Brown University Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

项目总结/摘要 该提案旨在继续支持布朗大学（已更名为 'PREP@Brown），以推进我们在培养知识渊博、训练有素的人才方面的工作 继续攻读博士学位生物医学科学的学位培训和职业生涯。这项工作响应了 需要扩大和多样化美国STEM劳动力。了解最佳做法和从 我们的早期工作和与我们的IMSD计划和领导联盟的关系，我们描述了一个创新的 该计划的特点是一套全面和可定制的干预措施，以支持和促进 代表性不足的学生的学术和职业发展和成功。 每年，我们的计划将招募和支持六个面向研究的学士学位毕业生从 代表性不足的背景（学者），并为他们提供跨学科的研究经验， 个性化的学术规划，专业发展和技能建设活动，以提高他们的 竞争力和准备高素质的博士课程。布朗的参与部门 PREP@Brown计划是生命和医学科学部的计划，包括生物学，神经科学， 分子微生物学和免疫学，病理生物学，公共卫生，认知，语言和心理 以理工科为重除了密集的跨学科研究经验和知识发展，多个 指导和社区建设的机会渗透到PREP@Brown的活动中。这将创建一个 学者社区，将帮助参与者成功地导航所需的培训准备毕业 问题研究个人发展计划（IDP）的使用将确保PREP@Brown的研究，教育， 和专业发展活动是量身定制的，以解决每个学者的学术和职业目标。的 PREP@Brown计划还将为教师创造机会，让他们参与关于 在生物医学和行为科学领域发展多样化的劳动力。我们已经开发出一种 全面评价计划，以评估在实现联合国总目标和宗旨方面取得的成果和进展 这一项目和监测拟议干预措施的质量保证。 按照设计，PREP@Brown已经开始并将继续增加代表性不足的儿童的产量。 获得生物医学科学博士学位的学生;使培训方面的最佳做法制度化， 指导不同的学者-可以在布朗社区内外分享的做法。

Project Summary/Abstract This proposal seeks continued support for the Postbaccalaueate program at Brown University (renamed ‘PREP@Brown) to advance our work in developing a diverse pool of knowledgeable and well-trained individuals who go on to pursue Ph.D. degree training and careers in the biomedical sciences. This work responds to the need to expand and diversify the U.S. STEM workforce. Informed by best practices and lessons learned from our early work and relationships with our IMSD program and the Leadership Alliance, we describe an innovative program characterized by a comprehensive and customizable set of interventions to support and advance underrepresented students' academic and career development and success. Each year, our program will recruit and support six research-oriented baccalaureate graduates from underrepresented backgrounds (The Scholars) and provide them with interdisciplinary research experiences, individualized academic planning, professional development, and skill-building activities to increase their competitiveness and readiness for high-caliber doctoral programs. Participating departments for Brown's PREP@Brown program are those in the Life and Medical Sciences Division and include biology, neuroscience, molecular microbiology and immunology, pathobiology, public health, and cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences. In addition to intensive interdisciplinary research experiences and knowledge development, multiple mentorship and community-building opportunities permeate the activities of PREP@Brown. This will create a community of scholars that will help Participants successfully navigate training needed for readiness for graduate studies. The use of Individual Development Plans (IDP) will ensure that PREP@Brown research, educational and professional development activities are tailored to address each Scholar’s academic and career goals. The PREP@Brown Program will also create opportunities for faculty to engage in conversations about the importance of developing a diverse workforce in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. We have developed a comprehensive evaluation plan to assess outcomes and progress toward meeting the overall goal and aims of this project and monitor quality assurance across the proposed interventions. As designed, PREP@Brown has begun to, and will continue to increase the production of underrepresented students who obtain a doctoral degree in the biomedical sciences; institutionalize best practices on training and mentoring of diverse scholars – practices that can be shared among the Brown community and beyond.