Drug Discovery Academic Research Experience(DARE)

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案旨在资助一项新的夏季研究和培训计划，名为药物发现学术研究体验(DARE)计划，该计划将针对定量和物理科学的本科生。DARE计划将是一个独特的计划，不会被现有的夏季研究计划重复。每个被选中参加DARE计划的学生都将在一名教师导师的指导下从事一个研究项目。该计划将有一个结构化的课程，其中包括研究经验，包括讲座和实验室实践的迎新周，每周的讲座和研究讨论，选择专业小组会议和研讨会或期刊俱乐部，以及研究成果和教育成就的最终展示。这是一项新颖但可行的建议，基于我们在从美国所有主要地理区域以及加拿大和欧洲招收不同种族本科生的有据可查的经验，我们在本科生随后进入研究生和专业学位课程或生物医学科学职业生涯期间接触生物医学研究的记录，以及具有独特能力的相关基础设施的存在。我们预计DARE计划将增强吸引数学、工程、化学或物理专业的本科生进入生物医学研究职业的能力。积极主动的教员在教育工作中有记录的合作记录，补充了现有的结构化课程和正式的评估系统。该计划的属性和我们在暑期本科研究经验管理方面的成功确保了DARE计划很有可能对具有定量和物理科学背景的本科生进入生物医学研究职业的招聘产生影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is for funding of a new summer research and training program, called the Drug Discovery Academic Research Experience (DARE) program, that will be targeted to undergraduates from the quantitative and physical sciences. The DARE program will be a unique program that is not duplicated by existing summer research programs. Each student selected to participate in the DARE program will work on a research project with a faculty mentor. The program will have a structured curriculum that includes the research experience, an orientation week with lectures and lab practicums, weekly lectures and research discussions, a choice of specialty group meetings and seminars or journal clubs, and a final presentation of research results and educational accomplishments. This is a novel yet feasible proposal based on our documented experience in the recruitment of ethnically diverse undergraduates from all major geographical regions of the United States as well as Canada and Europe, our track record of exposure of undergraduates to biomedical research with subsequent entry into graduate and professional degree programs or careers in biomedical sciences, and the presence of the relevant infrastructure with unique capabilities. We anticipate that the DARE program will enhance the ability to attract undergraduates majoring in mathematics, engineering, chemistry, or physics into biomedical research careers. The motivated faculty with documented records of cooperation in educational endeavors complements the structured curriculum and the formal evaluation systems that are in place. The program attributes and our prior success in the administration of summer undergraduate research experiences assure a high probability of the DARE program making an impact on the recruitment of undergraduates with backgrounds in the quantitative and physical sciences into biomedical research careers.