UC Davis MARC Scholar Program

加州大学戴维斯分校 MARC 学者计划

• 批准号: 9059102
• 负责人: BARBARA Ann HORWITZ
• 金额: $ 23.97万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9059102
• 关键词: Academic advising; Advisory Committees; Area; Awareness; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Communities; Community Outreach; Degree program; Development; Development Plans; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Curriculum; Elevator; Equilibrium; Exposure to; Feedback; Fellowship; Funding; Goals; Grant; Guidelines; Individual; Institution; Interview; Journals; Leadership; Maintenance; NCI Scholars Program; Oral; Outcome; Postdoctoral Fellow; Preparation; Process; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Resources; STEM field; Schools; Science; Scientist; Staging; Students; Talents; Underrepresented Students; United States National Institutes of Health; Visit; Writing; career; career development; design; experience; graduate student; improved; instructor; meetings; peer; programs; skills; student mentoring; summer research; symposium

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our program's goal remains increasing the diversity of students pursuing PhDs in STEM fields and a research career in biomedical sciences. We have developed activities for high achieving underrepresented (UR) students that are designed to hone their talent and professional skills in preparation for excelling in subsequent PhD (or PhD/MD) programs and careers in biomedical-relevant areas. Our strategy involves recruiting 4 juniors/yr and providing them with advising, academic, and research activities that will enable them to achieve the following: (a) GPAs > 3.5 (honors) in their major & graduation with cumulative GPAs > 3.25; (b) GRE scores in the top 50th percentile; (c) increased scientific research expertise via intensive research experiences, including summer research at another institution, facilitated journal clubs, and interaction with campus and visiting scientists; (d) enhanced oral & written presentation skills via specific assignments, research presentations, and peer & instructor feedback; (e) maintenance/enhanced commitment to biomedical research careers; (f) exposure to the broader scientific community via attendance at visiting scientist presentations and national meetings; (g) increased awareness of graduate school application requirements, & improved interviewing skills via practice and feedback from our Advisory Committee; and (h) entry into PhD or PhD/MD programs within 2 years of graduation at a percentage of 75%. To achieve these goals, we will maintain our successful pre-MARC curriculum (BUSP), funded primarily by campus resources with some augmentation from our NIH-IMSD grant. BUSP provides a rich pool for recruiting MARC Scholars. We will also: (a) expand efforts to recruit outstanding students from those who did not participate in BUSP; (b) enhance MARC components, including refining the advising component by establishing clearer guidelines for academic & research balance during the academic year, assisting students in crafting individual development plans, and increasing emphasis on graduate school application requirements and processes; (c) strengthen the academic/professional skills component of the program through additional writing and oral activities (e.g., NSF fellowship application, additiona research presentations, development of "elevator/ airplane" explanations of research projects); (d) expand student exposure to research by inviting UR postdoctoral fellows to present a research seminar and discuss their career development/path and by providing MARC seniors with the option of presenting their research at a national conference in their discipline with thei research preceptor (vs. returning to ABRCMS); (e) build connections to the next stage in their academic careers by pairing them with an UR graduate student mentor; and (f) add a community outreach component to broaden the program's impact and enhance the MARC Scholars' leadership skills while encouraging UR students at all levels to participate in science. We anticipate that the long-term outcome of our MARC U-Star activities will be an increased pool of highly competitive, diverse candidates who matriculate into outstanding biomedical PhD and/or dual degree programs.

 描述(由申请者提供)：我们项目的目标仍然是增加在STEM领域攻读博士学位的学生的多样性，并在生物医学科学方面进行研究。我们为成绩优异的代表不足(UR)学生开展活动，旨在磨练他们的才华和专业技能，为在后续的博士(或博士/MD)项目和生物医学相关领域的职业生涯中脱颖而出做好准备。我们的战略包括每年招募4名大三学生，并为他们提供咨询、学术和研究活动，使他们能够实现以下目标：(A)专业GPA&GT；3.5(荣誉)和毕业时GPA&GT；3.25；(B)GRE分数在前50%；(C)通过深入的研究经验，包括在另一个机构的暑期研究，促进期刊俱乐部，以及与校园和来访科学家的互动，增加科学研究专业知识；(D)通过具体作业、研究报告以及同行和教师反馈，增强口头和书面陈述技能；(E)维持/加强对生物医学研究事业的承诺；(F)通过出席访问科学家报告和国家会议，接触更广泛的科学界；(G)通过实践和咨询委员会的反馈，提高对研究生院申请要求的认识，并改进面试技巧；以及(H)在毕业后两年内以75%的比例进入博士或博士/医学博士课程。为了实现这些目标，我们将维持我们成功的MARC前课程(BUSP)，资金主要来自校园资源，并从我们的NIH-IMSD拨款中增加一些资金。BUSP为招募MARC学者提供了丰富的资金来源。我们还将：(A)扩大努力，从没有参加BUSP的学生中招收优秀学生；(B)加强MARC部分，包括完善建议部分，为学年期间的学术和研究平衡建立更明确的指导方针，协助学生制定个人发展计划，并更加重视研究生院的申请要求和程序；(C)通过额外的写作和口头活动(例如，NSF奖学金申请、额外的研究演示、制定研究项目的“电梯/飞机”解释)，加强该计划的学术/专业技能部分；(D)通过邀请UR博士后研究员举办研究研讨会并讨论他们的职业发展/道路，扩大学生对研究的接触；并向MARC大四学生提供在各自学科的全国会议上展示他们的研究成果的选项(与返回ABRCMS)；(E)通过将他们与UR研究生导师配对，建立与他们学术生涯下一阶段的联系；以及(F)增加社区推广部分，以扩大项目的影响，增强MARC学者的领导技能，同时鼓励所有级别的MARC学者参与科学。我们预计，我们的MARC U-Star活动的长期结果将是更多竞争激烈、多样化的考生，他们被优秀的生物医学博士和/或双学位课程录取。