URM: Biology Research Fellowships for Undergraduates at Cornell University

授予康奈尔大学的这项奖励是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。康奈尔大学将建立一个本科生研究和指导(URM)计划，让未被充分代表的少数族裔学生参加密集的指导和研究经验，并为他们在生物科学方面的研究生学习做好准备。康奈尔生物学研究奖学金计划将在五年的拨款期间为35-50名康奈尔大学本科生(每个队列7-10名)提供服务。NSF基金将支持每个队列中的7名学生，或者说总共35名学生。通过参加研究研讨会和跟踪教师，一年级和二年级学生在申请该项目之前将有机会探索不同的生物学领域。生物学研究奖学金将提供一系列精心设计的活动，包括两年资助的在教师实验室的研究实习，一系列研讨会，重点是阅读科学文献，撰写研究提案，准备和发表科学报告，GRE准备，以及选择和申请研究生项目。学生还参与社区外展和同伴辅导。所有的教师导师都有在自己的实验室成功培训本科生的良好记录，他们至少包括20名科学家，他们的研究领域涵盖生物学领域。学生将参与学术实验室生活的方方面面：学习各自领域的方法和技术，分析实验结果，提出新问题，并为出版准备结果。所有学生都要写一篇荣誉论文，教师导师将鼓励和促进学生参与的研究成果的共同撰写工作。生物学研究奖学金将培养出年轻的科学家，他们可以作为传统上在科学界代表性较低的群体的榜样或导师。在该计划期间，学生将通过与未被充分代表的少数族裔学生(大一、大一、大二)合作，以及通过与高中生和教师的接触，开始体验这些角色并做出贡献。要获得更多信息，请联系URM项目主任Steven Kresovich博士(sk20@cornell.edu)或Myra Shulman博士(mjs59@cornell.edu)，或访问康奈尔大学本科生生物学办公室网站：http://www.biology.cornell.edu/brf.

This award to Cornell University is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Cornell University will establish am Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) program to engage under-represented minority students in intensive mentoring and research experience and prepare them for graduate studies in the biological sciences. The Cornell Biology Research Fellowships program will serve 35-50 Cornell undergraduates (7-10 per cohort) during the five-year period of the grant. NSF funds will support seven students in each cohort, or a total of 35 students. Through participation in research seminars and by shadowing faculty, freshmen and sophomores will have the opportunity to explore different fields of biology before applying to the program. The Biology Research Fellowships will offer a carefully designed set of activities that includes two years of funded research internships in faculty laboratories, a seminar series focusing on reading the scientific literature, writing research proposals, preparing and delivering scientific presentations, GRE preparation, and choosing and applying to graduate programs. Students are also involved in community outreach and peer-mentoring. Faculty mentors, all of whom have strong records of successfully training undergraduates in their laboratories, include at least twenty scientists whose research fields span the range of biology. The students will participate in all aspects of life in an academic laboratory: learning the approaches and techniques of their field, analyzing experimental results and developing new questions, and preparing the results for publications. All students will write an honors thesis, and faculty mentors will encourage and facilitate co-authorship on publications arising from research in which the students have been involved. The Biology Research Fellowships will produce young scientists who can serve as role models or mentors to groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. During the program, students will begin to experience and contribute in those roles by working with underrepresented minority students (pre-freshmen, freshmen, sophomores) as well as through outreach to high school students and teachers. More information is available by contacting the URM Program Director, Dr Steven Kresovich (sk20@cornell.edu), or Dr. Myra Shulman (mjs59@cornell.edu), or by visiting the Cornell Office of Undergraduate Biology website at: http://www.biology.cornell.edu/brf.