URM: Recruitment and Training of Underrepresented Minorities in the Biological Sciences at Humboldt State University

洪堡州立大学（HSU）获得了一项奖励，以建立一个本科生研究和指导（URM）计划，让代表性不足的少数民族学生参与研究和指导计划，为他们攻读生物科学研究生做好准备。除第一组只有5名学生外，每组将有6名学生接受培训。NSF资金将用于支持每个本科参与者在项目期间共两个日历年。在5年的资助期内，共有23名学生将在该项目中接受培训。该项目将主要招收美国原住民和拉丁裔学生，目的是增加这些群体中从HSU生物相关科学专业毕业的学生数量，并促进他们过渡到研究生课程。学生将在大一之后的夏季进入该项目，并将参与一系列的三次轮岗，以探索各种研究项目并结识潜在的研究导师。在他们的第一个秋季学期，学生将注册研究方法课程，该课程将涵盖科学方法，研究设计，提案准备，科学写作和演示。在课程中，每个学生将为一个项目制定一份详细的研究计划，他们将在课程的剩余时间里继续研究这个项目。学生的研究将由来自HSU自然资源与科学学院七个系的至少十六位教师中的一位单独指导。该学院的研究领域分为三个主题：1)生态学和进化，2)生理学，细胞和分子生物学，以及3)自然资源管理。HSU URM计划将为学生提供各种课程，研讨会，研讨会，演讲和其他活动，为他们的成功奠定基础和结构。欲了解更多信息，请联系项目主任Bruce A. O'Gara博士，邮箱：bao3@humboldt.edu，或访问项目网站http://www.humboldt.edu/urm/。

An award has been made to Humboldt State University (HSU) to establish an Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) program to engage under-represented minority students in a research and mentoring program to prepare them for graduate study in the biological sciences. A cohort consisting of six students will be trained, except the first cohort in which only five students will be involved. NSF funds will be used to support each undergraduate participant for a total of two calendar years while in the program. Over the 5-year period of the grant, a total of twenty three (23) students will be trained in the program. The program will primarily recruit Native American and Latino/a students with the goals of increasing the number of students from these groups who graduate from HSU in the biologically-related sciences and facilitating their transition into graduate programs. Students will enter the program during the summer after their freshman year, and will engage in a series of three rotations to explore various research projects and meet potential research mentors. During their first Fall semester, the students will enroll in a Research Methods Course that will cover topics in scientific method, study design, proposal preparation, scientific writing and presentation. During the course, each student will develop a detailed research proposal for a project that they will pursue for the remainder of the program. Student research will be individually mentored by one of at least sixteen faculty coming from seven departments in HSU's College of Natural Resources and Sciences. The research areas of the faculty are grouped into three themes: 1) Ecology and Evolution, 2) Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, and 3) Natural Resource Management. The HSU URM program will offer students a variety of courses, seminars, workshops, presentations, and other activities that will provide them the foundation and structure to succeed. More information is available by contacting the Program Director, Dr. Bruce A. O'Gara, at bao3@humboldt.edu, or by visiting the program website at http://www.humboldt.edu/urm/.