Summer Research Experience in Biological and Computational Sciences

 描述（由申请人提供）：这个拟议的夏季研究计划建立在JJ万斯纪念夏季实习在生物和计算科学在约翰·P的成功。HIHG的部分使命是培养下一代研究人员。为此，它举办了最后一次 五年的JJ万斯纪念暑期实习在生物和计算科学（JJ万斯实习），一个程序，提供了从迈阿密地区高中上升的高年级学生一个独特的机会，直接参与科学研究。该计划非常成功，今年收到了来自迈阿密戴德县和布劳沃德县30所不同高中的62名申请人的申请，申请的职位只有8个。去年，我们有来自24所高中的56名学生申请该项目，比2009年开始的6名申请者稳步增长。自HIHG成立以来，我们共有来自53所不同高中的201名申请人。在此期间选定的38名实习生中，24%为非西班牙裔白色白人，26%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔，29%为非洲裔美国人，16%为亚洲人，5%为其他种族。目前，STEM专业占前实习生大学主要学习领域的80%。因此，JJ万斯实习是达到一个大集团的个人和填补 在高度多样化的迈阿密社区中有很大的需求。我们在迈阿密地区从零开始建立了这个实习项目。多年来申请者的上升轨迹表明，它是社区中的一个既定计划，随着它的发展和学校不断派遣新学生回来申请，它显然是成功的。我们现在也有关于成功结果的数据，以及学生暑期实习发生后几年的积极指导。鉴于这一成功和该计划的潜力，我们不能再运行该计划试图积累每年的资金从基金会。我们需要稳定，以更好地服务于社区，增加学生的数量，我们可以在该计划的持续增长计划招收。这笔赠款，如果得到资助，将为我们提供稳定，继续我们非常成功的计划到未来，并增加参与者的数量。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed Summer Research Program builds upon the success of the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG). Part of HIHG's mission is to train the next generation of researchers. For this reason, it has hosted for the last five years the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences (JJ Vance internship), a program that has offered rising seniors from Miami-area high schools a unique opportunity to be directly involved in scientific research. The program has been highly successful, and this year has received applications from 62 applicants representing 30 different high schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties for only eight positions. Last year, we had 56 students from 24 high schools apply to the program, a steady growth from our start of six applicants in 2009. Since its inception at the HIHG, we have had a total of 201 applicants from 53 different high schools. Of the 38 selected interns during this time, 24% were white non- Hispanic, 26% were Hispanic/Latino, 29% were African-American, 16% were Asian and 5% were other ethnicities. Currently, STEM majors represent 80% of the ex-intern's college major fields of study. Thus, the JJ Vance Internship is reaching a large group of individuals and filling a great need in the highly diverse Miami community. We have established this internship from ground zero in the Miami area. Its rising trajectory of applicants over the years show that it is a established program in the community and that has been obviously successful as it has grown and schools keep sending new students back to apply. We also now have data on successful outcomes, and active mentoring years after the students' summer internship occurred. Given this success and the program's potential, we can no longer run the program trying to accrue year-to-year funding from foundations. We need stability in order to serve the community better, increase the number of students that we can enroll in the program for the program's continued growth., This grant, if funded, would provide us with that stability to continue our highly successful program into the future, and increase the number of participants.