MBRS-RISE at UVI Option II: A New Vision

描述（由申请人提供）：维尔京群岛大学的MBRS-RISE项目旨在培养一批独特的本科生，为攻读生物医学和行为科学领域的高选择性博士课程做准备，从而为国家健康做出贡献。这将通过一个将研究训练与培养学生对科学事业的动机和承诺相结合的项目来实现。UVI mbr - rise的新愿景建立在成功的坚实基础之上：在过去的10年里，26名未被充分代表的少数族裔UVI校友获得了博士学位。自RISE计划开始以来，UVI经历了巨大的变化；例如，自2001年以来，科学和数学专业毕业生的数量翻了一番。UVI的RISE项目的长期目标是进一步改变校园文化，并通过与加勒比遗产的联系和社区的研究需求，发展学生作为生物医学研究人员的身份。这个申请提出了一个项目，让学生参与创新的课程和课外活动，包括研究培训和与研究密集型机构的密切合作。UVI需要一个影响深远的创新项目，为不同的学生群体提供机会，发展他们成为领先的生物医学研究人员的潜力。UVI拥有一个有助于成功的教育环境，因为有一个高度支持的管理，包括一个具有新愿景的新校长，强调学生研究，与高度竞争的研究机构的新伙伴关系，一个庞大且不断增长的有才华的学生池，一些可以与RISE协同工作的新研究项目，以及一个小的，支持性的大学社区。具体目标是：(1)RISE学生100%毕业；90%的学生在大四申请预备课程（博士、硕士或学士后课程）；65%的人在UVI毕业后的4年内注册博士课程；45%的学生直接攻读博士学位；(2)产生积极的制度变革，影响到rise相关院系的所有学生，使所有院系的博士生入学率增加。这些目标将通过一个综合计划来实现，包括：(1)开发新的RISE课程和教师的教育学培训，(2)旨在提高学生对美属维尔京群岛和全国少数民族社区生物医学研究需求的理解的活动，(3)在校园和合作机构进行研究培训，并在会议上展示成果，(4)访问科学家提供榜样和网络，(5)旨在为下一个教育步骤提供明确连续性的特别讲习班，(6)包括UVI教师、RISE员工和暑期研究导师在内的支持网络。外部评估人员将采用混合方法设计，提供严格的形成性和总结性评估，旨在将学生的发展与对照组进行比较。总体愿景是促进整个大学不断增加的研究承诺。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MBRS-RISE Program at the University of the Virgin Islands proposes to contribute to the health of the Nation by preparing a unique population of undergraduate students for admission to highly selective doctoral programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. This will be accomplished by a program that combines training in research with developing students' motivation and commitment to scientific careers. The new vision for MBRS-RISE at UVI builds on a solid foundation of success: in the last 10 years 26 underrepresented minority UVI alumni have earned Ph.D. degrees. Since the RISE Program began, UVI has experienced dramatic changes; for example, since 2001 the number of Science and Mathematics graduates has doubled. The long term goals of the RISE Program at UVI are both to further transform the campus culture and to develop students' identities as biomedical researchers through connections to Caribbean heritage and the research needs of the community. This application proposes a program that engages students with innovative curriculum and co-curricular activities including research training and close partnerships with research- intensive institutions. A far-reaching, innovative program is needed at UVI to provide opportunities for the diverse student population to develop their potential to become leading biomedical researchers. UVI has an educational environment that will contribute to success, because there is a highly supportive administration including a new president with a new vision emphasizing student research, new partnerships with highly competitive research institutions, a large and growing pool of talented students, a number of new research programs that can work in synergy with RISE, and a small, supportive, collegial community. The specific aims are: (1) 100% of the RISE students graduate; 90% apply to pipeline programs in their senior year (PhD, masters, or post-baccalaureate programs); 65% enroll in doctoral programs within 4 years of UVI graduation; with 45% enrolling in PhD programs directly; (2) generate positive institutional change that impacts all students in RISE-relevant departments such that the percentage of students enrolling in doctoral programs increases in all departments. These objectives will be accomplished by an integrated program including: (1) development of a new RISE curriculum and faculty training in pedagogy, (2) activities designed to increase students' understanding of the biomedical research needs of the US Virgin Islands and minority communities nationally, (3) research training both on campus and at partner institutions and presentation of results at conferences, (4) visiting scientists to provide role models and networking, (5) special workshops designed to provide clear continuity to the next educational steps, and (6) a network of support including UVI faculty, RISE staff, and summer research mentors. The external evaluators will use a mixed methods design to provide rigorous formative and summative evaluation designed to compare students' development with a control group. The overarching vision is to catalyze an increasing commitment to research across the University.