MARC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT TRAINING IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH (U-STAR)

描述(由申请者提供)：有研究经验的本科生的积极参与是北卡罗来纳A&T州立大学(NC A&T)日益认可的学术培训的一个方面。本申请T24 MARC续期(类型2)培训资助请求支持，以使我们机构更多的有竞争力的学生继续攻读并成功攻读生物医学科学的博士课程。这项提议的具体目的是增加受过良好培训并有动力获得生物医学博士学位并从事生物医学研究事业的未被充分代表的少数族裔学生(URM)的数量。这份续签申请建立在从我们当前MARC项目的成功和失败中吸取的教训的基础上，并提出了新的创新战略，以支持我们的本科少数民族在博士项目中取得成功的渠道。建议的目标是：1)提高北卡罗来纳大学STEM优等生的数量，鼓励并愿意从事生物医学科学的研究和事业；2)确保90%被选为MARC USTAR学者的学生在学术上具有竞争力，积极性高，能够在经过两年培训后获得生物医学博士学位；以及3)每年达到80%的MARC U-STAR学者进入生物医学博士项目的录取率。发展活动包括：a)战略招聘和营销活动，以增加生物医学管道中的STEM荣誉URMS池，b)生物医学生活学习社区，c)社区大学PreMARC研究培训，d)卓越科学补充指导，e)实习前准备计划，f)暑期和学年实习，g)专题研讨会系列，h)专业发展和自我营销活动，i)科学交流活动。该项目将有助于发展一支训练有素、受过良好教育的多样化劳动力队伍，以提供更好的知识和方法，减少构成国家重大公共卫生问题的健康差距。有效的城市轨道交通系统研究培训的影响解决了国家经济增长和公共卫生的基本挑战。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The vibrant involvement of undergraduates with research experiences is an aspect of academic training for which North Carolina A & T State University (NC A&T) is becoming increasingly recognized. This application for a T24 MARC renewal (type 2) training grant requests support to enable a greater number of competitive students at our institution to pursue and succeed in PhD programs in the biomedical sciences. The specific aim of this proposal is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students (URMS) who are well-trained and motivated to earn doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences and pursue a biomedical research career. This application for renewal builds on the lessons learned from our current MARC program's successes and failures, and presents new and innovative strategies to bolster our pipeline of undergraduate minorities succeeding in PhD programs. The proposal goals are to: 1) Enhance the pool of STEM honor students at NC A&T inspired and willing to pursue research and careers in the biomedical sciences, 2) Ensure that 90% of students selected as MARC USTAR scholars are academically competitive, highly motivated and capable of earning a PhD in biomedical science after two years of training, and 3) Annually, attain an 80% acceptance rate of MARC U-STAR scholars into biomedical PhD programs. Developmental activities include: a) strategic recruitment and marketing activities to increase the pool of STEM honor URMS in the biomedical pipeline, b) Biomedical Living Learning Community, c) Community College PreMARC research training, d) Supplemental Instruction for Excellence in Science, e) Pre-Internship Prep Program, f) Summer and Academic Year Internships, g) Thematic Seminar Series, h) Professional Development and Self-Marketing Activities and i) Scientific Communication Activities. This project will contribute to the development of a well-trained and educated diversified workforce to provide better knowledge and approaches to reducing health disparities that constitute a major national public health problem. The impact of effective URMS research training addresses essential challenges of both economic growth and public health of the nation.