Brown University Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

布朗大学学士后研究教育计划

• 批准号: 10079490
• 负责人: CARLOS D AIZENMAN
• 金额: $ 30.37万
• 依托单位: BROWN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10079490
• 关键词: Address; Behavioral Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; Caliber; Cognitive; Communication; Communities; Critical Thinking; Custom; Degree program; Development; Development Plans; Diverse Workforce; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Educational Status; Enrollment; Ensure; Environment; Evaluation; Exposure to; Faculty; Fostering; Goals; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Individual; Interdisciplinary Study; Intervention; Knowledge; Learning; Life; Linguistics; Link; Literature; Measurable; Medical; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority-Serving Institution; Monitor; NCI Scholars Program; Neurosciences; Oral; Outcome; Preparation; Production; Psychology; Public Health; Readiness; Research; STEM field; Schools; Science; Series; Solid; Structure; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Populations; Underrepresented Students; Universities; career; career development; career networking; community building; design; education research; experience; faculty mentor; graduate student; health disparity; improved; innovation; meetings; novel; peer coaching; programs; psychologic; quality assurance; recruit; skill acquisition; skills; student training; supportive environment; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student

Project Summary/Abstract Assessment of current programs designed to increase diversity in STEM disciplines at Brown University has revealed the need to specifically address the critical transition from undergraduate into doctoral training programs. The goal of Brown PREP is to diversify and enrich the biomedical research endeavor by increasing the number of students enrolled in and completing doctoral training programs. Informed by best practices and lessons learned from an institutional pilot PREP program, we describe an innovative program characterized by a comprehensive and customizable set of interventions to support and advance underrepresented students' academic and career development. Each year, our program will recruit and support eight research-oriented baccalaureate graduates from underrepresented backgrounds and provide them with interdisciplinary research experiences, individualized academic planning, professional development, and skill-building activities to increase their competitiveness and readiness for high-caliber doctoral programs. Participating departments for Brown's proposed PREP reside in the Life and Medical Sciences Division and include biology, neuroscience, psychology, public health and cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences. In addition to intensive interdisciplinary research experiences and knowledge development, multiple mentorship and community building opportunities permeate the activities of the Brown PREP. Creating a community of scholars that will help students successfully navigate program requirements is viewed as essential to helping students reach their full potential in a short period of time. The use of Individual Development Plans (IDP) will ensure that the Brown PREP research, educational and professional development activities are specifically tailored to address each student's academic and career goals. As important, the Brown PREP will provide opportunities for faculty to engage in conversations about the importance of developing a diverse workforce in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. We have developed a comprehensive evaluation plan to assess outcomes and progress toward meeting the overall goal and aims of this project and monitor quality assurance across the proposed interventions. As designed, the Brown PREP will increase the production of underrepresented students who obtain a doctoral degree in the biomedical sciences; institutionalize best practices on training and mentoring diverse scholars that can be shared among the Brown community and beyond; and diversify the biomedical research workforce.

项目概要/摘要 对布朗大学当前旨在增加 STEM 学科多样性的项目进行了评估 揭示了需要专门解决从本科生到博士生培训的关键过渡 程序。 Brown PREP 的目标是通过增加生物医学研究工作的多样性和丰富性 注册并完成博士培训课程的学生人数。了解最佳实践和 从机构试点 PREP 计划中汲取的经验教训，我们描述了一项创新计划，其特点是 一套全面且可定制的干预措施，以支持和促进代表性不足的学生的发展 学术和职业发展。 每年，我们的计划都会招募和支持来自以下国家的八名研究型学士学位毕业生： 代表性不足的背景，并为他们提供跨学科的研究经验，个性化 学术规划、专业发展和技能建设活动，以提高他们的竞争力 并为高水平的博士课程做好准备。布朗提议的 PREP 的参与部门 隶属于生命与医学科学部，包括生物学、神经科学、心理学、公共卫生 以及认知、语言和心理科学。 除了密集的跨学科研究经验和知识发展之外，多个 指导和社区建设机会贯穿于布朗 PREP 的活动中。创建一个 将帮助学生成功满足课程要求的学者社区被视为 对于帮助学生在短时间内充分发挥潜力至关重要。使用个人 发展计划（IDP）将确保布朗 PREP 的研究、教育和专业 发展活动专门针对每个学生的学术和职业目标而定制。作为 重要的是，布朗 PREP 将为教师提供参与有关 在生物医学和行为科学领域培养多元化劳动力的重要性。我们开发了 全面评估计划，评估实现总体目标和目标的成果和进展 该项目并监督拟议干预措施的质量保证。 按照设计，布朗预科项目将增加代表性不足的学生的产出，这些学生获得了 生物医学博士学位；将培训和指导多样化的最佳实践制度化 可以在布朗社区内外共享的学者；并使生物医学研究多样化 劳动力。