ASCEND Training Model to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research

拟议的项目名为“以学生为中心的创业发展（ASCEND）培训模式 促进生物医学研究的多样性”，采用创业与学徒制的方法。在 换句话说，与传统模式不同，ASCEND学生发挥了更积极的作用， 所有权从一开始就提出和选择他们的研究课题，设计适当的研究 方法，写小额赠款，并推动项目向前发展。ASCEND模型将其方法调整为 解决与为什么本科少数民族学生可能没有兴趣进入职业生涯有关的因素 在生物医学研究中（例如，自主性和创造力不足，缺乏即时的满足感/奖励， 缺乏同伴支持）。拟议项目的学生将从摩根州立大学招募， 通过管道合作伙伴机构，如公立学校和社区学院。学生可以 通过参与学生的科学研究，立即参与生物医学研究 中心（SSRC）由ASCEND创建，以激励，培训和授权学生进行自己的 research. SSRC创建了一个感兴趣的本科生池，其中30名合格的学员 将被招募到一个年度夏季研究所（SRI）。据ASCEND称， SRI将积极参与组建不同的研究团队，选择研究课题，并开发 他们自己的提议。在每一学年中，将招募20名ASCEND学者 通过竞争性的过程，以获得先进的研究培训和实施他们的研究建议。 他们将被分配与经验丰富的导师一起工作，帮助他们制定和实施 个人发展计划和研究项目。每个队列将参与至少两个 年此外，拟议项目打算提高摩根州立大学的培训能力， 通过改善相关基础设施和组建一支训练有素的教师队伍， 和学生致力于维持和传播ASCEND培训模式。 相关性（参见说明）： ASCEND项目将为一大群URM学生提供研究培训， 创业模式，让他们学习如何做研究，而这样做。因此，一个新的干部， 的生物医学少数民族研究人员将接受培训，他们既熟悉健康的根本原因， 健康差距问题，并有能力解决这些问题。

The proposed project, titled "A Student-Centered Entrepreneurship Development (ASCEND) Training Model to Promote Diversity in Biomedical Research," uses an entrepreneurial versus apprenticeship approach. In Other words, unlike the traditional models, the ASCEND students play a more active role and will take ownership from the start by proposing and selecting their topic of research, designing appropriate research methods, writing small grants, and moving the project forward. The ASCEND model tailors its approach to address factors related to why undergraduate minority students might not be interested in entering a career in biomedical research (e.g., inadequate autonomy and creativity, lack of immediate gratification/reward, lack of peer support). Students in the proposed project will be recruited from Morgan State University and through pipeline partner institutions such as public schools and community colleges. The students can immediately get involved in biomedical research through participation in the Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC) created by ASCEND to motivate, train, and empower students in conducting their own research. The SSRC creates a pool of interested undergraduate students from which 30 qualified trainees will be recruited into an annual Summer Research Institute (SRI). According to ASCEND, trainees of the SRI will be actively engaged in forming different research teams, choosing research topics, and developing their own proposals. During each academic year, a new cohort of 20 ASCEND scholars will be recruited through a competitive process to get advanced research training and implement their research proposals. They will be assigned to work with experienced mentors helping them develop and implement their Individual Development Plans (IDPs) and research projects. Each cohort will participate for at least two years. In addition, the proposed project intends to enhance the capacity of Morgan State University to train undergraduate minority students by improving relevant infrastructure and forming a cadre of trained faculty and students committed to sustain and disseminate the ASCEND training model. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The ASCEND project will provide research training to a large group of URM students, following an entrepreneurial model that allows them to learn how to do research while doing it. As a result, a new cadre of biomedical minority researchers will be trained who are both familiar with the root causes of health and health disparity problems and highly competent to address them.