NIH Summer Research Program to Increase Diversity Among Biomedical Researchers

描述（由申请人提供）：马萨诸塞州大学医学院（UMMS）寻求资金，继续其夏季本科生研究计划，为传统上在生物医学研究中代表不足的群体或来自弱势背景的本科生，以及残疾学生。UMMS提供了一个非常密集的研究环境，2010年吸引了超过2.4亿美元的研究资金，其中80%来自联邦来源。2010年，UMMS获得了临床和转化科学奖，这是自2006年以来获得该奖项的美国55家精英机构之一。每年，超过55名UMMS教职员工担任导师/实验室主持人的学员，选拔委员会成员，讲师和海报法官的程序。 NIH资助的项目每年支持24名学员。研究的UMMS办公室每年提供额外的匹配资金（8 - 10）为夏季本科生研究经验（SURE）的学生谁不符合NIH的选择标准的学员。这两个程序是并行运行，提供相同的经验，并根据程序共同主任。NIH的资金将使该计划持续到21 - 25年。从1993年至2012年，大约有三百八十（380）名国家卫生研究院学员。前学员已被引用为作者和共同作者，海报介绍，摘要和致谢他们的贡献在250多个同行评审的期刊文章，比2008年美国国立卫生研究院计划提交报告的85引用显着增加。(This可能不代表引用的总数，但只有我们能够找到和验证的）在上一个资助周期（2008 - 2012）有119个NIH和42个SURE学员（总数= 161）代表115所美国学院和大学。 UMMS夏季本科研究计划是一个高度结构化的计划。除了实验室的经验，学员必须提供他们的工作摘要，并制定了一个由整个UMMS研究界参加的闭幕海报会议的海报。该计划的其他内容包括研究方向与讲座：保持实验室笔记本;负责任的研究行为，动物安全，化学安全和辐射安全。在该计划的前两周，有六个关于生物医学研究中最近或“突破”问题的讲座。为受训人员举办了关于负责任地进行研究的课程。学员被随机分为四个小组（每组8 - 9人），由博士后研究员领导的每周小组讨论会（第4 - 9周），以适应讨论他们的研究，并开始准备他们的海报。在项目期间，每个学员参加两次与项目联合主任的小组早餐俱乐部会议。学员被安置在当地的大学宿舍和平日交通/从UMMS提供。 在每个项目结束时，学员都要完成一个广泛的项目评估。从评估中获得的信息每年都被跟踪，并用于改进该计划。导师/实验室主持人完成一个中期计划评估，用于向受训者提供有关其表现的进度报告，并在要求推荐信时进行最终评估。导师/实验室主持人也评估该计划。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) seeks funding to continue its summer undergraduate research program for undergraduates from groups traditionally under- represented in biomedical research or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and students with disabilities. UMMS provides a very intensive research environment attracting more than $240 million in research funding in 2010, 80 percent of which came from federal sources. In 2010 UMMS received a Clinical and Translational Science Award, one of fifty-five elite institutions in the US to receive this award since 2006. Annually, over fifty-five UMMS faculty members serve as mentors/lab hosts to the trainees, Selection Committee members, lecturers and poster judges for the program. The NIH funded program supports 24 trainees annually. The UMMS Office of Research provides matching funds each year for additional (8 - 10) trainees for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) for students who do not meet NIH selection criteria. Both programs are run in parallel, provide identical experiences, and are under the Program Co-Directors. NIH funding will allow this program to continue through years 21 - 25. From 1993 - 2012 there have been approximately three hundred eighty (380) NIH trainees. Former trainees have been cited as authors and co-authors, poster presentations, abstracts and acknowledgements for their contributions in over 250 peer reviewed journal articles, representing a significant increase over the 85 citations reported in the 2008 NIH program submission. (This may not represent the total number of citations, but only the ones we have been able to locate and verify) In the last funding cycle (2008 - 2012) there were 119 NIH and 42 SURE trainees (total = 161) representing 115 US colleges and universities. The UMMS summer undergraduate research program is a highly structured program. In addition to the laboratory experience, trainees must provide an abstract of their work and develop a poster for a Closing Poster session attended by the entire UMMS research community. Additional elements of the program include an orientation to research with lectures on: keeping a laboratory notebook; the responsible conduct of research, animal safety, chemical safety and radiation safety. During the first two weeks of the program there are six lectures on recent or "breaking" issues in biomedical research. A session on the Responsible Conduct of Research is held for the trainees. Trainees are randomly divided into four small groups (8 - 9 each) for weekly Small Group Discussion sessions (weeks 4 - 9) led by Post-Doctoral Fellows to adjust to discussing their research and begin preparing their posters. Twice during the program each trainee attends a small group Breakfast Club meeting with the Program Co-Directors. Trainees are housed in a local college dormitory and weekday transportation to/from UMMS is provided. At the end of each program trainees complete an extensive program evaluation. Information derived from the evaluation is tracked year-to-year and used to improve the program. Mentors/lab hosts complete a mid-program evaluation used to give the trainees a progress report on their performance, and a final evaluation used when letters of recommendation are requested. Mentors/lab hosts also evaluate the program. (End of Abstract)