UConn Undergraduate Training Program for Maximizing Access to Research Careers

康涅狄格大学本科生培训计划，最大限度地提高研究职业机会

• 批准号: 10632059
• 负责人: Xinnian Chen
• 金额: $ 22.52万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10632059
• 关键词: Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Collaborations; Communities; Connecticut; Dedications; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Funding; Goals; Graduation Rates; Individual; Mentors; Minority; Minority Participation; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Pharmacologic Substance; Physiology; Program Development; Psychology; Publishing; Recording of previous events; Research; STEM field; Scholars Program; Science; Scientific Inquiry; Societies; Structure; Student recruitment; Students; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Work; bridge program; career; experience; hands on research; programs; psychologic; recruit; retention rate; skills training; student retention; student training; success; symposium; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

Abstract/Project Summary This is a new proposal to start the first T34 MARC U-STAR program at the University of Connecticut (UCONN). The UCONN program will be led by the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB) and will bring together some of our best mentors from four well-integrated academic units: the departments of PNB, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology and Psychological Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The UCONN MARC U-STAR program features a comprehensive recruitment plan, a well-supported mentoring structure, a group of dedicated mentors with strong funding histories, individual and programmatic experience in mentoring under-represented minority students, an immersive educational program, and collaborations with existing programs at the University focused on maximizing underrepresented student recruitment and retention in STEM fields. The MARC U-STAR program will benefit from our previous success in implementing a Beckman Scholars Program and a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program within the department, and our departmental involvement in university wide diversity programs including LSAMP and the McNair Scholars Program. At its core, the MARC U-STAR program at UCONN will provide mentoring and hands-on research experience to 7 under-graduate students per year with each trainee receiving 24 months of direct support from this mechanism. The program will boast a wide scope of proposed research and didactic activities, a recruitment and retention plan that leverages local minority-serving programs currently present at UCONN including the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), the McNair Scholars Program, and the BRIDGE program for incoming freshman. Each student's training and mentoring plan will be informed by an Individualized Development Program (IDP). We expect that each trainee will complete an honors thesis in the biomedical sciences, will present and participate in scientific conferences, will contribute to original published works, and will gain the confidence, skills-training and experience needed to go on to gain advanced degrees in biomedical research. We also expect 70% of our trainees will pursuit a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences. Our specific goals are to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented honors students, provide trainees with an extended opportunity to be engaged in scientific inquiry, and to develop a community of underrepresented undergraduate scholars with a shared commitment to contribute to society by pursuing advanced training in biomedical research.

摘要/项目摘要 这是一个新的建议，开始在康涅狄格大学的第一个T34 MARC U-STAR计划 （UCONN）. UCONN计划将由生理学和神经生物学系领导 (PNB)并将汇集我们的一些最好的导师从四个良好的综合学术单位： PNB，分子和细胞生物学，生物医学工程，心理学和 心理科学和药物科学。康州大学MARC U-STAR计划 具有全面的招聘计划，支持良好的指导结构，一组 具有强大的资助历史、个人和项目指导经验的专职导师 代表性不足的少数民族学生，沉浸式教育计划，以及与 大学现有的项目集中在最大限度地提高代表性不足的学生的招聘， 保留在STEM领域。MARC U-STAR计划将受益于我们以前的成功， 实施贝克曼学者计划和本科生研究经验（REU） 部门内的计划，我们的部门参与大学广泛的多样性 包括LSAMP和McNair学者计划。在其核心，MARC U-STAR 康州大学的一个项目将为7名本科生提供指导和实践研究经验 该机制每年为学生提供24个月的直接支助。的 计划将拥有广泛的拟议研究和教学活动，招聘和 保留计划，利用当地少数民族服务计划目前在康州大学，包括 路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP），麦克奈尔学者计划，以及 桥计划为新生。每个学生的培训和指导计划将是 个性化发展计划（IDP）。我们希望每个学员都能完成 生物医学科学的荣誉论文，将出席并参加科学会议，将 有助于原创出版的作品，并将获得信心，技能培训和经验 需要继续获得生物医学研究的高级学位。我们也希望70%的 学员将攻读博士学位。生物医学科学学位。我们的具体目标是增加 招聘，保留和毕业率的代表性不足的荣誉学生，提供学员 有更多的机会从事科学研究，并发展一个社区， 代表性不足的本科学者，共同致力于通过以下方式为社会做出贡献： 在生物医学研究方面接受高级培训。