PATHWAYS TO THE DOCTORAL DEGREE

描述（改编自申请人摘要）：申请人提出 为美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民制定培训计划 生物医学研究人员。为了实现这一目标，他们提出了一项计划， 招收美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民到大学 明尼苏达州杜卢斯（UMD）获得硕士学位。学位，然后转移 这些学生前往明尼苏达大学双城分校（UMMC）， 获得博士学位这两个独立校区之间的合作关系将 产生了一个肥沃的环境， 培养这些学生的学术发展。在UMD， 申请人希望能够提供这些美国印第安人/阿拉斯加人 本土学生在更大的文化环境中具有必要的 热情好客的态度比一个大的研究密集型大学。一旦 M.S.已达到学位要求，这些学生将转移到 UMTC为未来的职业机会做好准备。UMD被认可为 授予硕士学位，但不是博士学位;然而，UMD有 为美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民学生提供许多支持机制。 UMTC拥有一所出色的研究生院， 机会，但它也是一个大机构，可能会被认为是 对美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民学生来说是禁止的。的 拟议的计划将通过给他们准备这些学生 必要的学术和文化工具，在科学领域竞争， 丧失他们的文化身份。UMD以前有本科生 美国印第安人中心进行的研究培训计划 和少数民族健康，使美国印第安学生的职业生涯， 生物医学科学和医疗保健。然而，大多数学生 选择了医学职业，而不是研究职业。这 应用程序通过提供新的 approach.该应用程序包含文化上适当的支持 使学生从中学毕业后逐步进入中学的机制和制度， 通过MS，博士学位学位课程头一年期间 项目期间，主要重点将放在发展 程序.该方案的全面实施将在 二年从我们现有的潜在学生中， 我们将能够立即填补至少四个学生职位， 建议的MS。学位课程，期望这个游泳池将 再增加四到八名学生。大多数程序是 目前正在为硕士生转学。项目时所形成的 从杜卢斯校区到博士学位。在明尼阿波利斯校园的计划下， 明尼苏达大学研究生院的赞助。特别 在这两个项目年度，重点将放在稳定这一点上， 通过确保资金的继续，以及通过 美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民社区健康 组织在拟议的毕业生的行为和支持 程序.

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): The applicants proposed to develop a training program for American Indian/Alaskan Native biomedical researchers. To accomplish this goal, they proposed plan to recruit American Indians and Alaskan Natives to the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) to obtain an M.S. degree and then to transfer these students to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC) to obtain a Ph.D. A partnership between these two independent campuses will result in combined resources that produce a fertile environment for nurturing the academic development of these students. At UMD, the applicants expect to be able to provide these American Indian/Alaskan Native students with the necessary cultural environment in a more hospitable manner than a large research intensive university. Once the M.S. degree requirements have been met, these students will transfer to UMTC to prepare for future career opportunities. UMD is accredited to award the masters degree but not the doctoral degree; however, UMD has many support mechanisms for the American Indian/Alaskan Native students. UMTC has an outstanding graduate school with many research opportunities, but it is also a large institution that may be perceived as forbidding to the American Indian/Alaskan Native student. The proposed program would prepare these students by giving them the necessary academic and cultural tools to compete in the sciences without forfeiting their cultural identity. UMD has previously had undergraduate research training programs conducted by the Center of American Indian and Minority Health, exposing American Indian students to careers in biomedical sciences and health care. Most students, however, have chosen careers in Medicine and not followed a research career. This application directly addresses this deficiency by offering a new approach. The application incorporates culturally appropriate support mechanisms and systems to bring students stepwise from the baccalaureate, via the M.S., into a Ph.D. degree program. During the first year of the project period, primary emphasis will be placed on development of the program. Full implementation of the program will be accomplished in the second year. To project from our existing pool of potential students, we will be able to immediately fill at least four student positions in the proposed M.S. degree program, with expectations that this pool will increase by an additional four to eight students. Most procedures are currently in place to transfer students from an M.S. program in the Duluth campus to a Ph.D. program on the Minneapolis campus under the auspices of the University of Minnesota Graduate School. Particular emphasis will be focused during both project years on stabilizing this program through securing funds for its continuation, as well as by involving the American Indian/Alaskan Native community health organizations in the conduct and support of the proposed graduate program.