ORANGE COUNTY BRIDGE TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

UCI要求提供资金，以继续一个成功的计划，已经完成了一年的运作与两个社区学院。 在第一年，该计划的工作人员已经证明，有准备的学生在圣安娜学院（SAC）和范围海岸学院（DCC），可以从UCI提供的研究机会受益池。 在下一个时期，OCBBR建议将伙伴关系扩展到富勒顿学院，这是一所西班牙裔服务机构，拥有大量代表性不足的少数民族学生。 该计划的运作也将通过与橙子县转学联盟的合作得到加强，该联盟将为OCBBR努力提供支持，以提高从橙子县社区学院到加州大学的转学率。 该计划遵循UCI设计的非常成功的模式，强调本科生研究，学生特别研讨会，以及密集的同伴指导和辅导。 在社区学院对学生的表现进行密集的咨询和监测也是OCBBR成功的一个重要因素。

UCI requests funding to continue a successful program that has completed one year of operation with two community colleges. In the first year the program staff have demonstrated that there is a pool of prepared students at Santa Ana College (SAC) and range Coast College (DCC) that can benefit from the research opportunities available at UCI. In the next period, OCBBR proposes to extend the partnership to Fullerton College, a Hispanic serving institution with a large number of underrepresented minority students. Operation of the program will also be enhanced by collaboration with the Orange County Transfer Consortium which will provide support to OCBBR efforts to increase transfer rates from Orange County Community Colleges to the University of California. This program follows the highly successful model devised by UCI that emphasizes undergraduate research, special seminars for students, and intensive peer mentoring and tutoring. Intensive counseling and monitoring of student performance at the community colleges has also been an essential element of the success f OCBBR.