The UC Berkeley MARC: Leadership and Innovation in the Biological Sciences.

描述（由申请人提供）：U.C.伯克利分校是一个杰出的研究机构，但有一个问题：一小部分代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生主修生物学，利用生物科学研究并以荣誉毕业。在过去的五年中，不到10%的URM本科生毕业时获得了生物学学位（Berkes，2008）。非洲裔美国人和墨西哥裔拉丁裔学生参与STEM学科研究的比例低得惊人，分别为7%和13%。最后，在过去的五年里，URM的学生只占所有生物科学荣誉课程的4%。U.C.的目标伯克利MARC U-STAR计划是弥合伯克利杰出的研究环境和URM学生对生物科学感兴趣的未开发潜力之间的差距。我们将1）提供有效的辅导和建议量身定制我们的本科学者的背景，以提高他们的学术成绩通过生物学者计划（BSP），2）暴露学者作为新生和新生的好处，社会相关性，兴奋，和多个职业机会在生物医学研究，和3）通过雇用他们进行长期的独立研究，减少他们的财务限制。建议的UC伯克利MARC计划将包括两个主要组成部分：前MARC计划和MARC学者计划。预MARC计划的目标是利用生物学学者计划的现有计划优势，以及创新的密集研究预科课程，为MARC学者计划提供大量合格和忠诚的申请人。MARC学者计划的目标是培养一批生物科学领域的创新领导者，他们将是实验室技术专家，但也将对研究文化和博士后的选择有深入的了解。在拟议的U.C.期间，伯克利MARC计划，26名代表性不足的学生将接受为期两年的MARC学者计划的强化研究培训和指导，并就读于顶级博士学位。作为一个创新的年轻科学家与教学，服务和研究的热情计划。 相关性：有一个惊人的需要，以增加来自代表性不足的背景生物医学研究人员和教职员工的数量。加州大学伯克利MARC U-STAR计划将产生26名来自代表性不足的背景的杰出生物医学研究人员，他们将开发新技术，识别新型药物化合物，并创造干预措施，以改善社区和国家的健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): U.C. Berkeley is an outstanding research institution with a problem: a small percentage of underrepresented minority (URM) students are majoring in Biology, taking advantage of research in the Biological Sciences and graduating with Honors. In the past five years, less than 10% of the URM undergraduate population has graduated with a degree in Biology (Berkes, 2008). African-American and Chicano-Latino students participate in research in the STEM disciplines at alarmingly low rates - 7% and 13% respectively. Finally, URM students made up only 4% of all biological science Honors programs in the past five years. The objective of the U.C. Berkeley MARC U-STAR program is to bridge the gap between Berkeley's outstanding research environment and the untapped potential of URM students interested in the biological sciences. We will 1) provide effective tutoring and advising tailored to the backgrounds of our undergraduate scholars to improve their academic performance through the Biology Scholars Program (BSP), 2) expose the Scholars as freshmen and sophomores to the benefits, social relevance, excitement, and multiple career opportunities in biomedical research, and 3) reduce their financial constraints by employing them to conduct long-term independent research. The proposed U.C. Berkeley MARC program will consist of two major components: a pre-MARC program and the MARC Scholars program. The goal of the pre-MARC program will be to utilize the existing programmatic strengths of the Biology Scholars Program in addition to an innovative intensive research pre-course to generate a large pool of qualified and committed applicants to the MARC Scholars Program. The goal of the MARC Scholars program will be to produce a cohort of innovative leaders in the Biological Sciences who will be experts in lab techniques, but who will also have a deep understanding of the culture of research and the options available to them post-Ph.D. During the course of the proposed U.C. Berkeley MARC program, twenty-six underrepresented students will undergo the intensive research training and mentoring of the two-year MARC Scholars Program, and enroll in top-tier Ph.D. programs as innovative young scientists with a passion for teaching, service and research. RELEVANCE: There is a staggering need to increase the number of biomedical researchers and faculty members from underrepresented backgrounds. The U.C. Berkeley MARC U-STAR program will generate 26 outstanding biomedical researchers from underrepresented backgrounds who will develop new technologies, identify novel drug compounds and create interventions to improve the health of their communities and the nation.