South Carolina Initiative for Minority Student Development

提议的USCIMSD计划的本科生部分将寻求在我们现有计划的基础上再接再厉 通过让未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)学生更广泛地接触生物医学研究 在一次本科生夏季实验室轮换期间获得。国际管理发展学院的项目将提高 通过为少数族裔学生提供从事研究工作的机会，合格的URM申请者进入我们的研究生项目 在准备研究生院期间，在生物医学研究实验室担任两三年的助理。学生 在导师的大力推荐下，完成南加州大学IMSD项目的本科生部分 本科生平均绩点为3.0或以上的学生将被保证进入美国大学的研究生课程之一。 南加州大学生物医学科学专业。合作的HBCU将为我们的研究生课程提供更多的申请者，并 南加州大学预科项目。国际管理发展学院的本科生，完成预科课程的学生，以及合格的 南加州大学管理学院的学生将成为南加州大学管理学院研究生课程的核心。国际管理发展学院研究生课程将 在七月份开始一项毕业生过渡计划，让学院的学生为开始他们的 八月份的毕业课程。此外，IMSD项目将为参与者提供研究生研究 在研究生课程的第一年提供助学金，并在毕业期间支付最多四年的学费 研究生培训。南加州大学管理与可持续发展学院项目的具体目标是： (一)招收符合条件的未被充分代表的少数民族本科生参与资助生物医学研究 在他们大学生涯的剩余时间里都要学习。 (2)透过担任本科生研究助理的工作，提升学员的研究技能 与教职员工和研究生或博士后的指导关系。 (3)帮助学生在南加州大学和其他研究机构的同行和教职员工之间建立关系 社区，使学生有明确的职业目标和支持系统，帮助他们实现他们的 目标。 (4)提供从南加州大学本科生科学课程和合作的HCBU到 南加州大学生物医学研究生课程。 该项目的成功将增加从事生物医学研究的科学家的多样性。这增加了 多样性将为研究问题提供更平衡的视角，并有助于解决 纠正健康差距。

The undergraduate component of the proposed USCIMSD program will seek to build on our already-existing programs by offering under-represented minority (URM) students a more extensive exposure to biomedical research than can be obtained during a single undergraduate summer laboratory rotation. The IMSD program will increase the level of qualified URM applicants to our graduate programs by offering minority students the opportunity to work as research assistants for two or three years in biomedical research laboratories while preparing for Graduate School. Students who complete the undergraduate portion of the USC IMSD program with a strong recommendation from their mentor and who have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher will be guaranteed admission into one of the graduate programs in the biomedical sciences at USC. The cooperating HBCUs will provide additional applicants to our graduate programs and to the USC PREP program. The IMSD undergraduates, students completing the PREP program, and well qualified students from the HCBUs will provide the core of the USC IMSD graduate program. The IMSD graduate program will begin with a graduate transition program in July so that the IMSD students are fully prepared for the start of their graduate coursework in August. In addition, the IMSD program will provide participants with a graduate research assistantship during the first year of their graduate program and will pay their tuition for up to 4 years during their graduate training. The specific goals of the USC IMSD program are: (1) To recruit qualified underrepresented minority undergraduates to participate in funded biomedical research programs throughout the remainder of their undergraduate career. (2) To improve research skills of IMSD participants through work as an undergraduate research assistant in a mentored relationship with both a faculty member and a graduate students or postdoctoral fellow. (3) To help the students establish relationships among peers and faculty at USC and elsewhere in the research community so that the students have well-defined career goals and a support system that helps them achieve their goals. (4) To provide a smooth transition from undergraduate science programs at USC and the cooperating HCBUs to biomedical graduate programs at USC. The success of this program will increase the diversity of scientists with careers in biomedical research. This increased diversity will provide a more balanced perspective on research issues and contribute towards soloutions for the correction of health disparities.