RIO PIEDRAS MARC U*STAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

描述（由申请人提供）：里约彼德拉斯校区正在申请其MARC U* 星星计划的竞争性更新资金。在过去，该计划已成功地使代表性不足的西班牙裔学生攻读研究生课程，近90%的人攻读研究博士学位。这在一定程度上是通过以下方式实现的：针对来自较不发达的高中的学生，招募能力强的人，为他们提供增强他们对研究兴趣的经验，最后将他们编织成一个有凝聚力的团体，鼓励其成员攻读研究生课程。Rio Piedras MARC U* 星星计划建议继续追求以下具体目标：1）增加少数民族本科生的数量，他们攻读研究生课程，以获得生物医学科学博士学位，以及2）增加UPR-Rio Piedras本科生的数量，他们不仅对生物医学感兴趣，而且有能力成功地从事生物医学相关的研究事业。这些目标的第一个包括这些目标和活动，开发在青少年和老年人的研究技能。由于与研究经验相关的活动是未来科学家发展中不可替代的组成部分，该计划将继续需要严格的校内经验，包括完成特定项目，并包括本科论文。还需要外部经验。然而，该计划将寻求改进这一活动和其他活动，以确保学生有更好的机会成为生物医学研究人员。这将包括，更好地利用暑期经验，申请研究生课程更适合他们的需求和经验，他们将在他们的研究生工作中使用更复杂的仪器。第二个目标涉及的活动应该对UPR-里约Piedras生物学和化学专业的学生人数产生影响，他们有能力从事研究工作。这些活动是针对提高学生的表现，包括：新生辅导，夏季数学沉浸在即将到来的新生和课程增强。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Rio Piedras Campus is requesting funds for the competitive renewal of its MARC U*STAR program. In the past this program has been successful in enabling underrepresented Hispanic students to pursue graduate studies and close to 90% have pursued research doctorates. This, in part, has been accomplished by targeting students from the less advantaged high schools, recruiting the highly capable, providing them with experiences that reinforce their interest in research and finally knitting them into a cohesive group that encourages its own members to pursue graduate studies. The Rio Piedras MARC U*STAR program is proposing to continue to pursue following specific aims: 1) To increase the number of minority undergraduate students who pursue graduate studies leading to doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences, and 2) To increase the number of UPR-Rio Piedras undergraduates who are not only interested in, but highly capable of successfully pursuing biomedically relevant research careers. The first of these aims includes those objectives and activities which develop research skills in Juniors and Seniors. Since activities associated with a research experience are irreplaceable components in the development of future scientists, the program will continue to require a rigorous intramural experience that involves the completion of a specific project and includes an undergraduate dissertation. External experiences will also be required. However, the program will seek to improve this and other activities in order to assure that students have a better chance of becoming biomedical researchers. This will include, making better use of summer experiences, applying to graduate programs more suited to their needs and experience in the more complex instrumentation they will use in their graduate work. The second aim involves activities that should have an impact on the numbers of UPR-Rio Piedras Biology and Chemistry majors who are capable of pursuing research careers. These activities are directed to improving student performance and include: Freshman Mentoring, Summer Math Immersion for in-coming Freshmen and Curricular Enhancement.