MARC/Biomedical Research and Training Program at the University of Arizona

亚利桑那大学 MARC/生物医学研究和培训项目

• 批准号: 7625941
• 负责人: MARC E TISCHLER
• 金额: $ 40.71万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-06-01 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7625941
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Arizona (UA) MARC program continues support for 7 current trainees and up to 41 new trainees to be selected in the next 5 years. This program provides unique research, mentoring, financial, and academic opportunities to upper-division under represented minority students (African-American, Hispanic, Native-American, U.S. Pacific Islander) who have interest and potential to pursue biomedical research careers, seeks to increase the number of such students entering Ph.D., and provides opportunities for non- MARC trainees. Specific aims include 1) to attract 125 new students per year to participate in outreach activities, 2) to reduce the gap in the percentage of under represented minority students achieving a grade average of greater than 3.0 in targeted majors relative to all other students, 3) to increase the 2-year retention rate in the MARC majors to 80% by fall 2010, and 4) to have 85% of MARC trainees who enter the pro- gram, as of June 2006, enter Ph.D. programs or Ph.D. coupled with other programs. UA MARC trainees are a select group, chosen for their grades, research interest, and potential, from an eligible pool of honors minority students from 11 majors (chemistry, math and 9 areas of biological science) in 4 colleges. Outstanding well-funded training faculty, provide opportunities for research guidance and intensive mentoring using their training experience with undergraduates and commitment to training minority students. Mentoring also is provided by the program director. Through the Minority Biomedical Research Colloquium, trainees meet outstanding minority scientists from other institutions as well as former UA MARC trainees in Ph.D. programs. Students attend workshops on research ethics and minority health disparities; take a Biomedical Ethics course; take part in a scientific writing program; attend national science meetings; participate in intramural and extramural research; present posters at campus and national conferences; give oral presentations in the Research Colloquium, and attend a GRE preparation course and workshops on the graduate application process. The UA MARC program, is selective, prestigious and the "carrot" that encourages lower- division minority students to do well academically, and the conduit that prepares outstanding minority students to pursue careers in biomedical research. Pre-MARC outreach activities include a Careers Colloquium, the MARC Research Colloquium, and tutoring in lower-division math and science.

描述(由申请人提供)：亚利桑那大学(UA)MARC计划继续支持7名现有学员和最多41名新学员在未来5年内被选中。该计划为有兴趣和潜力从事生物医学研究事业的上层少数族裔学生(非裔美国人、西班牙裔、美洲原住民、美国太平洋岛民)提供独特的研究、指导、财务和学术机会，旨在增加此类学生进入博士学位的数量，并为非MARC学员提供机会。具体目标包括：1)每年吸引125名新学生参加外展活动；2)缩小少数族裔学生在目标专业的平均成绩超过3.0的比例与所有其他学生的差距；3)到2010年秋季将MARC专业的两年保留率提高到80%；4)到2006年6月，85%的MARC实习生进入该项目，进入博士课程或博士学位课程和其他课程。UA Marc实习生是从4所大学11个专业(化学、数学和9个生物科学领域)的合格少数族裔学生中挑选出来的，根据他们的成绩、研究兴趣和潜力进行挑选的群体。优秀的资金充足的培训教师，利用他们与本科生的培训经验和对培训少数族裔学生的承诺，提供研究指导和强化指导的机会。指导也由项目主管提供。通过少数民族生物医学研究座谈会，学员可以与来自其他机构的杰出少数民族科学家以及前UA Marc博士项目学员见面。学生参加关于研究伦理和少数民族健康差距的研讨会；参加生物医学伦理课程；参加科学写作计划；参加国家科学会议；参加校内外研究；在校园和全国会议上发布海报；在研究座谈会上做口头报告，并参加GRE准备课程和关于研究生申请过程的研讨会。UA MARC项目是有选择性的、享有盛誉的，是鼓励低年级少数族裔学生在学业上取得优异成绩的“胡萝卜”，也是为优秀少数族裔学生从事生物医学研究事业做准备的渠道。MARC之前的推广活动包括职业座谈会、MARC研究座谈会，以及低级数学和科学的辅导。