USF MARC U-STAR Scholar Program

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的MARC U-STAR计划将支持50名未被充分代表的少数族裔青年，他们是高素质的，并且有攻读生物医学科学博士学位的愿望。进入该项目的学生将通过申请和面试过程进行严格筛选。每个人最终将由一个生物医学科学家委员会选出。每位MARC学者将获得为期两年的津贴和学费支持。通过学生和导师之间的协议，支持的学生将与未来的生物医学研究教师导师相匹配。该计划的主要目标是为学生提供培训和其他活动，以提高他们成功进入生物医学科学博士课程的可能性。这将通过要求学生完成由他们的导师定义的研究项目来实现，这些年轻的研究人员可以在他们参加这个项目的两年内完成。学生将被要求在全国会议上以海报的形式展示他们的工作，并提交一份包括他们的数据的论文发表。在此课程中，学生还将完成一门研究技术写作课程和一门研究设计和道德实践课程，以及其他独特的生物医学学术活动和研讨会，如科学家早餐俱乐部和榜样科学家电话会议。MARC学者还将被要求参加GRE预备课程，参加GRE考试，并将在该计划的帮助下申请至少5个不同的博士课程。MARC项目将由三名教员管理。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed MARC U-STAR Program will support 50 underrepresented minority juniors that are highly qualified and have a desire to pursue doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences. Students that enter the program will be rigorously screened through an application and interview process. Each will ultimately be selected for the program by a committee of biomedical scientists. Each MARC Scholar will be supported by a stipend and tuition payment for a period of two years. Supported students will be matched to prospective biomedical research faculty mentors by mutual agreement between the student and mentor. A primary goal of this program is to provide the students with training and other activities that will enhance their probability of successfully entering doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences. This will be accomplished by requiring the students to complete a research project defined by their mentors that can be completed by these young researchers within the two years that they participate in this program. Students will be expected to present their work in poster form at a national meeting and submit a paper for publicaton that includes their data. Students will also complete a Research Technical Writing course and a Research Design and Ethical Practices Course during this program anong with other unique biomedical scholarly activities and seminars such as the scientist breakfast club and Role Model Scientist teleconferences. MARC Scholars will also be requried to attend a GRE preparatory course, take the GRE, and will be assisted by the program to apply to at least 5 different doctoral programs. The MARC Program will be administered by three faculty members.