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.

 描述（由申请人提供）：许多有才华的少数族裔学生有能力在生物医学科学博士课程中取得好成绩，但他们要么没有必要的背景，要么他们的证书不能反映他们的能力。为了让聪明、代表性不足的少数族裔学生更深入、更长时间地接触生物医学科学，南卡罗来纳大学建立了一个 PREP 项目，通过为少数族裔学生提供在生物医学研究实验室全职工作的机会，同时为研究生院做准备，增加了合格的 URM 生物医学博士项目申请者的数量。 USC PREP 下一阶段的具体目标包括： 1. 招收合格的 URM 学生，他们既拥有生物医学相关领域的学士学位，又坚定地致力于获得生物医学科学博士学位。 2. 通过受聘为研究技术员，与教职员工和研究生/博士后研究员建立指导关系，提高 PREP 学者的研究技能。 3. 通过实践培训、提供特殊课程以及参加研讨会和期刊俱乐部，提高所有 USC PREP 学者的分析、语言和定量技能，以便所有 PREP 学者都有竞争力进入备受推崇的博士课程。 4. 帮助 PREP 学者在南加州大学和研究界其他地方的同行和教师之间建立关系，以便每个人都有明确的职业目标和强大的支持网络。 5. 帮助 PREP 学者建立南加州大学以外的同事网络，通过支持他们参加科学会议来增强他们的职业前景。 6. 帮助 PREP 学者获得高质量博士课程的录取。我们预计至少 75% 的南加州大学 PREP 学者将被此类项目录取，并且至少 80% 的被录取者将获得博士学位。