Initiative for Minority Student Development

描述（由申请人提供）：新墨西哥州的大学提出了其IMSD本科生物医学培训计划的未来四年资助期以下可衡量的目标：1）通过稳定学生的参与，提高本科阶段的研究职业和毕业率的准备，导致一个为期2年的计划，涉及四个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;并增加参与一些研究活动，包括夏季课程和研究研讨会; 2）通过增加教师参与该计划的广度和增加学生接触跨学科研究，扩大UNM少数民族学生在NIH资助的研究领域的机会; 3）通过使用IMSD支持作为招聘工具，为即将入学的研究生提供两年的支持，并协助研究生和导师申请博士前奖学金和补充金，大幅增加参与IMSD的部门中代表性不足的少数民族研究生人数;和4）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项目开展合作活动，加强导师-学生-IMSD的互动，提高所有少数民族学生对IMSD和相关项目的认识，并支持增加对话机会。在UNM的IMSD计划将通过四种方式进行评估：由学生和导师;通过在特定目标的成功定量测量;在由校园范围内的咨询委员会的年度评估;和由程序评估。

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.