MINORITY HS STUDENT RESEARCH APPRENTICE PROGRAM

提交本提案是为了继续开展一项 南加州大学颅面分子研究中心 生物学与洛杉矶联合学区的弗朗西斯科·布拉沃 医学磁石高中。目前的方案已经进行了四年 四年以上，并提供基本的全年经验 布拉沃高中高中生的生物医学研究。 目前的项目有两个阶段；一个阶段是全日制实验室 暑期和二期三个月的研修体会 是布拉沃高中的一个生物医学研究班，让学生 每周五个下午在研究实验室进行研究 在整个学年里。全日制夏季阶段得到了支持 由NIH少数民族高中生研究学徒计划和 将在未来得到本提案的支持。兼职 学年计划是每个学生高中的一部分 课程设置。我们协调了两个阶段，以便学生有一个 暑期集中研学经验学习必要 研究程序和方法，以便在高中期间 生物医学研究课程他们可以完成一项富有成效的研究 项目和体验完成原创研究的兴奋 做实验。这种协调使几名学生得以继续 他们几年来的研究项目和一直以来 已被收录在出版物摘要和 演示文稿。参与的学生在他们的 大学教育，许多人已经回国继续他们的研究 CCMB在暑假期间将继续跟踪本提案 暑期、学年及以后的学生 高中毕业。进行过研究的学生 CCMB录取了一流的大学，进入了 科学。我们认为，目前的提议将继续增加 理科少数民族学生的数量与选拔 一份以科学为基础的职业。

The present proposal is submitted to continue a program developed between the University of Southern California Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology and the Los Angeles Unified School District's Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School. The present program has been underway for more than four years and provides a year-round experience in basic biomedical research for the high school students at Bravo High School. The current program has two phases; one phase is a full-time laboratory research experience for three months in the summer and the second phase is a Biomedical Research Class in Bravo High School that places students in research laboratories to conduct research five afternoons a week throughout the school year. The full-time summer phase has been supported by a NIH Minority High School Student Research Apprentice Program and will be supported in the future by the present proposal. The part-time academic year program is a portion of each student's high school curriculum. We have coordinated the two phases so that students have a concentrated research experience during the summer to learn the necessary research procedures and approaches so that during their high school Biomedical Research curriculum they can accomplish a productive research project and experience the excitement of completing an original research experiment. This coordination has permitted several students to continue their research projects for several years and the data that has been accumulated has been included in publications abstracts and presentations. The participating students have been tracked during their college education and many have returned to continue their research in CCMB during summer vacations The present proposal will continue to track students both during the summer and academic year and following graduation from high school. Students who have conducted research in the CCMB have enrolled in excellent universities and entered major in the sciences. We believe that the current proposal will continue to increase the numbers of minority students majoring in the sciences and selecting a science-based career.