Biotechnology Scholars at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University

该项目提供奖学金支持，以吸引经济上处于不利地位的有学术才能的学生，以及那些传统上在科学领域代表性不足的学生，攻读生物技术学位。奖学金每年颁发给两组学生，每组15人，新生四年，大二新生三年。为了补充财政支持，该项目正在开发和实施学术支持服务，以加强现有的项目，旨在帮助学生顺利过渡到一所大型大学的大学生活；制定有效的学习和时间管理策略；并在具有挑战性的课程中取得学业上的成功。此外，该项目还增加了教师指导的机会，促进了两批奖学金获得者之间的社会互动和“联系”。该项目的智力价值体现在其建立在国家认可的生物技术跨学科模式课程的基础上。该基金使项目能够协助每位学者确定一名研究导师和/或在第三学年结束后的夏季在工业界实习；并通过实地考察，研讨会和其他旨在为生物制药劳动力或研究生或专业学校的高级学习铺平道路的项目，使学生熟悉职业机会。除了奖学金获得者所感受到的好处外，该项目还通过增加生物制药劳动力的规模和多样性，为制药和生物技术行业的持续增长和全球竞争力做出贡献，从而产生更广泛的影响。

This project is providing scholarship support to attract academically talented students who are economically disadvantaged, as well as those that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Scholarships are awarded to two cohorts of 15 students for each year of study - four years for incoming freshmen and three years for rising sophomores. To complement the financial support the project is developing and implementing academic support services to enhance existing programs that are designed: to assist students in making a smooth transition to college life in a large university; to develop effective study and time management strategies; and to succeed academically in a challenging curriculum. In addition, the project is enhancing faculty mentoring opportunities and stimulating social interaction and "bonding" within the two cohorts of scholarship recipients. The intellectual merit of the project is seen through its foundation on a nationally recognized interdisciplinary model curriculum in biotechnology. This foundation enables the project to assist each of its scholars in identifying a research mentor and/or an internship in industry for the summer following the end of the third academic year; and to acquaint the students with career opportunities through field trips, workshops, and other programs designed to pave the way to the biopharmaceutical workforce or advanced study in graduate or professional school. Beyond the benefit felt by the scholarship recipients, the project is having a broader impact by increasing the size and enhancing the diversity of the biopharmaceutical workforce and contributing to the continued growth and global competitiveness of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.