MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research at Tennessee State Unive

描述(申请人提供)：台大MARC项目自1980年起持续至今，经过不断的评估和调整。在过去的五年中(2006-2011)，16名前实习生获得了知名大学的博士学位，包括梅哈里大学(2名)、范德比尔特大学(2名)、华盛顿大学、辛辛那提大学、密歇根州立大学、伊利诺伊大学、内布拉斯加大学、埃默里大学、南加州大学、伊利诺伊大学/芝加哥大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学和麻省理工学院。目前，21名以前的实习生在研究生院学习。在这一群体中，预计有4人将在未来两年内获得博士学位。因此，TSU项目将在2006-2013年间培养20名博士(请参阅进度报告中的表2)。我们认为，我们过去几年每年只有8到12名实习生的小项目为增加URM生物医学科学家的队伍做出了重大贡献。未来五年，我们的MARC U*STAR计划的目标将继续是培养出训练有素的URM学生，他们将进入并完成生物医学/行为科学的研究型博士学位。这一目标与大学的使命和战略目标非常一致。为了实现这一目标，我们提出了以下目标：1.将U*STAR毕业生进入研究生院的人数增加20%，从目前的58%增加到70%；2.在下一个周期保持或超过MARC毕业生获得博士学位的比例。2006-2011年，我们以前的受训人员中有17人获得了博士学位(见进度报告中的表2)。根据这些年来该项目的实习生人数，这大约是获得博士学位的实习生的40%。3.提高学员的量化和口语能力，例如，GRE量化平均分从370分(新受训学员)增加到550分，增幅为48%。4.将受训人员在专业会议上作科学报告的次数从每年2次增加到每年4次，出版物从每5年6次增加到每5年10次。5.提供具有挑战性的课程 包括校内外研究经验，以提高学员进入研究生院的竞争力，将录取率从90%提高到100%。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MARC Program at TSU continues from 1980 to date going through continuous evaluation and adjustment. During the last five years (2006-2011) 16 former trainees have received PhD degrees from well known universities including Meharry (2), Vanderbilt (2), Washington U., U. Cincinnati, Michigan State, U. Illinois, U. Nebraska, Emory, S.FL.,U. Ill/Chicago, Yale U., Harvard and MIT. Currently, 21 former trainees are in graduate schools. From this group, four are expected to obtain the PhD degrees in the next two years. Therefore, the TSU program will produce 20 PhDs from 2006-2013 (Please see table 2 in progress report). We think our small program of only 8 to 12 trainees/year in past years has made a significant contribution in increasing the pool of URM biomedical scientists. The GOAL of our MARC U*STAR Program for the next five years will continue to be to produce competitively trained URM students who enter and SUCCESSIVLLY COMPLETE their research doctorates in biomedical/behavioral sciences. This goal aligns well with the mission and strategic goals of the University. To achieve this goal we propose the following OBJECTIVES: 1. To increase the number of U*STAR graduates entering graduate school by 20 % from the current 58% to 70%; 2. To maintain or exceed the percentage of MARC graduates receiving PhDs during the next cycle. From 2006-2011, 17 of our former trainees received PhDs (see table 2 in progress report). Based on the number of trainees in the program over those years this is approximately 40% of trainees receiving Ph.Ds. 3. To increase the quantitative and verbal skills of trainees as evidenced, for example, by an average GRE quantitative score increase from 370 (Newly appointed trainees) to 550, a 48% gain. 4. To increase the number of trainee scientific presentations at the professional meetings from 2 per year to 4 per year and publications from 6 per 5 year period to 10 per five year period. 5. To offer challenging curricula including on and off campus research experiences to enhance the competitiveness of our trainees to gain acceptance into graduate schools from 90% to 100%.