RIO PIEDRAS MARC U*STAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

描述（由申请人提供）：里约热内卢Piedras校区正在为其MARC U*STAR项目的竞争性更新申请资金。在过去，这个项目已经成功地使代表性不足的西班牙裔学生能够继续研究生学习，接近90%的学生获得了博士学位。这在一定程度上是通过以下方式实现的：以条件较差的高中学生为目标，招募能力较强的学生，为他们提供增强研究兴趣的经历，并最终将他们凝聚成一个有凝聚力的团体，鼓励自己的成员攻读研究生。里约热内卢Piedras MARC U*STAR计划提出继续追求以下具体目标：1)增加攻读生物医学科学博士学位的少数民族本科生的数量，2)增加ubr -Rio Piedras本科生的数量，他们不仅对生物医学相关的研究感兴趣，而且有能力成功地从事生物医学相关的研究事业。这些目标中的第一个包括那些发展初级和高级研究技能的目标和活动。由于与研究经验相关的活动在未来科学家的发展中是不可替代的组成部分，因此该计划将继续要求严格的校内经历，包括完成一个特定的项目和一篇本科论文。也需要外部经验。然而，该计划将寻求改进这些活动和其他活动，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，申请更适合他们需要的研究生课程，以及在研究生工作中使用更复杂的仪器的经验。第二个目标涉及的活动应该对有能力从事研究工作的ubr - rio Piedras生物和化学专业的人数产生影响。这些活动旨在提高学生的表现，包括：新生辅导、新生暑期数学沉浸和课程强化。

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.