MARC U-STAR PROGRAM, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

描述（由申请人提供）：波多黎各大学马亚圭斯校区（UPRM）的MARC U-STAR计划的目标是加强生物和化学本科荣誉学生的培训环境，作为提高他们在生物医学科学研究生培训准备的一种方式。这将通过校内和校外的研究经验，特殊的科学课程，每周会议，GRE研讨会和研讨会来实现。为大一和大二学生的活动提出了一种方法，使这些学生在生物医学科学的研究事业和机会。生物医学科学的研究职业和机会的介绍将通过在适应大学生活的必修课程介绍提供给生物和化学系的所有新生。六个夏季校园研讨会将提供给大一和大二的学生，为他们提供超出常规实验室实践的技能和方法的培训。UPRM的MARC U-STAR计划的目标是：1）增加50%的大一和大二学生从生物和化学部门参加校园暑期讲习班，2）保持在100%的MARC学员参加生物医学科学相关的研究，3）保持至少，目前，MARC学员（78.7%）在攻读博士学位。或医学博士程序.

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the MARC U-STAR Program at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) is to enhance the training environment for biology and chemistry undergraduate honors students as a way of improving their preparedness for graduate training in biomedical sciences. This will be achieved through on- and off-campus research experiences, a special science curriculum, weekly meetings, a GRE workshop, and seminars. Activities for freshmen and sophomore students are proposed as a way of acquainting these students with research careers and opportunities in biomedical sciences. A presentation on research careers and opportunities in biomedical sciences will be offered to all freshmen in the biology and chemistry departments through a presentation in a required course on adaptation to university life. Six summer on-campus workshops will be offered to freshmen and sophomore students as a way of providing them with training in skills and methodologies beyond the regular laboratory practices. The objectives of the MARC U-STAR Program at UPRM are: 1) to increase by 50% the number of freshmen and sophomore students from the departments of biology and chemistry that participate in on-campus summer workshops, 2) to maintain at 100% the number of MARC trainees that participate in biomedical sciences related research, 3) to maintain at least, the current level of MARC trainees (78.7%) that enroll in Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. programs.