Preparing Promising Students for the 21st Century Scientific Workforce

智力优势。该项目提供奖学金支持，使多达53名学术才华，经济困难的学生攻读应用基因组学或微生物系统分析程序的专业科学硕士（PSM）学位。全国各地的PSM计划吸引了学生，教育工作者和雇主的兴趣，作为最佳实践的典范，为工业，政府和非营利部门的不同职位准备科学培训的专业人员。学生在课程中获得学科能力，在最新的科学方法的理论和实践培训，跨学科和专业发展的经验，并通过同行，项目教师，行业和政府代表的指导。该项目通过招收学生进行研究生培训，为提高国家竞争力做出了贡献，否则这些学生可能会被国家的科学企业所淘汰。从科学界代表性不足的群体中招募参与者的额外重视不仅增强了科学劳动力的多样性，而且为后代学生培养了更多的榜样。PSM学位课程要求学生定期与工业和政府部门的代表互动，这促进了学术和工业部门在培训和合作研究方面的伙伴关系。

Intellectual Merit. This project provides scholarship support to enable up to 53 academically talented, financially needy students to pursue a Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree in Applied Genomics or Microbial Systems Analysis programs. PSM programs across the nation are attracting the interest of students, educators and employers as a model for best practice in preparing science-trained professionals for diverse positions in industry, government, and non-profit sectors. Students in the programs acquire disciplinary competency, training in the theory and practice of the most current scientific methodologies, interdisciplinary and professional development experiences, and mentoring by peers, program faculty, and industry and government representatives.Broader Impact. This project contributes to national competitiveness by recruiting students to graduate training who might otherwise be lost to the nation's scientific enterprises. Additional emphasis on recruitment of participants from groups that are underrepresented in science not only is enhancing the diversity of the scientific workforce, but is preparing more role models for subsequent generations of students. The PSM degree program requires that students interact on a regular basis with representatives from the industrial and government sectors, which is promoting partnerships between the academic and industrial sectors in both training and collaborative research.