UO PREP Program

项目摘要 尽管STEM专业的本科招生人数在过去二十年中有所增加，但研究生招生人数和 对于一些少数群体和代表性不足的群体来说，STEM学科的保留率基本保持不变。 事实上，随着受训者沿着培训和职业道路， 从本科到研究生，再到博士后，最后到研究生涯。拟议的学士后学位 研究计划，俄勒冈州大学计划，以提高弹性和增强生物医学科学的持久性 (UO PREP Bio），旨在解决生物医学培训途径中的招募、保留和成功沿着的挑战 为来自弱势群体的学者提供服务从一个高度结构化的，以课程为基础的本科生 从一个基本上没有结构的学徒制研究生教育模式转变为一个巨大的挑战。这是 尤其是对于那些没有从包括指导研究在内的科学经验中获益的学生来说。 通过提供有意识的社区建设活动，个性化的指导，富有成效的研究经验， 学术和专业发展-所有证据知情的做法，以增加在STEM领域的持久性， 代表性不足的群体-UO PREP Bio将使从本科到研究生培训的成功过渡成为可能 在我们的学者群体中。招聘工作将针对需要密集指导和研究的受训人员 在国际扶轮机构的工作经验将对他们获得博士学位的能力产生最重大的影响 计划，谁将受益于社区建设和专业发展，能够茁壮成长，并坚持 一个充满挑战的PhD环境 UO PREP Bio将每年资助四名学者进行为期一年的培训计划。为了建立社区， 队列，以及在其他UO研究培训计划的参与者，UO PREP生物学者将开始他们的培训 他们参加了一个夏桥项目，住在校园里，进行严格的写作和研究生申请 工作坊.学者将与导师团队匹配，导师团队将支持他们发展个人发展 计划，确保他们的研究和培训时间表解决学者的个人和职业目标， postbac培训和研究生院的愿望。通过采用实践证明，以增加持久性在干 在历史上代表性不足的受训人员中，UO PREP Bio将解决学术界的一个重要过渡期， 途径，并提高来自不同背景的学者在生物医学研究的代表性。

Project Summary Although undergraduate enrollment in STEM majors has increased in the last two decades, graduate enrollment and retention in STEM disciplines has remained largely unchanged for a number of minoritized and underrepresented groups. Indeed, representation from diverse groups decreases as trainees progress along the training and career pathway from undergraduate to graduate programs, through postdocs, and ultimately to research careers. The proposed postbaccalaureate research program, the University of Oregon Program to Increase Resilience and Enhance Persistence in Biomedical Sciences (UO PREP Bio), aims to address challenges in the recruitment, retention, and success along the biomedical training pathway for scholars from underrepresented backgrounds. The transition between a highly structured, course-based undergraduate curriculum to a largely unstructured apprenticeship model of graduate education can be a formidable challenge. This is particularly true for students who have not had the benefit of prior experiences in science that included mentored research. By offering intentional community building activities, individualized mentorship, productive research experiences, and academic and professional development—all evidence-informed practices for increasing persistence in STEM fields for underrepresented groups—UO PREP Bio will enable the successful transition from undergraduate to graduate training among our cohort of scholars. Recruitment efforts will target trainees for whom intensive mentorship and research experience at an RI institution would make the most significant impact in their ability to secure admission to a doctoral program and who would benefit from community building and professional development to be able to thrive and persist in a challenging PhD environment. UO PREP Bio will fund four scholars annually for a one-year training program. In order to build community among the cohort, as well as with participants in other UO research training programs, UO PREP Bio scholars will begin their training with a summer bridge program in which they live on campus and engage in rigorous writing and graduate application workshops. Scholars will be matched with a Mentor Team who will support them in developing an Individual Development Plan, ensuring that their research and training schedule addresses the scholar’s personal and professional goals for their postbac training and graduate school aspirations. By employing practices demonstrated to increase persistence in STEM among historically underrepresented trainees, UO PREP Bio will address a significant transition period in the academic pathway and enhance representation of scholars from diverse backgrounds in biomedical research.