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增加了在科学领域攻读研究生的机会，并增加了代表性不足（UR）的学生的保留率和学术成就。然而，尽管佛罗里达大学作为一个主要的生物医学研究机构的地位，不到10%的UR新生报名参加监督/指导的研究。GatorSTAR MARC计划的5年目标是增加UR学生毕业并进入生物医学和行为研究博士课程的人数。为了促进学生早日进入研究，GatorSTAR计划将包括注重课程改革和活动，增加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一种职业的认识，并培养学生在生物医学研究专业。具体的创新包括X-Lab靴子Camp的持续发展，这是一个沉浸式的，跨学科的实验室课程，录取前MARC参与者将在他们的家附近完成一个新生桥梁计划，一个新的基于课程的本科生研究体验，将成为大学通识教育计划的一部分，一个通过个性评估增强的导师-学员匹配计划，以及MARC成就计划，这将包括社会和专业发展活动的混合体，在计划参与者之间建立凝聚力，并提供科学生活关键要素的指导/经验，包括科学道德。由他们的juior年，每个MARC学生将与20多个NIH资助的教师之一配对，在与现有的T32程序在UF健康协调。初级MARC学员将参加ABRCMS会议，上升的高级MARC学员将参加在东南部合作T32计划的夏季校外研究经验，高级MARC学员将在全国专业会议上展示他们的研究成果，由他们的教师导师陪同。