UNC-Greensboro U-RISE: Engage, Sustain, and Prepare Future PhD Biomedical Scientists

总结 北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒大学（UNCG）U-RISE将是一个全面的本科生培训 该计划将直接有助于提高代表性不足（UR）的学生追求的百分比 研究生学习，为生物医学研究工作做准备。拟议的U-RISE研究员 该计划将利用一系列旨在促进学术和社会融合，知识和 技能发展、支持和激励以及监测和咨询。我们的计划将使用优点-和需要- 根据标准选择U-RISE研究员从我们的学术才华UR学生的大池。UNCG U-RISE计划将使这些研究员参与实质性研究项目，从而实现全面的基础研究。 实验室和评估技能。一个高质量的研究人员库可用于指导研究员和赞助商 他们的研究项目。我们的多学科计划将维持学术，专业和社会 发展与丰富的战略，包括社区建设活动，课外教学， 密集的研究讲习班和经验。我们的计划的最终目标是准备研究员 通过确保研究基础的能力，在生物医学科学博士水平的培训取得成功， 必要的专业和科学沟通，团队合作和领导能力。我们也会准备这些 通过将他们与现有的代表性不足的科学家，博士后 研究人员，研究生和本科生通过参与相关的社会和专业 会议.一个多学科的环境是整合在整个我们的计划，并在其学术加强 增强核心有效的跨学科研究团队更有可能当参与者有更广泛的 对互补学科的了解和认识。社区参与活动，历史标志 UNCG的身份，将提供关于生物医学研究的转化和社会影响的观点。的 通过该计划提供的支持将对北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒U-RISE产生重大影响：参与， 维持，并准备未来的博士生物医学科学家研究员以及UR的学生群体， 在UNCG。

SUMMARY The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) U-RISE will be a comprehensive undergraduate training program that will directly contribute to increasing the percentage of underrepresented (UR) students pursuing graduate studies in preparation for careers in the biomedical research workforce. The proposed U-RISE Fellows program will leverage an array of activities designed to promote academic and social integration, knowledge and skill development, support and motivation, and monitoring and advising. Our program will use merit- and need- based criteria to select U-RISE Fellows from our large pool of academically talented UR students. The UNCG U-RISE program will engage these Fellows in substantive research projects leading to comprehensive basic laboratory and evaluation skills. A quality pool of research faculty is available to mentor Fellows and sponsor their research projects. Our multidisciplinary program will sustain academic, professional, and social development with enrichment strategies that include community building activities, co-curricular instruction, and intensive research workshops and experiences. The ultimate goal of our program is to prepare Fellows for success in PhD level training in biomedical sciences by ensuring competency in research fundamentals and requisite professional and science communication, teamwork, and leadership skills. We will also prepare these students by networking them into the existing community of underrepresented scientists, postdoctoral researchers, graduate, and undergraduate students via participation in relevant societies and professional meetings. A multidisciplinary environment is integrated throughout our program and reinforced in its academic enhancement core. Effective interdisciplinary research teams are more likely when participants have broader exposure and understanding of complementary disciplines. Community-engaged activities, historical hallmarks of UNCG’s identity, will provide perspective on the translational and social impacts of biomedical research. The support provided through this program will have substantial effects on UNC-Greensboro U-RISE: Engage, Sustain, and Prepare Future PhD Biomedical Scientists Fellows as well as the UR student population in general at UNCG.