Initiative for Minority Student Development

描述(由申请人提供)：新墨西哥大学为其IMSD本科生生物医学培训计划未来四年的资助期提出了以下可衡量的目标：1)通过稳定学生的参与，改善本科水平为研究职业和毕业率做准备，导致一个为期两年的计划，包括四个1学分的研讨会课程，导致几个结果，包括参加GRE和申请研究生院；以及增加参与几个研究活动，包括暑期计划和研究座谈会；2)通过扩大教员参与该计划的范围和增加学生接触跨学科研究的机会，拓宽新墨西哥州大学少数族裔学生在NIH资助的研究领域的机会；3)通过利用IMSD的支持作为招聘工具，显著增加参加该校IMSD的部门中未被充分代表的少数族裔研究生的数量，为即将到来的研究生提供两年的支持，并帮助研究生和导师申请博士前奖学金和补充金；4)加强导师-学生-管理与发展学院之间的互动，通过开发网页、与校园和国家实验室的其他本科生和研究生研究计划合作以及支持更多的对话机会，提高UNM所有少数民族理科学生对IMSD和相关计划的认识。UNM的可持续发展管理学院项目将通过四种方式进行评估：由学生和导师评估；通过量化衡量具体目标的成功程度；通过全校咨询委员会的年度评估；以及由项目评估员进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of New Mexico proposes the following measurable objectives for the coming four-year grant period of its IMSD Undergraduate Biomedical Training program: 1) To improve preparation at the undergraduate level for research careers and graduation rates by stabilizing student involvement, leading to a 2-year program that involves four 1-credit seminar courses leading to several outcomes, including taking the GRE and applying for graduate school; and increased participation in several research activities including summer programs and research symposia; 2) To broaden the opportunities for minority students at UNM in areas of research funded by NIH by increasing the breadth of faculty involvement in the program and increased student exposure to interdisciplinary research; 3) To significantly increase the numbers of underrepresented-minority graduate students in departments participating in IMSD at UNM by using IMSD support as a recruiting tool, providing two years of support for incoming graduate students, and assisting graduate students and mentors to apply for pre-doctoral fellowships and supplements; and 4) To enhance mentor-student-IMSD interactions and to increase awareness of IMSD and related programs among all minority students in the sciences at UNM through development of a webpage, cooperative activities with other undergraduate and graduate research programs on campus and at the National Laboratories, and supporting increased opportunities for dialogue. The IMSD program at UNM will be evaluated in four ways: by students and mentors; through quantitative measurement of success in the specific aims; in an annual evaluation by the campus-wide advisory committee; and by a program evaluator.