Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program "PREP@UAZ"

学士后研究教育计划“PREP@UAZ”

• 批准号: 10091470
• 负责人: MARGARET M BRIEHL
• 金额: $ 32.17万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-02-01 至 2023-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10091470
• 关键词: Advisory Committees; Affect; Alaska Native; American; American Indians; Arizona; Awareness; Back; Behavioral Research; Biomedical Research; Colorado; Communication; Communities; Critical Thinking; Cultural Sensitivity; Development Plans; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Effectiveness; Ethnic group; Faculty; Feeling; Fostering; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Health; Human; Indigenous; Individual; Institution; International; Knowledge; Lead; Mentors; Methods; Minority Groups; Minority-Serving Institution; Montana; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Native Americans; New Mexico; Participant; Personal Satisfaction; Positioning Attribute; Problem Solving; Published Comment; Reflex action; Research; STEM field; Schools; Science; Scientist; Student recruitment; Students; System; Time; Trainers Training; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Vision; Vocation; Well in self; Wisconsin; Work; Writing; base; career; career development; cohort; college; community engagement; cultural values; design; diversity and inclusion; education research; ethnic minority population; experience; faculty research; graduate student; health disparity; higher education; insight; matriculation; member; non-Native; peer coaching; programs; racial and ethnic; recruit; role model; skills; student mentoring; success; undergraduate student

Program Summary/Abstract American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are the most underrepresented racial/ethnic group among scientists in the U.S. One reason for their low representation is the cultural difference between Indigenous and Euro-American-based science, which can lead to a feeling of isolation for AI/AN students. The vision of Indigenous1 scholars within higher education and the long-term goal of the proposed University of Arizona Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (UA PREP) is to overcome these differences and increase the participation of AI/AN students in biomedical research. Due to its close proximity to many Tribal or AI/AN communities, the richness of its biomedical and behavioral research enterprise, and an institutional-level commitment to diversity and inclusion, UA is well-positioned for a PREP program. Further, UA ranks first among U.S. research-intensive universities in conferring PhD degrees to AI/AN students. The premise of the proposed PREP is that nurturing overall well-being and honoring Indigenous science knowledge while offering AI/AN students a doctoral-level research experience will provide the best foundation for success in graduate school. The current proposal seeks to provide five to eight UA PREP participants per year with an intensive research experience and additional training to enhance their competitiveness for doctoral programs. Strategic partnerships with minority-serving institutions and with programs at UA that support AI/AN undergraduates in STEM fields will be utilized to support recruitment efforts. The program will focus on students who have encountered greater than average challenges on their path to graduate school. Participants will spend 75% of their time conducting hypothesis-driven, doctoral-level research. The proposed activities for the remaining 25% of the participants' efforts will provide career development training. The matriculation and retention of AI/AN students in graduate programs will be increased by nurturing a sense of belonging within the community of science while honoring Indigenous knowledge. We aim to have at least 75% of the trainees matriculate into biomedical PhD programs. Their retention and success in these programs will be enhanced by foundations laid in UA PREP. Participants will be encouraged to incorporate their cultural values into their individual development plans. Further, program activities will nurture community engagement with frequent opportunities to interact with Native and non-Native science faculty and graduate students. The capacity of UA to train AI/AN graduate students will be fostered through annual workshops aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of faculty in mentoring students and increasing cultural sensitivity and awareness of and integration of Indigenous science methods into the curriculum. A selection committee of research-active mentors will recommend the strongest applicants to UA PREP for approval by the Institutional Advisory Committee. This committee and an expert external evaluator will regularly assess progress towards the UA PREP program objectives. 1Indigenous and Native American are used here, respectively, for Indigenous groups internationally and in the U.S. 1

项目概要/摘要 美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）是其中代表性最不足的种族/族裔群体 他们代表性低的一个原因是土著和土著之间的文化差异。 以欧美为基础的科学，这可能会导致AI/AN学生的孤立感。的愿景 高等教育中的土著学者和拟议中的亚利桑那大学的长期目标 学士后研究教育计划（UA PREP）是为了克服这些差异，增加 AI/AN学生参与生物医学研究。由于其靠近许多部落或AI/AN 社区，其生物医学和行为研究企业的丰富性，以及机构层面的 对多样性和包容性的承诺，UA是一个准备计划的有利位置。此外， 在美国研究密集型大学中，向AI/AN学生授予博士学位。的前提 拟议的PREP是培养整体福祉和尊重土著科学知识，同时提供 AI/AN学生博士水平的研究经验将为研究生的成功奠定最好的基础 学校目前的建议旨在每年向五至八名普遍获得准备方案参与者提供密集的 研究经验和额外的培训，以提高他们的博士课程的竞争力。战略 与少数民族服务机构和支持AI/AN本科生的UA计划建立伙伴关系， STEM领域将用于支持招聘工作。该计划将侧重于学生谁有 在他们进入研究生院的道路上遇到了比平均水平更大的挑战。参与者将花费75%的 他们的时间进行假设驱动，博士水平的研究。其余25%的拟议活动 将为学员提供职业发展培训。AI/AN的录取和保留 研究生课程的学生将通过培养社区内的归属感来增加， 科学，同时尊重土著知识。我们的目标是让至少75%的学员进入 生物医学博士课程。他们在这些方案中的保留和成功将通过奠定基础得到加强 将鼓励参与者将他们的文化价值观融入他们的个人生活中。 发展规划此外，计划活动将通过频繁的机会培养社区参与 与土著和非土著科学教师和研究生互动。UA培训AI/AN的能力 研究生将通过年度研讨会，旨在提高教师的有效性， 指导学生，提高对土著科学的文化敏感性和认识， 方法纳入课程。一个由研究活跃的导师组成的选拔委员会将推荐最强的 申请人到UA PREP由机构咨询委员会批准。这个委员会和一个专家 外部评估员将定期评估实现UA PREP计划目标的进展情况。 1 Indigenous和Native American在这里分别用于国际和美国的土著群体。 1