MARC Biomedical Research and Training Program at the University of Arizona

描述（由申请人提供）：亚利桑那大学（UA） MARC项目为有兴趣和潜力从事生物医学研究事业的高年级学生（非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美国原住民、美国太平洋岛民和第一代大学生）提供独特的研究、指导、财务和学术机会，旨在增加这类学生进入博士项目的人数。并为低年级学生提供获得坚实学术基础的机会。具体目标是：1)每年吸引125名新生参加拓展活动；2)成功保留下一学年90%的MARC预科辅导学生和接受普通化学补充指导的大一或大二学生；3)到2012年6月，85%的MARC学员进入该项目，并完成MARC项目进入博士课程或联合博士课程。UA MARC的学员每年有14人，他们是根据成绩、研究兴趣和潜力从4所大学的11个专业（化学、数学和9个生物科学领域）的合格荣誉学生中选出的。亚利桑那大学优秀的、资金充足的培训教师利用他们的培训经验，为本科生提供研究指导和密集指导的机会，并致力于培训少数民族学生。指导也由项目主任和联合主任提供。通过少数民族生物医学研究研讨会，学员可以与来自其他机构的优秀少数民族科学家以及前UA MARC博士项目学员或博士毕业生见面。学生参加关于研究伦理和少数民族健康差异的讲习班；参加一个科学写作项目；参加国家科学会议；参与校内外研究；在校园和全国会议上张贴海报；在研究研讨会上做口头报告，参加GRE准备课程（不通过MARC计划资助），并参加研究生申请过程的研讨会。UA MARC项目的拓展活动通过为基础数学和科学课程提供一对一的辅导、数学和科学职业研讨会、普通化学补充指导，以及通过传播有关机会的信息，影响了大量学生。UA MARC培训生项目是有选择性的，有声望的，是鼓励低年级学生在学业上取得好成绩的“胡萝卜”，也是培养优秀学生从事生物医学研究的渠道。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Arizona (UA) MARC program provides unique research, mentoring, financial, and academic opportunities to upper-division underrepresented students (African-American, Hispanic, Native-American, U.S. Pacific-Islander and first-generation college students) who have interest and potential to pursue biomedical research careers, seeks to increase the number of such students entering Ph.D. programs, and provides opportunities for lower-division students to achieve a solid academic foundation. The specific objectives are 1) to attract 125 new students per year to participate in outreach activitis 2) to successfully retain into the next academic year, 90% of the pre-MARC tutored students and students receiving General Chemistry Supplemental Instruction who are freshmen or sophomore 3) to have 85% of MARC trainees who enter the program, as of June 2012, and complete the MARC program enter PhD programs or combined-PhD programs. UA MARC trainees, 14 per year, are a select group, chosen for their grades, research interest, and potential from an eligible pool of honors underrepresented students from 11 majors (chemistry, math, and 9 areas of biological science) in 4 colleges. Outstanding, well-funded training faculty at the UA provide opportunities for research guidance and intensive mentoring using their training experience and with undergraduates and commitment to training minority students. Mentoring also is provided by the Program Director and co- Directors. Through the Minority Biomedical Research Colloquium, trainees meet outstanding minority scientists from other institutions as well as former UA MARC trainees in Ph.D. programs or Ph.D. graduates. Students attend workshops on research ethics and minority health disparities; take part in a scientific writing program; attend national science meetings; participate in intramural and extramural research; present posters at campus and national conferences; give oral presentations in the Research Colloquium, attend a GRE preparation course (not funded through the MARC program), and attend workshops on the graduate application process. The outreach activities of the UA MARC program impact a large number of students through providing one-on-one tutoring for foundational math and science courses, the Careers in Math and Science Colloquium, Supplemental Instruction for General Chemistry, and through the dissemination of information about opportunities. The UA MARC trainee program is selective, prestigious and the "carrot" that encourages lower-division underrepresented students to do well academically, and the conduit that prepares outstanding underrepresented students to pursue careers in biomedical research.