MARC at Georgia State University: Workforce Diversity through Honors Undergraduates

项目摘要 佐治亚州立大学的Marc(Marc@GSU)将通过荣誉创造劳动力多样性 本科生。格拉斯哥州立大学是一个新的MARC项目的“正确的地点”；我们的机构提供 “研究密集型院校”与5万多名学生组成“少数族裔”的不寻常组合 人口。然而，该机构的文化还不能支持获得博士学位的校友达到令人印象深刻的水平。一个 MARC@GSU的战略主旨将是利用GSU越来越多的最先进的跨学科 本科课程，如B&B(大脑与行为)、MBD(疾病分子基础)和IMSD (最大化学生发展倡议)，以及像CTY(Catch)这样的暑期高中项目 他们年轻)和ION(神经科学研究所)，提供动手培训，培养生命的机会 和专业技能，并亲自接触生物医学和行为学领域的职业道路 科学。MARC将帮助我们获得大量的支持计划和培训资金，以改变我们的文化。 在近1,000名符合Marc标准的生物、化学、神经科学和心理学本科生中，我们 根据以下四个计划目标，每个队列将招募6-8人参加我们的综合计划：1)参与 在格拉斯哥州立大学获得最先进研究助学金的学生，以及在哈佛或范德比尔特获得外部奖学金的学生；2) 通过以荣誉级别课程为基础的本科生研究经验来改善学术环境 (治疗)、研讨会、未来主义生物技术课程和荣誉论文；3)促进科学交流， 通过研讨会、会议旅行、Maker项目和 专业管理；以及4)最大限度地提供全面的指导和个性化的职业支持 通过NRMN导师培训。国内流离失所者、专业实地考察和时间表规划应用程序将提醒学者们 在研究中提供多样化的职业道路，并促进明确的职业规划。根据我们的评估计划，我们将 评估学生在预测研究生涯的内部倾向方面的进展(例如自我效能感和 科学身份)，并衡量90%的MARC学者完成学士学位的NIH基准， 60%的人攻读博士学位，80%的人完成高级学位。一双平衡的 联合首席调查员在教育和板凳科学方面都有专业知识，可以很好地领导 由四名关键教员组成的多元化和热情的团队，以及30多名支持和富有成效的教职教员， 在荣誉学院和一个新的学生进步中心的基础支持下工作 和佐治亚州立大学的校友(CASA)。最终，Marc@GSU将使代表不足的个人做好准备 为成功的研究事业提供团体支持，从而帮助加强美国的研究队伍。

PROJECT ABSTRACT MARC at Georgia State University (MARC@GSU) will create workforce diversity through honors undergraduates. GSU is the “right place at the right time” for a new MARC program; our institution offers an unusual combination of “research intensive institution” with over 50,000 students in a “minority-majority” population. Yet the institutional culture does not yet support impressive levels of alumni earning PhDs. A strategic thrust of MARC@GSU will be to leverage GSU’s growing number of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary undergraduate programs like B&B (Brains & Behavior), MBD (Molecular Basis of Disease), and IMSD (Initiative for Maximizing Student Development), as well as summer high-school programs like CTY (Catch Them Young) and ION (Institute on Neuroscience), to provide hands-on training, opportunities to cultivate life and professional skills, and gain in-person exposure to career pathways in biomedical and behavioral sciences. MARC will help us reach critical mass of support programs and training funds to change our culture. Out of almost 1,000 MARC-eligible undergraduates in biology, chemistry, neuroscience, and psychology, we will recruit 6-8 per cohort into our wrap-around programming grounded in four program objectives: 1) engage students in state-of-the-art research assistantships at GSU and externships at Harvard or Vanderbilt; 2) enhance the academic environment through honors-level course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), seminars, a futuristic biotechnology course, and honors theses; 3) promote scientific communication, psychosocial awareness, and technical skills through workshops, conference travel, maker projects, and professional stewardship; and 4) maximize comprehensive mentoring and individualized career support through NRMN mentor training. IDPs, professional field trips, and timeline planning apps will alert scholars to a diverse array of career paths in research and facilitate clear career planning. Per our evaluation plan, we will evaluate student progress toward internal dispositions that predict research careers (e.g. self-efficacy and science identity), and measure the NIH benchmarks of 90% of MARC Scholars completing bachelor’s degrees, 60% proceeding into PhD programs, and 80% of those completing their advanced degrees. A balanced pair of Co-Principal Investigators, with expertise in both education and bench science, is well-positioned to lead a diverse and enthusiastic team of four key faculty, and over 30 supportive and productive faculty preceptors, working with foundational support from the Honors College and a new Center for the Advancement of Students and Alumni (CASA) at Georgia State. Ultimately, MARC@GSU will prepare individuals from underrepresented groups for successful research careers, thereby helping to enhance the US research workforce.