UC Riverside MARC U Star Undergraduate Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学河滨分校是美国最多样化的校园之一，位于美国发展最快、最多样化的地区之一。加州大学洛杉矶分校的大部分本科生都来自这个地区。因此，有一个广泛的学生基础，从中选择和促进对生物医学相关科学研究事业的兴趣。加州大学河滨分校MARC U*项目的总体目标是增加符合条件的本科少数民族学生在生物医学相关科学领域攻读博士学位和研究职业的人数。MARC U*计划的可衡量目标是每年增加一个攻读博士学位的少数民族学生的数量。UCR的总体目标是促进本科研究，并在UCR培养大量贫困和未被充分代表的少数民族学生。这项拨款提供了一个Pre-MARC发展计划，以增加实习生研究计划的合格学生数量。MARC U*计划的目标如下：1)通过增加UCR低级别少数民族科学专业学生的数量，增加有资格成为MARC U*学员的少数民族学生数量，这些学生在入门生物学和微积分方面的平均成绩达到3.0；2)通过辅导、指导和夏季Pre-MARC研究计划提供支持活动，将申请MARC U*培训计划的合格少数民族学生人数从平均15人增加到至少30人；3)通过研究和其他活动，使MARC U*学员在进入研究生院时具有竞争力并在研究生院取得成功。可衡量的目标是学生在科学会议上的演讲比例、科学文章的作者比例和实习生参与校外体验的比例将从20%增加到80%；4)鼓励MARC U*学员申请博士学位并毕业，将博士生申请和被博士研究项目录取的比例提高到100%。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of California at Riverside is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation and is located in one of the most rapidly growing and diverse regions of the United States. Most of the undergraduate students at UCR come from this region. Thus, there is a broad base of students from which to select and promote interest in a research career in the biomedically-related sciences. The Overall Goals of the MARC U* Program at the University of California, Riverside is to increase the number of eligible undergraduate minority students pursuing a PhD degree and a research career in the biomedically-related sciences. The Measurable Objective of the MARC U* Program is to increase the number of minority students going into PhD programs by one each year. The Overall Institutional Goal is to promote undergraduate research and to produce a large number of underprivileged and underrepresented minority students at UCR. This grant provides a Pre-MARC Development Program to increase the eligible pool of students for the Trainee Research Program. The goals of the MARC U* Program are the following: 1) Increase the pool of minority students eligible to become MARC U* Trainees by increasing the number of lower-division minority science majors at UCR that attain a GPA of 3.0 in Introductory Biology and Calculus; 2) provide support activities through tutoring, mentoring and a summer Pre-MARC Research Program by doubling the number of qualified minority students who apply to the MARC U* Training Program from an average of 15 to at least 30; 3) prepare MARC U* Trainees to become competitive for admission to and success in graduate school through research and other activities. The Measurable Objective is the percentage of student presentations at scientific meetings, authorship of scientific articles, and percentage of Trainees involved in extramural experiences will increase from 20% to 80%; 4) encourage MARC U* Trainees to apply to and graduate from PhD programs by increasing the number of Trainees who apply to and are accepted into PhD research programs to 100%. RELEVANCE: The increased number of highly qualified minority undergraduates produced by this MARC U* grant will be well prepared for entrance to PhD Programs and scientific research. The MARC U* Scholars will serve as role models in the scientific community to help break down racial concepts and barriers as well as producing interesting and productive research.