MBRS IMSD Program at the University of California Irvine

描述（由申请人提供）：在加州大学欧文分校（UCI）的MBRS-IMSD计划的目标是增加的数量和代表性不足（UR）的本科生和研究生，完成生物医学科学博士学位，并推进到有竞争力的博士后职位的学术卓越。在过去的十年中，该计划增加了几倍的机构率，UR本科生毕业后进入博士课程，UR研究生在UCI完成博士课程的数量。课程内容包括学术准备、研究培训、密集的指导和专业发展。在教师导师的指导下进行的独立有偿研究是MBRS学生为研究生院和以研究为重点的职业做好准备的核心要素。研究培训从大一开始，由参与者开发原创项目。超过100名教师与资助的研究计划作为MBRS学员的导师。该计划提供了一系列的组成部分，以提高本科生（新生到大四）进入生物医学博士课程的兴趣，动机和学术准备，包括科学课程的同行辅导/指导计划，研讨会系列，期刊俱乐部，进度报告会议，科学交流研讨会和研究生院申请。研究生部分旨在为UR博士提供全面的培训。学生在研究生院出类拔萃。该计划为即将入学的UR博士生提供夏季研究培训，为他们准备研究生核心课程，第一年后准备口语考试的研讨会，为第二年学生准备的一系列活动 论文研究项目和竞争性的建议，校外资金，在全国会议上介绍论文，专业发展研讨会上的学术博士后职位搜索和咨询，并在非部门设置的研究生学习和职业发展方向。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the MBRS-IMSD Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is to increase the number and academic excellence of underrepresented (UR) undergraduate and graduate students that complete PhD degrees in biomedical sciences and advance to competitive postdoctoral positions. During the past decade, program increased by severalfold the institutional rate at which UR undergraduates enter PhD programs following graduation and the number of UR graduate students completing PhD programs at UCI. Program elements are academic preparation, research training, intense mentoring and professional development. Independent paid research conducted under the direction of faculty mentors serves as a core element to prepare MBRS students for graduate school and research-focused careers. Research training begins in the freshmen year with the development of original projects that are developed by participants. Over 100 faculty with funded research programs serve as preceptors of MBRS trainees. The program offers a series of components to increase the interest, motivation and academic preparedness of undergraduates (freshmen to seniors) to enter PhD programs in biomedical sciences, including a peer tutoring/mentoring program of science classes, a seminar series, journal club, progress report sessions, workshops on scientific communications, and application to graduate school. The graduate component is designed to provide a comprehensive training for UR Ph.D. students to excel in graduate school. The program provides summer research training for incoming UR PhD students to prepare them for the graduate core classes, a workshop to prepare oral exams after the first year, a series of activities for second year students to prepare a dissertation research project and competitive proposals for extramural funding, presentation of papers at national conferences, professional development workshops on the academic postdoctoral positions search and counseling and orientation about graduate studies and career development in a non-departmental setting.