South Carolina Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

南卡罗来纳州学士后研究教育计划

• 批准号: 8999478
• 负责人: BERT ELY
• 金额: $ 31.72万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-05 至 2021-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8999478
• 关键词: Academic skills; Award; Bachelor' s Degree; Biomedical Research; Communities; Degree program; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Education; Employment; Environment; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Hand; Interview; Journals; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Mentors; Minority Enrollment; Minority Groups; NCI Scholars Program; Occupations; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Program Evaluation; Publications; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Request for Applications; Research; Schools; Science; Scientist; South Carolina; Talents; Time; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Work; Writing; base; career; demographics; education research; expectation; graduate student; improved; instructor; meetings; member; minority scientist; minority student; peer; programs; public health relevance; response; skills; success; support network; underrepresented minority student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many talented minority students have the ability to do well in a biomedical science Ph. D. program, but either they do not have the necessary background or their credentials do not reflect their abilities. To provide deeper and longer exposure of bright, underrepresented minority students to biomedical science, the University of South Carolina established a PREP program that has increased the number of qualified URM applicants to biomedical Ph. D. programs by offering minority students the opportunity to work full-time in biomedical research laboratories while preparing for graduate school. Specific goals for the next period of USC PREP include: 1. To recruit qualified URM students who have both a recent BS degree in a biomedically relevant field and a strong commitment to earning a PhD in the biomedical sciences. 2. To improve the research skills of PREP Scholars through employment as a research technician in a mentored relationship with a faculty member and with graduate students/postdoctoral fellows. 3. To improve the analytical, verbal and quantitative skills of all USC PREP Scholars through hands on training, special course offerings, and participation in seminars and journal clubs so that all PREP Scholars are competitive to enter a well-respected PhD program. 4. To help the PREP Scholars to establish relationships among peers and faculty at USC and elsewhere in the research community so that each has well-defined career goals and a strong support network. 5. To help PREP Scholars to form a network of colleagues outside USC to enhance their career prospects by supporting their attendance at scientific meetings. 6. To help PREP Scholars gain acceptance into a high quality PhD program. It is our expectation that at least 75% of USC PREP Scholars will be accepted by such a program and that at least 80% those accepted will earn PhD degrees.