Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学富勒顿分校MARC U*STAR项目的使命是招募和培养有前途的少数民族生命科学学生，为研究生院和生物医学科学研究事业做好准备。该计划的成功将在短期内通过进入博士课程的学者数量来衡量，并在长期内通过他们朝着最终进入研究型职业的进展来衡量。在资助期内，我们建议让三分之二的学者进入高质量的博士课程，在那里他们将获得研究型博士学位，并从中进入包括研究在内的职业生涯。短期目标将是：(1)准备MARC学者进入生物医学科学的研究生课程并取得成功；(2)培养MARC学者的科研能力；(3)培养MARC学者传播科学发现的书面和口头沟通能力；(4)培养MARC学者对研究生涯中遇到的职业诚信问题的理解和欣赏；(5)为MARC学者提供个性化的职业和学术指导；(6)为MARC学者作为少数民族科学家的研究生涯做好准备。在每年的基础上，所有MARC学者将被期望在实验室表现，科学技能，口头和书面沟通技巧方面提高到或达到4-5级，以便在他们两年的参与结束时，他们在至少75%的可测量目标中显示出改善或高成就。为了衡量短期进展，该计划将使用专门开发的评估工具、表格和电子日志条目。导师和项目主任将填写表格和规则，学者将创建电子期刊条目。为了衡量长期成功，该项目将使用一份特别设计的问卷进行为期三年的调查。加州州立大学富勒顿MARC U*STAR计划将有助于参与MARC学者的研究事业的成功，并将通过加强他们的课程和增加学生研究环境的丰富性，为参与部门带来显著的附带利益。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program will be to recruit and prepare promising minority life science students for graduate schools and research careers in biomedical science. The success of the Program will be measured in the short-term by the number of Scholars entering doctoral programs and in the long term by their progress toward and eventual entry into research-oriented careers. Over the course of the funding period, we propose to have two-thirds of all Scholars enter high-quality, doctoral programs where they will earn research-oriented doctoral degrees and from which they will enter careers that will include research. The short-term goals will be: (1) to prepare MARC Scholars for admission to and success in strong graduate programs in biomedical science; (2) to develop MARC Scholars' skills for doing scientific research; (3) to develop MARC Scholars' written and oral communication skills for disseminating scientific discoveries; (4) to develop in MARC Scholars an understanding and appreciation of professional integrity issues encountered in a research career; (5) to provide MARC Scholars with personalized career and academic advisement; and (6) to prepare MARC Scholars for the demands of a research career as minority scientists. On a yearly basis, all MARC Scholars will be expected to improve to or achieve at Level 4-5 in laboratory performance, scientific skills, and oral and written communication skills discussed below, so that by the end of their two-year participation they have shown improvement or high achievement in at least 75% of the measurable objectives. To measure short-term progress, the Program will use specially developed assessment tools, forms, and e-journal entries. The Mentors and Program Director will complete the rubrics and forms and the Scholars will create the e-journals entries. To measure long-term success, the Program will do three-year using a specially designed questionnaire. The Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program will contribute to the success in research careers of the participating MARC Scholars and will bring significant collateral benefits to the participating departments via the enhancement of their curricula and increased richness of the environment for student research.