KU Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的六年里，哈斯凯尔印第安人国家大学和堪萨斯大学之间建立了伙伴关系，以实现将更多的美国印第安人带入生物医学研究界的目标。在NIGMS MORE项目（Bridge， IMSD， RISE和IRACDA）的支持下，来自KU或Haskell的24名美国印第安人学生要么被研究生院录取，要么正在准备进入生物医学研究生课程。我们寻求在这些成功的基础上，为拥有学士学位的美国印第安学生提供研究和学术培训，这些学生发现自己对研究生工作准备不足。堪萨斯大学学士学位后研究教育计划（PREP）将从哈斯克尔、堪萨斯大学和其他地方招收有才华的美国印第安学生。这些学者将开始一项研究、课程和专业发展计划，为他们成为下一代研究科学家做好准备。PREP学者将作为学徒科学家与堪萨斯大学的教师研究导师一起工作，这些导师已经表现出指导少数民族学生的意愿和能力。此外，将根据学术评估和评估结果以及外部评估员/技术助理的意见，为每位学者制定个性化的学术计划。堪萨斯大学的预科课程将强调数学、阅读和写作，以及领导和发展技能，以确保在竞争激烈的研究生课程中取得成功。与阅读和写作方面的专家合作，该计划将包括专业写作方面的教程和课程，以提高预科学者在其所选领域的批评、综合和写作能力。KU数学系将与个别学者合作，将他们的定量技能提高到适合当今科学研究的高级水平。除了阅读和写作、数学和他们选择的学科课程，所有预科学生还将完成一个负责任的研究行为研讨会，并参加一系列专业发展活动，这些活动将加强他们的研究背景、沟通技巧、GRE考试准备和研究生院的整体资格。我们的目标是将PREP学者提升到卓越的水平，使他们能够在研究生院取得成功，并成为科学界的领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the past six years, a partnership between Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas has been forged to achieve the goal of bringing more American Indians into the biomedical research community. With support from the NIGMS MORE programs (Bridge, IMSD, RISE and IRACDA), 24 American Indian students from KU or Haskell are either enrolled in graduate school or are in the pipeline to enter a biomedical graduate program. We seek to build on these successes by providing research and academic training to American Indian students with a bachelor's degree who find themselves under-prepared for graduate work. The KU Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) will recruit talented American Indian students from Haskell, KU, and elsewhere. These scholars will begin a program of research, coursework and professional development that will prepare them to become the next generation of research scientists. PREP scholars will work as apprentice scientists with KU faculty research mentors who have already demonstrated their willingness and ability to mentor minority students. Additionally, an individualized academic plan will be created for each scholar based on the results of academic evaluation and assessment and input from an external evaluator/technical assistant. KU's PREP will emphasize math, reading and writing, and leadership and development skills to guarantee success in competitive graduate programs. In collaboration with experts in reading and writing, the plan will include tutorials and coursework in professional writing that will enhance the PREP scholars' ability to critique, synthesize and write within their chosen field. The KU Math department will work with individual scholars to elevate their quantitative skills to an advanced level appropriate for today's scientific research. In addition to coursework in reading and writing, mathematics, and their chosen discipline, all PREP scholars will complete a seminar in the responsible conduct of research and participate in a series of professional development activities that will strengthen their research background, communication skills, preparation for the GRE, and overall qualifications for graduate school. Our goal is to advance PREP scholars to a level of excellence that will allow them to succeed in graduate school and become leaders in the scientific community.