MINORITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT

该提案要求继续提供资金支持MBRS计划 在雷曼学院 雷曼兄弟项目的目的是创造一个 鼓励、支持和研究生产力的氛围， 有才华的少数民族科学学生可以茁壮成长，并为职业生涯做好准备， 生物医学研究 学生中70%是少数民族 （拉丁美洲人和非洲裔美国人），并与强大的，研究活跃的教师 在科学领域，雷曼兄弟是实现MBRS的理想场所 增加少数民族学生在生物医学博士学位的数量的目标。 渠道. 该方案以前取得了相当大的成功， 强大的当前学生群体。 MBRS计划，沿着成功的 MARC，MIRDP，霍华德休斯生物科学计划资助，桥梁 学士学位和NIH少数民族高中学徒计划， 学院大力支持其具体目标， 少数民族参与基础生物医学研究。 四年的资金要求支持14个本科生和8个 少数民族理科毕业生 10名研究活跃的教师 来自四个部门的项目将提供实验室研究 经验和指导这些学生。 研究发布时间为 需要固定的教职员工和一些研究设备， 人员和用品，以升级或维持现有的 研究项目。 每周一次的研讨会系列将继续进行，包括 非常成功的访问少数民族科学家讲座系列。 学生 强调出席基础科学学会的国家会议， 期望高级学生将在这样的场合展示数据， 会议至少一次。 雷曼MBRS计划的成功历史 提高了该计划在学院的知名度， 周围的学术界，提供了大量的合格的 少数民族学生有兴趣参加该计划。 教师 士气和生产力显示了有才华的学生在 实验室 教师的热情，由学生的成功激发， 研究生课程，提供了一个不断增加的支持气氛， 即将到来的学生。

This proposal requests a continuation of funds to support the MBRS Program at Lehman College. The purpose of the program at Lehman is to create an atmosphere of encouragement, support, and research productivity in which talented minority science students can thrive and prepare for careers in biomedical research. With a student population that is over 70% minority (Latino and African-American) and with a strong, research-active faculty in the sciences, Lehman is an ideal site for the achievement of the MBRS goal of increasing the number of minority students in the biomedical Ph.D. pipeline. The Program has had considerable previous success, with a strong group of current students. The MBRS Program, along with successful MARC, MIRDP, Howard Hughes Biological Sciences Program Grant, Bridge to the Baccalaureate, and NIH Minority High School Apprentice Program, is strongly supported by the College in its specific aim of increasing minority participation in basic biomedical research. Funding is requested for four years to support 14 undergraduate and eight graduate minority science students. Ten faculty with active research programs, from four departments, will provide laboratory research experience and mentoring to these students. Research released time is requested for regular faculty members, and some research equipment, personnel, and supplies are requested to upgrade or maintain existing research programs. A weekly seminar series will continue, including the highly successful visiting minority scientists lecture series. Student attendance at national meetings of basic science societies is stressed, with the expectation that advanced students will present data at such meetings at least once. The successful history of the Lehman MBRS program has increased the visibility of this program in the College and surrounding academic community, providing a large pool of qualified minority students interested in participating in the program. Faculty morale and productivity show the effects of talented students in the laboratory. Faculty enthusiasm, stimulated by student successes in graduate programs, provides an ever-increasing supportive atmosphere for incoming students.