Elizabeth City State University Minority Access to Research Careers (E-MARC) Unde

描述（由申请人提供）：一个历史上的黑人机构，伊丽莎白城州立大学（ECSU）位于北卡罗来纳州最贫困的地区之一，是家庭对80%的学生。一个机构的自我研究确定了四个主要的挑战，不利于生产的毕业生是有竞争力的接受到博士课程。这些挑战是（i）第一代大学新生缺乏学术榜样，（ii）代表性不足的少数民族和大多数学生之间的学术成就差距，（iii）STEM学科的低高级专业和（iv）博士课程的低录取率。拟议的ECSU少数民族进入研究职业本科生学术和研究培训（E-MARC）旨在使该机构能够通过校园内的学术提升和全国各地外部研究密集型机构的生物医学/行为研究培训来减轻这些挑战。E-MARC参与者是生物学，化学，物理学，数学，计算机科学，工程技术，心理学和社会学的专业，最低GPA为3.50，并明确承诺攻读博士学位。预期成果：在赠款期的5年内，20名EMARC前校友和约10名非MARC支持的校友将进入博士课程。因此，该计划将导致进入博士课程的校友数量从5年的基线7增加到5年内的30多人。 公共卫生相关性：在美国的生物医学/行为研究企业中，少数民族代表性不足的主要因素包括：（一）URM和大多数学生之间的学术成就差距，（二）导致低平均成绩（GPA），（三）标准化考试成绩低，如研究生入学考试（GRE）被录取为博士学位，以及（四）缺乏参与夏季研究的机会。拟议的计划通过为URM提供学术增强活动和夏季研究实习培训机会来解决这些问题，旨在使他们有竞争力地接受博士课程。预计在资助期间，将有30多个URM被接受进入博士课程-增加了四倍多。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A historically black institution, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is located in one of the most impoverished regions of North Carolina that is home to 80% of its students. An institutional self-study identified four major challenges that militate against the production of graduates that are competitive for acceptance into PhD programs. These challenges are (i) lack of academic role models for first-generation college freshman, (ii) achievement gaps in academics between underrepresented minority and majority students, (iii) low advanced majors in the STEM disciplines and (iv) low acceptance rates into PhD Programs. The proposed ECSU Minority Access to Research Careers Undergraduate Students Academic and Research Training (E-MARC) is designed to equip the institution with an ability to mitigate these challenges through academic enhancement on campus and biomedical/behavioral research training at external research-intensive institutions around the country. E-MARC participants are majors in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering Technology, Psychology and Sociology with minimum GPA of 3.50 and unequivocal commitment to pursuing PhDs. Expected outcome: In the 5 years of the grant period, 20 EMARC former alumni and about 10 non-MARC supported alumni will have entered PhD programs. Thus, the program will result in increasing the number of alumni entering PhD programs from a 5-year baseline of 7 to over 30 in 5 years. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Major contributing factors to the great paucity of underrepresented minorities in the biomedical/behavioral research enterprise of the USA include (i) academic achievement gaps between URMs and majority students, (ii) resulting low grade point averages (GPAs), (iii) low scores on standardized tests such as Graduate Record Examination (GRE) required for acceptance into PhD and (iv) lack of participation in summer research opportunities. The proposed program addresses these problems by providing academic enhancement activities and summer research internship training opportunities for the URMs designed to make them competitive for acceptance into PhD programs. It is expected that over 30 URMs will be accepted into PhD programs during the funding--more than four-fold increase.