Virginia Commonwealth University Initiative for Maximizing Student Development

弗吉尼亚联邦大学最大化学生发展倡议

• 批准号: 9207456
• 负责人: HAMID I AKBARALI
• 金额: $ 34.52万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-03-15 至 2018-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9207456
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) IMSD program was prompted by a self-study that indicated underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduates in STEM-H majors and PhD students in the biomedical sciences were underperforming in their academic programs. The aims of the original proposal were focused on PhD students in the biomedical sciences and Biology undergraduates and were largely designed to increase (a) numbers of URM biology majors who remained in the major, participated in undergraduate research, enrolled in biomedical PhD programs after completing the degree, and completed the PhD in biomedical disciplines and (b) improve academic performance and research productivity of URM students in the biomedical sciences. During the current period of support we have made significant progress towards achieving these goals. The program supported 23 URM undergraduates who participated in mentored research and provided academic/ career counseling to these individuals and countless more through the Undergraduate Research Coordinator in Biology, a position developed through a partnership between VCU-IMSD, VCU-MARC, and the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences. Both of the IMSD Undergraduate Scholars have finished the degree to date are pursuing additional training in the biomedical sciences. Seventy five percent of supported VCU-IMSD PhD students are making good progress towards their degrees and the first of these individuals will complete the PhD in spring or summer of 2013. We view these data as evidence that VCU-IMSD "is working", but also recognize the need for further program development to increase our success rate and improve the quality of the experience that we provide to trainees. To accomplish those goals, the specific aims of this competitive renewal are: (1) To provide mentored research experiences for 16 IMSD Undergraduate Scholars/ year and 4 IMSD PhD students/ year, (2): To use both well-tested and novel strategies to increase academic success of IMSD trainees, (3) To design and deliver enrichment activities that develop trainees' critical thinking/ problem solving skills, improve communications skills, increase awareness of careers that complement their interests and personalities, (4) To ensure that at least 60% of IMSD Undergraduate Scholars enroll in competitive PhD programs in the biomedical sciences, (5) To ensure that e 90% of IMSD Scholars who enroll complete PhD programs in the biomedical sciences, (6) To use aggressive recruiting strategies to increase URM applications to the Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Portal by 100%, and (7) To increase productivity of URM PhD students to be comparable to that of their peers. Focused mentoring and careful selection of research mentors will be used to enhance productivity of IMSD PhD students. We believe our aims are achievable and consistent with the goals of the IMSD Program "to develop the pool of a diverse group of highly trained undergraduate and graduate students who go on to research careers and will be available to participate in NIH-funded research."

描述（由申请人提供）：弗吉尼亚联邦大学 (VCU) IMSD 计划是由一项自学推动的，该自学表明 STEM-H 专业中代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 本科生和生物医学科学博士生的学术课程表现不佳。最初提案的目标集中在生物医学科学博士生和生物学本科生，主要是为了增加（a）留在该专业、参加本科研究、完成学位后注册生物医学博士课程并完成生物医学学科博士学位的URM生物学专业学生的数量，以及（b）提高URM生物医学专业学生的学术表现和研究生产力。 生物医学科学。在当前的支持期间，我们在实现这些目标方面取得了重大进展。该计划支持了 23 名 URM 本科生，他们参与了指导研究，并通过生物学本科生研究协调员为这些人和无数人提供学术/职业咨询，该职位是 VCU-IMSD、VCU-MARC 和 VCU 人文与科学学院合作开发的。迄今为止，IMSD 的两名本科生学者均已完成学位，正在接受生物医学科学方面的额外培训。 75% 受资助的 VCU-IMSD 博士生在攻读学位方面取得了良好进展，其中第一批学生将于 2013 年春季或夏季完成博士学位。我们将这些数据视为 VCU-IMSD“正在发挥作用”的证据，但也认识到需要进一步开发项目，以提高我们的成功率并提高我们为学员提供的体验质量。为了实现这些目标，本次竞争性更新的具体目标是：(1) 为 16 名 IMSD 本科生/年和 4 名 IMSD 博士生/年提供指导研究经验，(2)：使用经过充分测试的新颖策略来提高 IMSD 学员的学术成功，(3) 设计和提供丰富的活动，培养学员的批判性思维/解决问题的能力，提高沟通技巧，提高对职业的认识 互补他们的兴趣和个性，(4) 确保至少 60% 的 IMSD 本科学者报名参加生物医学科学领域的竞争性博士课程，(5) 确保 90% 的 IMSD 学者报名完成生物医学科学博士课程，(6) 采用积极的招聘策略，将生物医学科学博士门户网站的 URM 申请增加 100%，以及 (7) 提高URM博士生的生产力，使其与同龄人相当。重点指导和精心挑选的研究导师将用于提高 IMSD 博士生的生产力。我们相信我们的目标是可以实现的，并且与 IMSD 计划的目标是一致的：“培养一支由训练有素的本科生和研究生组成的多元化群体，他们将继续从事研究工作，并能够参与 NIH 资助的研究。”