GatorSTAR: A New MARC U*STAR Program at the University of Florida

GatorSTAR：佛罗里达大学新的 MARC U*STAR 项目

• 批准号: 9926716
• 负责人: DAVID JULIAN
• 金额: $ 31.39万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9926716
• 关键词: Academic achievement; Achievement; Awareness; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Development; Education; Elements; Enrollment; Ethics; Extramural Activities; Faculty; Florida; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Health; Home environment; Immersion; Institution; Instruction; Life; Mathematics; Mentors; Participant; Personality Assessment; Positioning Attribute; Readiness; Research; Science; Students; Supervision; Underrepresented Students; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; base; behavioral study; bridge program; cohesion; experience; faculty mentor; innovation; laboratory curriculum; meetings; programs; social; student training; symposium; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Participation in research as an undergraduate increases the chances of pursuing graduate study in science fields, and increases retention and academic achievement among underrepresented (UR) students. However, despite the position of the University of Florida as a major biomedical research institution, less than 10% of UR freshmen enroll in supervised/mentored research. The 5-year goal of the GatorSTAR MARC program is to increase the number of UR students who graduate and enter doctoral programs in biomedicine and behavioral studies. To promote the early entry of students into research, the GatorSTAR program will include a focus on curricular reforms and activities that increase the students' preparedness for the foundational science and mathematics courses, increase their awareness of scientific research as a profession, and train the students in biomedical research professions. Specific innovations include the continued development of the X-Lab Boot Camp, which is an immersive, cross-disciplinary laboratory course that matriculating pre-MARC participants would complete near their homes in a freshman bridge program, a new course-based undergraduate research experience that will be part of the university's General Education Program, a mentor-mentee matching program enhanced by personality assessments, and the MARC Achievement program, which will include a mixture of social and professional development activities that build a sense of cohesion among program participants and provide instruction/experience in key elements of scientific life, including scientific ethics. By their juior year, each MARC student will be paired with one of more than 20 NIH-funded faculty, in coordination with existing T32 programs in UF Health. Junior MARC trainees will attend the ABRCMS meeting, rising senior MARC trainees will participate in a summer extramural research experience at partnering T32 programs in the southeast, and senior MARC trainees will present the results of their research at a national professional conference, accompanied by their faculty mentor.

 描述（由应用程序提供）：作为一门本科生的研究增加了从事科学领域的研究生学习的机会，并增加了代表性不足的学生（UR）学生的保留和学业成绩。然而，尽管佛罗里达大学是一家主要的生物医学研究机构，但不到10％的UR新生参加了监督/指导的研究。 Gatorstar MARC计划的5年目标是增加毕业和进入生物医学和行为研究博士课程的学生人数。为了促进学生的早期进入研究，Gatorstar计划将重点关注当前的改革和活动，以增加学生为基础科学和数学课程做准备，提高对科学研究作为职业的认识，并培训学生的生物医学研究专业人员。具体的创新包括X-LAB新兵训练营的持续发展，这是一项沉浸式的跨学科实验室课程，成熟的MARC参与者将在他们的家中完成新生桥计划附近完成，这是一种新的基于课程的本科研究经验，该研究将成为该大学普通教育计划的一部分，这是一部分，可以通过人格匹配的运动来增强运动和MARC的构建，并将其构建为ARC，并将其构建为MARC，并将其组合为MARC，并将其组成，以了解A MAR的一部分。计划参与者之间的凝聚力，并在包括科学伦理在内的科学生活的关键要素中提供指导/经验。到Juior年，每个MARC学生将与20多名NIH资助的教师之一配对，并与UF Health中现有的T32计划进行协调。初级MARC学员将参加ABRCMS会议，崛起的高级MARC学员将参加夏季校园研究经验，在东南部与T32计划合作，高级MARC培训人员将在国家专业会议上介绍他们的研究结果，并在其教师导师的陪同下。