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（由申请人提供）：作为本科生参与研究可以增加在科学领域攻读研究生的机会，并提高代表性不足（UR）学生的保留率和学术成就。然而，尽管佛罗里达大学是主要的生物医学研究机构，但只有不到 10% 的 UR 新生参加监督/指导研究。 GatorSTAR MARC 计划的 5 年目标是增加毕业并进入生物医学和行为研究博士课程的 UR 学生数量。为了促进学生尽早进入研究领域，GatorSTAR 计划将重点关注课程改革和活动，以提高学生对基础科学和数学课程的准备，提高他们对科学研究作为职业的认识，并培训学生从事生物医学研究职业。具体的创新包括继续开发 X-Lab 训练营，这是一门身临其境的跨学科实验室课程，预录取 MARC 的参与者将在新生桥梁课程中在家附近完成；一种基于课程的新本科生研究体验，将成为大学通识教育计划的一部分；通过个性评估增强的导师与受训者匹配计划；以及 MARC 成就计划，其中将包括社会和专业发展活动，以建立 项目参与者之间的凝聚力，并提供科学生活关键要素（包括科学伦理）的指导/经验。到了大三，每位 MARC 学生将与 20 多名 NIH 资助的教职人员中的一位进行配对，并与 UF Health 现有的 T32 项目相协调。初级 MARC 学员将参加 ABRCMS 会议，即将升入的高级 MARC 学员将参加东南部 T32 合作项目的夏季校外研究体验，高级 MARC 学员将在教师导师的陪同下在全国专业会议上展示他们的研究成果。