MARC at Vanderbilt University

项目摘要/摘要 该提案寻求在以下地点建立T34 MARC本科培训计划 范德比尔特大学，旨在支持提高成就和 STEM专业留住来自代表性不足群体的学生。为了支持 NIH的总体任务，该计划的首要目标是提供一个 为下一代多元化和包容性的员工提供卓越的培训环境 生物医学的科学家和教职员工，是建立在强大培养的基础上的 在奖学金、研究支持和本科生方面有出色记录的教师 指导，以及一个特殊的制度环境，核心重点是 本科生沉浸在研究中，全校致力于提高 多元化和包容性的卓越。这项使命的核心体现在 该项目的学术和研究目标是为我们的学生提供一个 通过提供核心课程，在STEM学科方面奠定坚实的教学基础，以及 为他们提供机会进行最先进的研究 在范德比尔特这里，一群非常成功和忠诚的导师的实验室， 在另一家机构度过了一个夏天。此外，该计划还具有很强的侧重点 关于专业和职业发展，关于量化素养和严谨 理科，目标是培养成功毕业所需的必要技能 学校和其他地方，并培训一支包容各方的未来独立调查员队伍 在生物医学研究方面。范德比尔特大学拟议的MARC计划是一项 跨学科计划，包括来自3个不同国家的40名教员 学院和学校以及包括生物系在内的7个系 科学、生物医学工程、化学、计算机科学、神经科学、 物理学、天文学和心理学。这些部门目前拥有约700名学生。 非常合格的本科生，符合MARC标准，提供了一个出色的 招聘的机会。该提案要求为每人20名MARC学生提供支持 并提供了这一请求的理由和理由。

Project Summary/Abstract This proposal seeks to establish a T34 MARC undergraduate training program at Vanderbilt University that is structured to support the enhancement of achievement and retention in STEM majors of students from underrepresented groups. In support of the overall NIH mission, the overarching objective of the program is to provide an exceptional training environment for the next generation of diverse and inclusive biomedical scientists and faculty, and is built on the foundation of a strong training faculty with exceptional records of scholarship, research support and undergraduate mentoring, and an exceptional institutional environment with core emphases on undergraduate research Immersion, and institution-wide dedication to increasing diversity and Inclusive Excellence. The heart of this mission is expressed in the academic and research goals of the program, which are to provide our students with a strong didactic foundation in the STEM disciplines through core curriculum offerings, and to provide them with the opportunity to carry out state-of-the-art research in the laboratories of a group of highly successful and committed mentors, here at Vanderbilt, and for one summer at another institution. In addition, the program has strong emphases on professional and career development, and on quantitative literacy and rigorous science, with the objective of building the requisite skills needed for success in graduate school and beyond, and of training an inclusive cadre of future independent investigators in biomedical research. The proposed MARC Program at Vanderbilt is an interdisciplinary program that encompasses 40 faculty preceptors from 3 different colleges and schools and 7 departments, including the departments of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Neuroscience, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology. These departments currently host ca. 700 exceptionally qualified undergraduates that are MARC eligible, providing an outstanding opportunity for recruitment. The proposal requests support for 20 MARC students each year and provides the rationale and justification for this request.