Temple University Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program

描述（由申请人提供）：天普大学在2007年的本科生多样性排名中排名第一，突出了扩大生物医学和行为科学（BMBS）中代表性不足的少数族裔学生（URM）进入博士或医学博士/博士学位的机会。项目。在BMBS研究中表现出较高的学术成就和兴趣的后进生将被选为MARC实习生。在参加了为期一周的关于研究和负责任行为的介绍性讲习班后，学员将在大三的夏季进入研究导师的实验室。学员在大三期间将继续从事研究项目。他们将在大四的夏天在外部机构从事研究工作。我们项目成功的关键是在坦普尔大学的第一年和第二年招募和留住潜在的MARC学员。我们的MARC管道计划将识别和招募相关专业的高素质URM本科生，并提供学术和同伴支持，以确保他们成功并坚持成为潜在的MARC学员。大学将为这些学生提供暑期实习机会，这是一种行之有效的方法，可以保留和提高他们的学习成绩。我们的MARC项目将重点关注对成功至关重要的几个组成部分，包括：早期的研究机会，同龄人的识别，学术规划和支持，包括关于职业选择和机会的信息，专业入门课程中的目标技能研讨会，接触科学研究社区以及家庭成员的更多参与和支持。MARC项目包含了一个评估和评估策略，以客观地衡量成果的改进，如学术成就、研究沟通技巧和对BMBS领域的认同。MARC项目将跟踪实习/奖学金、撰写和发表同行评议研究论文的数量的增加，以及与同类学生相比，被选中的学生被高度竞争的研究生项目录取的情况。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Temple University was ranked first in undergraduate diversity in 2007 highlighting the opportunity to expand the pipeline of underrepresented minority students (URM) in the biomedical and behavioral sciences (BMBS) entering Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. programs. Rising juniors will be selected as MARC trainees by demonstrating high academic achievement and interest in BMBS research. Trainees will enter a research mentor's laboratory in the summer following the junior year after participation in a week-long introductory workshop on research and responsible conduct. Trainees will continue working on research projects during their junior year. They will spend the senior summer engaged in research at an outside institution. Critical to the success of our program is the recruitment and retention of potential MARC trainees during the 1st and 2nd years at Temple. Our MARC pipeline program will identify and recruit high aptitude URM entering undergraduates in the relevant majors and provide academic and peer support to assure their success and persistence as potential MARC trainees. The University will provide summer internships for these students, a proven way to retain and enhance their academic performance. Our MARC program will focus on several components shown to be central to success including: early research exposure, identification of peer cohort, academic planning and support including information about career options and opportunities, workshops for targeted skills in entry courses to the major, exposure to the scientific research community and increased involvement and support of family members. The MARC program incorporates a strategy of evaluation and assessment to objectively measure improvements in outcomes such as academic achievement, research communication skills, and identification with the BMBS field. The MARC program will track increases in the number of internships/fellowships, authoring and publication of peer reviewed research papers, and acceptances into highly competitive graduate programs for the selected students relative to comparable peers. Relevance: If successful, the public benefit will be the existence of a model program to increase recruitment, retention, and achievement of underrepresented students in the sciences and to promote greater diversity among BMBS research professionals.