MBRS IMSD Program at the University of California Irvine

描述（由申请人提供）：在加州大学欧文分校（UCI）的MBRS-IMSD计划开始于1996年作为一个全面的努力，以增加代表性不足的少数民族（URM）本科生和研究生追求生物医学研究事业的数量。该计划最重要的目的是大大提高本科生毕业后进入研究生课程的速度，并大幅增加URM学生在博士学位的入学率。在UCI的节目。在教师导师的指导下进行的独立付费研究是引导MBRS学生追求研究生院和以研究为中心的职业的核心要素。超过100名教师与资助的研究项目担任MBRS学员的导师。该计划提供了一系列的组成部分，以提高本科生的兴趣，动机和学术准备进入研究生课程，包括科学类的同行辅导/指导计划，研讨会系列，实验室方法研讨会，科学交流，GRE准备，应用研究生院和为该计划设计的科学写作类。 该计划的研究生部分旨在为URM博士提供全面的培训。学生在研究生院出类拔萃。该计划为其他大学的大三和大四学生提供暑期研究培训计划，为未来的URM研究生提供申请过程的方向，为即将到来的URM博士提供暑期课程。学生为核心研究生课程做准备，在非部门环境中进行研究生学习的咨询和指导，在博士学位第一年后准备口试的研讨会。程序和类专门设计写一篇论文发表在同行评审的期刊和准备晋升为候选人和论文研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MBRS-IMSD Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) started in 1996 as a comprehensive effort to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate and graduate students pursuing biomedical research careers. The most important aim of the program has been to increase considerably the rate at which undergraduate participants enter graduate programs following graduation and substantially augment the enrollment in URM students in Ph.D. programs at UCI. Independent paid research conducted under the direction of faculty mentors serve as a core element to induce MBRS students to pursue graduate school and research-focused careers. Over 100 faculty members with funded research programs serve as preceptors of MBRS trainees. The program offers a series of components to increase the interest, motivation and academic preparedness of undergraduates to enter graduate programs, including a peer tutoring/ mentoring program of science classes, a seminar series, workshops on laboratory methods, scientific communications, GRE preparation, application to graduate school and a science writing class designed for the program. The graduate component of the program is designed to provide a comprehensive training for URM Ph.D. students to excel in graduate school. The program provides a summer research training program for juniors and seniors from other universities, orientation on the application process for prospective URM graduate students, a summer program for incoming URM Ph.D. students to prepare them for the core graduate classes, counseling and orientation about the graduate studies in a non-departmental setting, a workshop to prepare oral exams after the first year in the Ph.D. program and a class specifically designed to write a paper to be published in a peer-reviewed journal and preparation for advancement to candidacy and dissertation research.