URM: Achieving Sucess in Science through Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE)

迈阿密大学URM项目将在未来五年内每年招收12名本科生，为学生提供研究和指导经验，为他们进入生物科学研究生院做准备。作为使该项目制度化的第一步，NSF基金将用于支持该项目的前两年每个学生，之后迈阿密大学将提供额外的两年支持。为学术、研究和职业发展而计划的活动将提供给更多的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生。URM计划的主要目标是：(i)增加未被充分代表的少数民族学生进入生物科学的人数；加强学生的准备工作，使他们能够顺利进入研究生课程并继续学习；（三）在该机构建立更好的基础，促进学术、学生支助和行政结构之间的相互作用。来自四个系（生物化学、植物学、微生物学和动物学）的约30名教师的研究项目将为学生提供广泛多样的项目选择，所有这些项目都在“信号机制和细胞反应”的统一主题下。URM的学者将接触到各种模式生物、工具和技术，学者们对研究事业的兴趣将通过丰富的活动和强大的指导组成部分得到维持和加强。有关该计划的更多信息可以在http://www.units.muohio.edu/urm_assure/上找到。

ABSTRACTMiami University's URM program will recruit 12 undergraduates each year for the next five years to provide the students with research and mentoring experience in order to prepare them for graduate school in the biological sciences. As a first step toward institutionalizing the program, NSF funds will be used to support each student for the first two years in the program, after which Miami University will provide support for an additional two years. Activities planned for academic, research and career enrichment will be offered to a larger group of students, especially those from underrepresented minority groups. The major goals of the URM program are to: (i) Increase the number of underrepresented minority students recruited into the biological sciences; (ii) Enhance the preparation of students to enable them to successfully enter and remain in graduate programs; and (iii) Build a better foundation at the institution for promoting interactions among academic, student support and administrative structures. The research programs of about 30 faculty across four departments (Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology and Zoology) will provide students with a wide and diverse choice of projects, all under a unifying theme of "Signaling mechanisms and cellular responses". URM scholars will be exposed to a variety of model organisms, tools and techniques, and scholars' interest in a research career will be sustained and strengthened through enrichment activities and a strong mentoring component. More information about the program can be found at http://www.units.muohio.edu/urm_assure/.