BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH & TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE HONORS COLLEGE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 荣誉学院为二年级到四年级的学生提供机会，他们对功能基因组学方面的实践和尖端研究感兴趣。这些机会包括暑期奖学金，为三年级和四年级学生提供的学年支持，以及在大学春假期间在沙漠山生物实验室教授的年度短期课程。 该项目的核心是两个奖学金计划，一个支持学生在初一进行研究活动，另一个支持学生在高年级进行论文研究。前者不仅旨在支持学生表现出更高水平的主动性，还旨在随着学生进入要求最高、但也是最关键的荣誉课程年头，增加留校率。这些基金还为学生提供支持，让他们集中精力从事这些学术追求，而不是寻找非学术工作。 荣誉学院的学生还有机会在春假期间参加功能基因组学的沉浸式课程。本课程由来自当地和全国各地不同机构的教师团队授课，在Mt.荒岛生物实验室。它为学生提供了实践经验和接触世界级科学家的机会。 最后，向学生提供支助，让他们在其中一个参与机构的研究实验室工作一个夏天。这再次为他们提供了一个教育机会，有力地支持了他们作为科学家的发展，给了他们现实生活的体验。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Opportunities are provided for Honors College students from second-year through fourth-year who are interested in hands-on, cutting-edge research in functional genomics. These opportunities include summer fellowships, academic year support for third- and fourth-year students, and an annual short-course taught at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory during the University's spring break. Central to the project are two fellowship programs, one supporting research activities by students in their Junior year and one supporting students during their Senior year while working on their thesis research. The former is not only intended to support students showing a higher level of initiative it is also intended to increase retention as students enter into the most demanding and yet most critical years of the Honors curriculum. These funds also provide support for students to concentrate their efforts on these scholarly pursuits in lieu of looking for non-academic employment. Students in the Honors College are also provided with the opportunity to take an immersion course in functional genomics during their Spring break. This course is team taught by faculty who are both local and from a variety of institutions around the country and is held at the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory. It provides the students with hands-on experience and exposure to world-class scientists. Finally students are provided with support to work in a research laboratory for a summer at one of the participating institutions. This again provides them with an educational opportunity that strongly supports their development as scientists, giving them a real-life experience.