MARC at Vanderbilt University

项目总结/摘要 该建议旨在建立一个T34 MARC本科培训计划， 范德比尔特大学的结构，以支持提高成就和 保留来自代表性不足群体的STEM专业学生。为支持 总体而言，NIH的使命，该计划的首要目标是提供一个 为下一代的多元化和包容性提供卓越的培训环境 生物医学科学家和教师，并建立在强大的培训基础上 教师与奖学金，研究支持和本科生的特殊记录 指导，以及一个特殊的机构环境，其核心重点是 本科研究沉浸式，和机构范围内的奉献精神，以增加 多样性和卓越的包容性。这一使命的核心体现在 该计划的学术和研究目标，这是为我们的学生提供一个 通过提供核心课程，为STEM学科奠定坚实的教学基础， 为他们提供机会，进行最先进的研究， 在范德比尔特，一群非常成功和忠诚的导师的实验室， 在另一个机构待了一个夏天此外，该方案具有很强的重点 专业和职业发展，以及量化扫盲和严格的 科学，以建立必要的技能所需的成功研究生的目标 学校和超越，并培训未来的独立调查员的包容性干部 在生物医学研究中。范德比尔特提出的MARC计划是一个 跨学科计划，包括40名教师导师从3个不同的 学院和学校和7个部门，包括生物系 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。这些部门目前主持CA。700 特别合格的本科生是MARC资格，提供了一个杰出的 招聘的机会。该提案要求支持20名MARC学生， 本报告介绍了这一年的情况，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.