Collaborative Research: URM: Preparing Biologists through Stewardship, Professionalism and Practice

这个奖项给科曼奇民族学院（CNC）和俄克拉荷马州州立大学（OSU）将建立一个本科研究和指导（URM）计划在这两个合作机构。为期5年的URM计划旨在增加攻读生物科学研究生学位的美国印第安人的数量。该PI计划从事共4个队列，每个队列由3名本科生在CNC为期24个月，和共3个队列的5名学生，每个为期36个月在俄勒冈州立大学。 PI预计该项目将在5年内为15-27名本科生提供服务。在CNC谁完成他们的生物科学副学士学位的学生可以继续在该计划完成他们的学士学位在俄勒冈州立大学;但是，从其他两年制学校的学生也有资格参加。本科生将在这两个机构的教师指导下参加研究。除了研究，学生将接受专业发展和科学交流培训，使他们能够有竞争力地申请研究生课程，并在会议和公众面前展示他们的研究成果。学生将通过夏令营从美国印第安人入学率高的高中招募到CNC，并从俄克拉荷马州的CNC和其他部落和社区学院招募到OSU。虽然学生在CNC和俄勒冈州立大学，研讨会和讲习班将提高对职业选择的认识，促进学生和专业人士之间的互动，鼓励网络技能的发展，并突出美洲印第安人的传统和习俗在生物研究的背景下。学生将积极参与整个计划期间的研究，最终在学生驱动，导师指导，独立的研究项目在他们的最后几年在俄勒冈州立大学。学生的研究项目将集中在生态和环境压力领域的主题，如生物和环境压力的影响（例如，化学品、极端气候、地貌改变、管理战略等）生物、种群、群落和生态系统。一系列的研讨会将协助学生与研究生院申请过程中，和顶点课程将提供在研究生院和超越成功的战略。更多信息可通过联系克里斯汀鲍姆（kristen. okstate.edu）或唐纳德法国（dfrench@okstate.edu）在俄勒冈州立大学或基因Pekah（gpekah@cnc.cc.ok.us）或Consuelo洛佩斯（clopez@cnc.cc.ok.us）在CNC。其他信息也可在http://urm.okstate.edu/上获得。

This award to Comanche Nation College (CNC) and Oklahoma State University (OSU) will establish an Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) program at these two collaborating institutions. The 5-year URM program is aimed at increasing the number of American Indians who pursue graduate degrees in the biological sciences. The PIs plan to engage a total of 4 cohorts, each comprised of 3 undergraduates for a period of 24 months at CNC, and a total of 3 cohorts of 5 students each for a period of 36 months at OSU. The PIs expect this project to serve a total of 15-27 undergraduate students over a period of 5 years. Students at CNC who complete their associate's degree in the biological sciences can continue in the program to complete their bachelor's degree at OSU; however, students from other two-year schools are also eligible to participate. Undergraduate students will participate in research under the mentorship of faculty at both institutions. In addition to research, students will receive professional development and scientific communication training that will allow them to competitively apply to graduate programs and present the results of their research at conferences and to the public. Students will be recruited to CNC from high schools with high American Indian enrollment through summer camps and to OSU from CNC and other tribal and community colleges in Oklahoma. While students are at CNC and OSU, seminars and workshops will increase awareness of career options, promote interactions between students and professionals, encourage the development of networking skills, and highlight American Indian traditions and customs in the context of biological research. Students will actively participate in research throughout the duration of the program, culminating in student-driven, mentor-guided, independent research projects during their final years at OSU. Student research projects will focus on topics in the area of ecology and environmental stress, such as the effects of biological and environmental stressors (e.g., chemicals, climatic extremes, landscape modifications, management strategies, etc.) on organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. A series of workshops will assist students with the graduate school application process, and a capstone course will provide strategies for success in graduate school and beyond. More information is available by contacting Kristen Baum (kristen.baum@okstate.edu) or Donald French (dfrench@okstate.edu) at OSU or Gene Pekah (gpekah@cnc.cc.ok.us) or Consuelo Lopez (clopez@cnc.cc.ok.us) at CNC. Additional information is also available at http://urm.okstate.edu/.