Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学富勒顿MARC U* 星星计划的使命是为有前途的少数民族学生准备研究生院和生物医学或行为科学的研究生涯。该计划的成功将在短期内由学者入学和保留在受尊敬的美国大学博士课程，并在他们的进展，并最终进入，以研究为导向的职业生涯的长期来衡量。在资助期内，我们计划让70%的学者进入高质量的博士课程。短期目标是：1）招募，选择和留住合格的学生，2）发展MARC学者的科学研究技能，3）提高MARC学者的书面和口头沟通能力，4）为MARC学者准备博士或MD/博士课程，5）在MARC学者中发展对研究生涯中遇到的专业诚信问题的理解和欣赏，6）为MARC学者提供个性化的职业生涯和学术成就，7）为少数民族科学家的研究生涯做好准备。许多这些目标将被满足作为学者参与实验室研究与教师导师，最终与书面论文的防御，在学术上具有挑战性的课程，包括建议的科学写作和职业生涯提高GE课程，一个学期的研究伦理课程和四个学期的MARC Pro研讨会系列，重点是学者的发展，达到高分。为了衡量我们的短期进展，该计划将使用专门开发的评估工具，表格和电子期刊条目。导师和项目主任将填写表格，学者将创建电子期刊。在每年的基础上，所有MARC学者将有望提高到，或达到，在实验室性能，科学技能，口头和书面沟通能力4-5级（规模1-5），以便通过 在参加该方案的两年结束时，他们在至少75%的可衡量目标上取得了进步或很高的成就。为了衡量长期的成功，该计划将通过电子邮件或电话定期跟踪所有MARC毕业生，因为他们正在攻读博士学位及更高的学位。Cal State Fullerton MARC U* 星星计划不仅有助于参与MARC学者在其研究生涯中取得成功，而且将通过课程的增强和学生研究环境的丰富性对我们机构的参与部门和学院产生更广泛的影响。 公共卫生相关性：加州州立大学富勒顿分校MARC U* 星星计划的目标是1）为一组代表性不足的少数民族本科生提供完整的研究培训经验，2）将即将毕业的学者放在受人尊敬的健康导向（生物医学或行为）博士课程中，3）确保每个学者在指定的博士课程中取得成功。我们的MARC U* 星星计划将增加美国训练有素的少数民族科学家的数量，他们为我们国家的直接和长期健康相关研究做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program is to prepare promising minority students for graduate school and a research career in biomedical or behavioral science. The success of the Program will be measured in the short-term by Scholar enrollment and retention in doctoral programs at respected U.S. universities and in the long term by their progress toward, and eventual entry into, research-oriented careers. Over the course of the funding period, we propose to have 70% of all Scholars enter high-quality doctoral programs. The short-term goals are to: 1) recruit, select and retain well-qualified students, 2) develop MARC Scholar's skills for doing scientific research, 3) improve MARC Scholars' written and oral communication skills, 4) prepare MARC Scholars academically for PhD or MD/PhD programs, 5) develop in MARC Scholars an understanding and appreciation of professional integrity issues encountered during a research career, 6) provide MARC Scholars with personalized career and academic advisement, and 7) prepare MARC Scholars for the demands of a research career as minority scientists. Many of these goals will be met as Scholars participate in laboratory research with a faculty mentor that culminates with the defense of a written thesis, achieve high grades in academically-challenging courses, including a proposed scientific writing and career- enhancement GE course, a one-semester-long Research Ethics course and a four-semester MARC Pro- seminar series, which focuses on Scholar development. To measure our short-term progress, the Program will use specially-developed assessment tools, forms, and e-journal entries. The mentors and Program Director will complete the forms, and the Scholars will create the e-journals. On a yearly basis, all MARC Scholars will be expected to improve to, or achieve at, Level 4-5 (scale 1-5) in laboratory performance, scientific skills, and oral and written communication abilities, so that by the end of their two-year participation in the Program they have shown improvement, or high achievement, in at least 75% of the measurable objectives. To measure long-term success, the Program will track all MARC graduates periodically by e-mail or phone as they progress towards their PhD degrees and beyond. The Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program will not only contribute to the success of the participating MARC Scholars in their research careers, but will have a broader impact on the participating departments and colleges at our institution via the enhancement of curricula and an increased richness in the student research environment. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goals of the Cal State Fullerton MARC U*STAR Program are to 1) provide a complete research training experience to a select group of underrepresented, minority undergraduates, 2) place graduating Scholars in respected health-oriented (biomedical or behavioral) doctoral programs, and 3) ensure the success of each Scholar in a specified PhD program. Our MARC U*STAR Program will increase the number of highly-trained, minority scientists in the US who contribute to the immediate and long term health-related research concerns of our nation.