学位课程并取得成功所必需的强大学术和经验基础。重要的是，这些活动利用加州大学丹佛分校的其他少数民族培训计划扩大了一种机构文化，以支持少数群体的成功及其在科学领域的研究生教育。 MARC计划以心理学和公共卫生的现有跨学科学位计划为基础，它具有强大的机构支持，并具有对丹佛分校多样性和纳入气候的变革的潜力。