KU Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

项目摘要 堪萨斯大学（KU）要求更新其学士后研究教育计划（KU PREP）。KU PREP寻求在五年内再培训35名学者，以获得研究博士学位 并成为生物医学劳动力的领导者，特别强调增加 美国印第安人（AI）学者进行博士水平的生物医学研究。KU是一个首屈一指的研究 该机构被卡内基基金会列为“博士大学：非常高的研究活动”， 美国大学协会（AAU）成员。KU PREP招募各种合格的 学者，并具有独特的地位，招聘和培训人工智能学者，由于长期和广泛的 KU和哈斯克尔印第安民族大学（都位于劳伦斯，堪萨斯）之间的合作。的 KU PREP学者的活动是由一个全面的个人发展计划（IDP）的形状，启动 在学者们到达校园之前，学者们不断地重新评估和调整， PREP指导团队。研究培训是IDP的中心重点，每个KU PREP学者完成 一个研究项目，在一个生物医学为重点的实验室，发展学者的能力，创造和测试一个 科学假设，并获得必要的技能进行独立的，可重复的生物医学研究。 PREP学者还参加课程，以提高他们的定量/计算和数据分析 能力和参与活动的重点是发展他们的口头和书面科学交流 skills.每位学者的工作都以在年度KU-Haskell研究研讨会上的演讲而告终， 完成一篇关于他们研究项目的期刊文章。KU PREP的专业和个人 发展系列侧重于促进学者的福祉（例如，建设复原力和解决共同 来自代表性不足群体的科学家面临的挑战），帮助他们成长为专业人士， 保持他们的文化身份，提高他们的自我效能和科学身份。指导团队 与学者密切合作，建立和加强一个全面的支持网络，他们将能够 在PREP和随后的博士课程中使用。该网络包括学者的PREP 研究导师和其他KU研究合作者和同行，PREP团队的成员，以及（最终） 学者的研究生研究顾问和其他个人/团体特别确定，以提供必要的 在学者的研究生院的支持。KU PREP校友也在支持网络中发挥关键作用， 目前KU PREP学者和校友之间的沟通，现在大大促进了我们的参与 在KU校友会的在线辅导网络。该计划的定期评估允许KU PREP 在成功的基础上，同时应对挑战，寻求新的改进和创新方法， 努力实现生物医学研究队伍多样化的目标，特别是在参与生物医学研究方面。 AI学者

PROJECT SUMMARY The University of Kansas (KU) requests renewal of its Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (KU PREP). KU PREP seeks to train an additional thirty-five scholars over five years to pursue research doctorates and become leaders in the biomedical workforce, placing special emphasis on increasing the number of American Indian (AI) scholars conducting doctorate-level biomedical research. KU is a premier research institution classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a “Doctoral University: Very High Research Activity” and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). KU PREP recruits a diverse array of qualified scholars and is uniquely positioned to recruit and train AI scholars due to long-standing and wide-ranging collaborations between KU and Haskell Indian Nations University (both located in Lawrence, Kansas). The activities of KU PREP scholars are shaped by a comprehensive individual development plan (IDP) that is initiated prior to the scholars’ arrival on campus and is continually re-evaluated and adjusted by the scholars and the PREP mentoring team. Research training is a central focus of the IDP, and each KU PREP scholar completes a research project in a biomedically-focused laboratory that develops the scholar’s ability to create and test a scientific hypothesis and obtain the skills necessary to conduct independent, reproducible biomedical research. PREP scholars also enroll in coursework that improves their quantitative/computational and data analysis competencies and participate in activities focused on developing their oral and written scientific communication skills. Each scholar’s work culminates with a presentation at the annual KU-Haskell Research Symposium and the completion of a journal style article on their research project. KU PREP’s Professional and Personal Development series focuses on promoting scholars’ well-being (e.g., building resilience and addressing common challenges faced by scientists from underrepresented groups), helping them mature as professionals while maintaining their cultural identities, and increasing their self-efficacy and science identity. The mentoring team works closely with scholars to establish and strengthen a comprehensive support network that they will be able to utilize during PREP and their subsequent doctoral programs. This network includes the scholar’s PREP research mentor and other KU research collaborators and peers, members of the PREP team, and (ultimately) the scholar’s graduate research advisor and other individuals/groups specifically identified to provide necessary support at the scholar’s graduate institution. KU PREP alumni also play a key role in the support network, and communications between current KU PREP scholars and alumni are now greatly facilitated by our participation in the KU Alumni Association’s online mentoring network. Regular evaluation of the program allows KU PREP to build on its successes while addressing challenges and seeking new ways to improve and innovate, in our efforts to meet the goal of diversifying the biomedical research workforce, particularly concerning the participation of AI scholars.