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

描述（由申请人提供）：具有研究经验的本科生的积极参与是北卡罗来纳农工州立大学（NC A&T）越来越被认可的学术培训的一个方面。申请T24 MARC续期（第2类）培训补助金要求支持我们机构更多有竞争力的学生在生物医学科学领域攻读博士学位并取得成功。该提案的具体目的是增加受过良好训练并有动力获得生物医学科学博士学位并从事生物医学研究事业的少数族裔学生（URMS）的数量。这项申请是基于我们从当前MARC项目的成功和失败中吸取的经验教训，并提出了新的创新策略，以加强我们的少数民族本科生成功攻读博士学位的渠道。提案的目标是：1)增加北南理工大学STEM荣誉学生的数量，鼓励并愿意从事生物医学科学的研究和职业；2)确保90%的MARC USTAR学者在学术上具有竞争力，高度上进心，经过两年的培训后能够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。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STEM荣誉URMS的数量，b)生物医学生活学习社区，c)社区学院PreMARC研究培训，d)科学卓越补充指导，e)实习前准备计划，f)暑期和学年实习，g)专题研讨会系列，h)专业发展和自我营销活动以及i)科学交流活动。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，提供更好的知识和方法，以缩小构成国家主要公共卫生问题的保健差距。有效的URMS研究培训的影响解决了经济增长和国家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.