MARC U-STAR PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

圣路易斯华盛顿大学 MARC U-STAR 项目

• 批准号: 10401930
• 负责人: James Benjamin Skeath
• 金额: $ 42.61万
• 依托单位: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2026-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10401930
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Project Summary The Washington University MARC U-STAR Program seeks to be part of a larger national effort that promotes diversity in scientific research and the scientific workforce. Teams composed of individuals from diverse backgrounds typically outperform teams composed of individuals from similar backgrounds. For the United States to remain the worldwide leader in research, it must realize the tremendous scientific potential inherent within its diverse population, much of which currently lies untapped within the underrepresented and underserved communities. By focusing on research, scientific presentation, and community, our program seeks to unlock this scientific potential, and in doing so help change the face of the next generation of scientists. This application requests funds to support ten trainees in our MARC Program. By driving excellence and innovation in research-based education, our program's mission is to help underrepresented students succeed in the lab and classroom, matriculate into top PhD and MD/PhD programs, and excel in them. We focus on three goals to achieve this mission: to provide students top-notch research experiences; to train them to think critically and to write and speak effectively about science; and to create a positive, personal, and critical scientific community in which they thrive. We center our program around the research experience and have developed ten activities that span the two-year, junior- and senior-level program and seek to create a supportive community in which students obtain rigorous training in research and scientific presentation via individualized training and critique. Our MARC Program, which was created in 2008, occupies a unique educational niche within Washington University. It is the only program that supports underrepresented students during both the academic year and summer to carry out research. It also incorporates a university-funded, Pre-MARC summer research program for students who just completed their first-year in college to allow them to experience research, often for the first time, and to help recruit these students into the MARC Program at the end of their sophomore year. Positive student feedback on the MARC program illustrates its importance in driving student success and developing a community in which underrepresented students thrive, with a recent surge in student applications leading to a quadrupling in program size made possible through additional financial support from diverse university sources.

项目摘要 华盛顿大学MARC U-STAR计划旨在成为更大的国家努力的一部分， 科学研究和科学劳动力的多样性。由来自不同领域的个人组成的团队 有着相似背景的人通常会比有着相似背景的人组成的团队表现更好。联合 美国要想在研究领域保持世界领先地位，就必须认识到其固有的巨大科学潜力 在其多样化的人口中，其中大部分目前在代表性不足的人群中未得到利用， 服务不足的社区。通过专注于研究，科学演示和社区，我们的计划旨在 来释放这种科学潜力，并以此改变下一代科学家的面貌。 此申请要求资金支持我们的MARC计划的十名学员。通过推动卓越和 创新的研究为基础的教育，我们的计划的使命是帮助代表性不足的学生 在实验室和课堂上取得成功，进入顶级博士和MD/博士课程，并在其中脱颖而出。我们 专注于三个目标，以实现这一使命：为学生提供一流的研究经验;培养 他们批判性地思考和写作，并有效地谈论科学;并创造一个积极的，个人的， 和批判性的科学团体中茁壮成长。我们的项目围绕着研究经验 并制定了十项活动，跨越两年，初级和高级计划，并寻求创造一个 支持性社区，学生通过以下方式获得研究和科学演示方面的严格培训 个性化的培训和批评。 我们的MARC计划创建于2008年，在华盛顿占据了独特的教育位置 大学这是唯一的计划，支持代表性不足的学生在学年， 夏季开展调研。它还包括大学资助的Pre-MARC夏季研究计划 对于刚完成大学一年级的学生来说，让他们体验研究，通常是第一次 时间，并帮助招募这些学生进入MARC计划在他们的大二年底。积极 学生对MARC计划的反馈说明了它在推动学生成功和发展 一个代表性不足的学生茁壮成长的社区，最近学生申请人数激增， 通过来自不同大学来源的额外财政支持，计划规模翻了两番。