MARC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT TRAINING IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH (U-STAR)

描述（由申请人提供）：本科生与研究经验的活跃参与是学术培训的一个方面，其中北卡罗来纳州A & T州立大学（NC A&T）正变得越来越认可。T24 MARC更新（类型2）培训补助金的申请要求支持，使我们机构的更多有竞争力的学生能够在生物医学科学博士课程中追求并取得成功。这项建议的具体目的是增加受过良好训练并有动力获得生物医学博士学位和从事生物医学研究职业的代表性不足的少数民族学生的人数。这一更新申请建立在从我们目前的MARC计划的成功和失败中吸取的教训的基础上，并提出了新的创新战略，以加强我们在博士课程中成功的本科少数民族的管道。该提案的目标是：1）提高NC A&T的STEM荣誉学生的数量，激励他们并愿意从事生物医学科学的研究和职业，2）确保90%的学生被选为MARC USTAR学者，他们具有学术竞争力，积极性高，能够在两年的培训后获得生物医学科学博士学位，3）每年，达到80%的MARC U-STAR学者进入生物医学博士课程的接受率。发展活动包括：a）战略招聘和营销活动，以增加生物医学管道中的STEM荣誉URMS池，B）生物医学生活学习社区，c）社区学院PreMARC研究培训，d）科学卓越补充说明，e）实习前准备计划，f）夏季和学年实习，g）主题研讨会系列，h）专业发展和自我营销活动; i）科学传播活动。这一项目将有助于发展一支训练有素、受过良好教育的多样化劳动力队伍，以提供更好的知识和办法，减少构成国家主要公共卫生问题的健康差距。有效的URMS研究培训的影响解决了国家经济增长和公共卫生的基本挑战。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The vibrant involvement of undergraduates with research experiences is an aspect of academic training for which North Carolina A & T State University (NC A&T) is becoming increasingly recognized. This application for a T24 MARC renewal (type 2) training grant requests support to enable a greater number of competitive students at our institution to pursue and succeed in PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. The specific aim of this proposal is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students (URMS) who are well-trained and motivated to earn doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences and pursue a biomedical research career. This application for renewal builds on the lessons learned from our current MARC program's successes and failures, and presents new and innovative strategies to bolster our pipeline of undergraduate minorities succeeding in PhD programs. The proposal goals are to: 1) Enhance the pool of STEM honor students at NC A&T inspired and willing to pursue research and careers in the biomedical sciences, 2) Ensure that 90% of students selected as MARC USTAR scholars are academically competitive, highly motivated and capable of earning a PhD in biomedical science after two years of training, and 3) Annually, attain an 80% acceptance rate of MARC U-STAR scholars into biomedical PhD programs. Developmental activities include: a) strategic recruitment and marketing activities to increase the pool of STEM honor URMS in the biomedical pipeline, b) Biomedical Living Learning Community, c) Community College PreMARC research training, d) Supplemental Instruction for Excellence in Science, e) Pre-Internship Prep Program, f) Summer and Academic Year Internships, g) Thematic Seminar Series, h) Professional Development and Self-Marketing Activities and i) Scientific Communication Activities. This project will contribute to the development of a well-trained and educated diversified workforce to provide better knowledge and approaches to reducing health disparities that constitute a major national public health problem. The impact of effective URMS research training addresses essential challenges of both economic growth and public health of the nation.