MARC at University of California Riverside

项目摘要 加州大学滨江（UCR）是美国最多样化的校园之一 它位于美国发展最快、最多样化的地区之一。 UCR的学生来自这一地区，来自科学领域代表性不足的群体。 因此，有一个广泛的代表性不足（UR）的学生从选择和 促进对生物医学或行为科学研究事业的兴趣。的主要目标 UCR的MARC计划是为了增加UR学生攻读博士学位的数量， 生物医学相关科学的研究生涯。这项培训补助金提供了一个夏季 MARC前发展计划（9-10名学生/年），以增加合格的学生人数 研究培训生计划（16个职位/年; 2-3年的培训）。的目标 该计划是：（1）增加加州大学河滨分校少数民族学生主修科学的人数 通过与当地高中的联系，有资格成为MARC学员的人， 社区大学(2)增加申请MARC的合格学生人数 计划通过使用新生课程和发现研讨会，通过协同与荣誉， 校园内现有的少数民族课程，并通过让学生参加Pre-MARC本科课程 在大二之前进行研究，并激发他们对生物医学研究的兴趣 事业(3)该计划的核心是准备MARC学员的研究生学习， 竞争激烈的研究机构。我们将通过让MARC学员沉浸在 密集的尖端研究在校园教师导师的实验室在 在一个学年和另一个校外实验室在一个高素质的研究机构 在一个夏天，我们还将提供具体的课程，将准备学员思考 批判性地，设计和实施严格和道德的实验，学习现代研究 方法，撰写科学报告/论文和奖学金，并成为有效的沟通者， 在专家和普通观众面前将提供申请研究生课程的指导。 这将给自信和准备的受训者进入和成功的最 竞争力的研究生课程在美国这个计划是5年，并提出培训 大约48名MARC学生，目标是他们中的80%将成功进入高中 高质量的生物医学博士或MD/PhD课程。 相关性：MARC培训补助金不仅有助于增加 我们的生物医学科学家，但也应该有更广泛的影响。MARC学者将扮演角色 激励新一代并有助于打破歧视性障碍的模式。

Project Summary The University of California Riverside (UCR) is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation and is in one of the most rapidly growing and diverse regions of the U.S. Most undergraduate students at UCR come from this region and are from underrepresented groups in the sciences. Thus, there is a broad base of underrepresented (UR) students from which to select and promote interest in a research career in biomedical or behavioral sciences. The main goal of the MARC Program at UCR is to increase the number of UR students pursuing PhD degrees and research careers in the biomedically-related sciences. This training grant provides a summer Pre-MARC Development Program (9-10 students/year) to increase the eligible pool of students for the research Trainee Program (16 positions/year; 2-3 years of training). The Objectives of the Program are: (1) Increase the number of UCR minority students majoring in the sciences who are qualified to become MARC Trainees through outreach to local high schools and community colleges. (2) Increase the number of qualified students who apply to the MARC Program by using freshman courses and discovery seminars, by synergizing with Honors and existing Minority programs on campus, and by engaging students in Pre-MARC undergraduate research before their sophomore year and stimulating their interest in a biomedical research career. (3) The core of the program is preparing the MARC Trainees for graduate studies in highly competitive research institutions. We will achieve this by immersing MARC Trainees in intensive cutting-edge research in laboratories of Faculty Mentors on campus during the academic year and in one other off-campus laboratory at a high-caliber research institution during one summer; we will also provide specific classes that will prepare the Trainees to think critically, to design and implement rigorous and ethical experiments, to learn modern research methods, to write scientific reports/papers and fellowships, and to be efficient communicators in front of expert and lay audiences. Guidance in applying to graduate programs will be provided. This will give self-confidence and prepare the trainees to enter and succeed in the most competitive graduate programs in the U.S. This program is for 5 years and proposes to train about 48 MARC students with the goal that about 80% of them will succeed in entering high quality PhD or MD/PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. Relevance: This MARC training grant will not only contribute to increase the number of UR biomedical scientists but should also have broader impacts. MARC Scholars will be role models that inspire new generations and help break down discriminatory barriers.