Cellular, molecular, and biochemical sciences training grant

 描述（由申请人提供）：俄亥俄州州立大学（OSU）的细胞分子和生物化学科学项目（CMBP）吸引了来自五个相关分子生命科学研究生项目的教师和学员：生物物理学，微生物学，分子细胞和发育生物学，分子遗传学和俄亥俄州州立生物化学项目。CMBP的目标是通过提供以下服务，为校园内其他课程无法提供的学生培训创造机会：（1）更广泛的轮换选择，（2）跨学科的每月会议研讨会和专题讨论会，（3）课程，包括强调负责任的研究和定量技能培训，以及（4）职业发展部分，包括专门为此计划开发的写作和职业研讨会，实习机会和个人发展计划。CMBP是一个严格而苛刻的计划，旨在吸引顶尖学生到OSU，提供的培训的广度和深度将定位CMBP毕业生在学术界，政府和工业界的生物医学研究作出重大贡献。在过去的几年里，显著的机构支持，加上新的艺术和科学学院的结构，促进了跨学科研究和研究生培训在俄勒冈州立大学。通过CMBP提供的机会的独特组合已经增加了最好的研究生的招聘和保留，特别是来自代表性不足的少数民族（URM）和残疾学生。强大的匹配机构支持使我们能够超过我们的最初目标，即有四分之一的奖学金颁发给URM/残疾/处境不利的学生，因为在最初的资助期间，40%的学员支持这些类别之一。本提案中要求的资源将使我们能够在最初供资期间制定的举措的基础上继续发展研究生培训经验，涵盖细胞，分子和生物化学科学的广泛主题和活动。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Cellular Molecular and Biochemical Sciences Program (CMBP) at Ohio State University (OSU) draws faculty and trainees from five related molecular life sciences graduate programs: Biophysics, Microbiology, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Molecular Genetics, and the Ohio State Biochemistry Program. The goal of the CMBP is to create opportunities for student training not available through other programs on campus by providing: (1) a broader range of rotation choices, (2) interdisciplinary monthly meeting seminars and symposia, (3) coursework that includes an emphasis on the responsible conduct of research and training in quantitative skills, and (4) career-advancing components including writing and career workshops specifically developed for this program, internship opportunities, and Individual Development Plans. CMBP is a rigorous and demanding program designed to attract top students to OSU, and the breadth and depth of the training provided will position CMBP graduates to make significant contributions to biomedical research in academia, government, and industry. In the past few years, significant institutional support, together with a new Arts and Sciences College structure, has facilitated interdisciplinary research and graduate training at OSU. The unique combination of opportunities offered through the CMBP has already increased recruitment and retention of the very best graduate students, in particular from underrepresented minorities (URM) and students with disabilities. Strong matching institutional support has allowed us to exceed our initial goal of having one quarter of fellowships awarded to URM/disability/disadvantaged students, as 40% of the trainees supported during the initial funding period are in one of these categories. The resources requested in this proposal would allow us to build on initiatives developed during the initial funding period and continue to develop a graduate training experience that spans a broad range of topics and activities in the cellular, molecular and biochemical sciences.