MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research at Tennessee State Unive

简介（由申请人提供）：TSU的MARC项目从1980年延续至今，经历了不断的评估和调整。在过去的五年中（2006-2011），16名前学员获得了知名大学的博士学位，包括梅哈里大学（2名），范德比尔特大学（2名），华盛顿大学，辛辛那提大学，密歇根州立大学，伊利诺伊州大学，内布拉斯加州大学，埃默里大学，南卡罗来纳州fl大学，美国。芝加哥大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学和麻省理工学院。目前，有21名前受训人员在研究生院工作。其中4人有望在未来两年内获得博士学位。因此，2006-2013年，托国立项目将培养20名博士（见进度报告表2）。我们认为，在过去的几年里，我们每年只有8到12名学员的小项目为增加URM生物医学科学家的数量做出了重大贡献。我们的MARC U*STAR计划在未来五年的目标将继续是培养具有竞争力的URM学生，他们进入并成功完成他们的生物医学/行为科学研究博士学位。这个目标与大学的使命和战略目标是一致的。为实现这一目标，我们提出以下目标：将U*STAR毕业生进入研究生院的人数从目前的58%增加到70%，提高20%；2. 在下一个周期内保持或超过MARC毕业生获得博士学位的百分比。2006-2011年，17名学员获得博士学位（见进度报告表2）。根据这些年来该项目的学员人数，大约有40%的学员获得了博士学位。3. 以GRE平均分数从370分（新入职研修生）提高到550分（48%）为例，提高研修生的数量和语言能力。4. 将在专业会议上发表科学报告的学员人数从每年2次增加到每年4次，并将出版物从每5年6次增加到每5年10次。5. 提供具有挑战性的课程

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MARC Program at TSU continues from 1980 to date going through continuous evaluation and adjustment. During the last five years (2006-2011) 16 former trainees have received PhD degrees from well known universities including Meharry (2), Vanderbilt (2), Washington U., U. Cincinnati, Michigan State, U. Illinois, U. Nebraska, Emory, S.FL.,U. Ill/Chicago, Yale U., Harvard and MIT. Currently, 21 former trainees are in graduate schools. From this group, four are expected to obtain the PhD degrees in the next two years. Therefore, the TSU program will produce 20 PhDs from 2006-2013 (Please see table 2 in progress report). We think our small program of only 8 to 12 trainees/year in past years has made a significant contribution in increasing the pool of URM biomedical scientists. The GOAL of our MARC U*STAR Program for the next five years will continue to be to produce competitively trained URM students who enter and SUCCESSIVLLY COMPLETE their research doctorates in biomedical/behavioral sciences. This goal aligns well with the mission and strategic goals of the University. To achieve this goal we propose the following OBJECTIVES: 1. To increase the number of U*STAR graduates entering graduate school by 20 % from the current 58% to 70%; 2. To maintain or exceed the percentage of MARC graduates receiving PhDs during the next cycle. From 2006-2011, 17 of our former trainees received PhDs (see table 2 in progress report). Based on the number of trainees in the program over those years this is approximately 40% of trainees receiving Ph.Ds. 3. To increase the quantitative and verbal skills of trainees as evidenced, for example, by an average GRE quantitative score increase from 370 (Newly appointed trainees) to 550, a 48% gain. 4. To increase the number of trainee scientific presentations at the professional meetings from 2 per year to 4 per year and publications from 6 per 5 year period to 10 per five year period. 5. To offer challenging curricula including on and off campus research experiences to enhance the competitiveness of our trainees to gain acceptance into graduate schools from 90% to 100%.