Rutgers Biotechnology Training Program

7.项目摘要/摘要 罗格斯大学生物技术培训计划的总体目标是培养优秀的博士前学生 在生物技术方面拥有综合的多学科教育和研究培训经验。具体的 目标是：1)增加受过良好培训的博士的数量，能够在 生物技术及相关领域；2)增加未被充分代表的少数群体获得 生物技术相关学位；以及3)通过重新设想博士前课程来增强整体培训体验 教育通过一套多样化的丰富活动，并在整个 训练期。这一全面的计划建立在我们近30年的先前经验和不断 这方面的NIGMS支持。该项目的学生将对生物医学有广泛的了解 学科和技能，以独立获得推进其领域所需的知识，以及 能够批判性地和独立地思考，并确定重要的研究问题和方法 推进他们研究领域的边界。该计划为功勋基金会提供两年的资助 学生，在合同的理解下，学生将参加他们整个 毕业生的职业生涯。培训体验涉及统一和多方面的课程，包括：1) 专业课程和体验式活动，为学生提供该领域的批判性观点 从多个角度；2)暑期工业实习；3)负责任的研究行为培训 和严谨性/重现性；4)年度研讨会；5)博士论文研究项目 我们的43名参与的教师导师的实验室，他们被任命在许多不同的生命科学和 工程部。我们每年申请13个NIH资助的博士前职位，为期5年。罗格斯大学 已承诺提供大量的匹配奖学金支持(7个匹配奖学金)、津贴和学费 补贴，以及其他工资和行政支助。行业互动非常强烈， 工业调查员参与课程教学，出席年度研讨会，主持 暑期实习生，提供配套支持，在论文委员会任职，偶尔招待学生 作为他们博士论文工作的一部分。参与的研究生课程和系，以及 几个生物技术相关中心为综合生物医学提供了特殊的设施 生物技术研究和教育。积极和广泛的招聘努力，以吸引 该计划的申请者，只有具有特殊能力和积极性的学生才能被录取。该计划 还大力招收来自代表性不足的少数族裔的学生进入生物技术领域 记录了出色的长期成功。通过进度报告持续监控学生的进度 并通过个人发展计划。这些文件，以及对学生在学业成绩方面的调查 他们离开大学后的职业将被用来评估该计划的有效性。

7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The overall goal of the Rutgers Biotechnology Training Program is to provide outstanding predoctoral students with an integrated multidisciplinary educational and research training experience in biotechnology. The specific aims are to: 1) increase the number of well-trained PhDs able to conduct cutting-edge research in biotechnology and related areas; 2) to increase the number of under-represented minorities receiving biotechnology related-degrees; and 3) to enhance the overall training experience by re-envisioning predoctoral education through a diversified set of enrichment activities with appropriate reinforcement throughout the training period. This comprehensive program builds on our nearly 30 years of prior experience and continuous NIGMS support in this area. Students in the program receive a broad understanding across biomedical disciplines and the skills to independently acquire the knowledge needed to advance their field, as well as the ability to think critically and independently, and to identify important research questions and approaches that push forward the boundaries in their areas of study. The program provides 2 years of funding to meritorious students, with the contractual understanding that students will participate in all program activities for their entire graduate careers. The training experience involves a unifying and multifaceted curriculum which includes: 1) specialized courses and experiential activities that provide the student with critical perspectives of the field from multiple vantage points; 2) summer industrial internships; 3) training in responsible conduct of research and rigor/reproducibility; 4) an annual symposium; and 5) a PhD dissertation research project in one of the laboratories of our 43 participating faculty mentors who are appointed in many different life science and engineering departments. We are requesting 13 NIH-funded predoctoral positions per year for 5 years. Rutgers has committed significant matching fellowship support (7 matching fellowships), stipend and tuition supplements, and other salary and administrative support. Industrial interaction is exceedingly strong, with industrial investigators participating in the teaching of courses, presenting at the Annual Symposium, hosting summer interns, providing matching support, serving on thesis committees, and occasionally hosting students for a part of their PhD dissertation work. The participating graduate programs and departments, together with several biotechnology related centers provide exceptional facilities for comprehensive biomedical biotechnology research and education. Vigorous and extensive recruitment efforts are expended to attract applicants to the program, and only students of exceptional abilities and motivation are admitted. The program also vigorously recruits students from under-represented minorities into the biotechnology field with documented excellent long-term success. Student progress is continuously monitored through progress reports and via individual development plans. These documents, as well as surveys of the students’ progress in their careers after they leave the university will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.