Graduate Training at The Chemistry Biology Interface

描述（由申请人提供）：在马里兰州，巴尔的摩县（UMBC）和马里兰州，巴尔的摩（UMB）的大学CBI培训计划的使命是为学员提供前沿的研究机会和跨学科的跨学科培训不仅纪律，但部门线的手。特别是，UMBC是在促进科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的多样性在本科和研究生水平的领导者。该计划始于2003年，涉及来自两个校区的三个部门的36名教师-UMBC的化学和生物学部门以及UMBC/UMB联合生物化学计划。目前有35名学生参加该计划- 24个二年级及以上，11个一年级学生。其中25个是过渡政府，7个是统一登记机制）。目前每年有四名学生获得NIH培训补助金的支持，但所有第二年及以后的学生都将获得额外的津贴。我们要求在此更新申请中增加到8个培训名额，因为该计划自成立以来已经增加了一倍多。除了额外的津贴，该计划还有其他独特的功能，最重要的是，在他们的学科之外的实验室进行的培训机会，但是，这为他们的论文研究项目提供了附加值。该计划的主要特点和要求包括：在选择导师之前，可以选择在其他学科中轮换;在选择导师之后，在其他学科中有结构化的培训机会;所有学员（所有年份）每周在“化学-生物学界面问题”课程的框架下开会;其他学科的高级课程;所有学员每年都必须出席两次当地/区域研究生研讨会;所有学员每年都必须出席两次国家/国际会议;所有学生每学期必须参加其他部门的两次研讨会;所有学员完成道德课程;所有学员必须保持3.25 GPA ;及时完成所有学位要求（即文献综述考试，候选人资格考试，原始提案或其所在部门的其他要求）。所有化学和生物学CBI的学生都必须在研究生学习期间的某个时候教两个学期（注意：由于UMB校园缺乏本科课程，UMB学生可以免除这一点）。在成果方面，自2008年上次更新以来，9名CBI学生获得了博士学位。℃下这九个人都获得了博士后职位，其中大部分在领先的研究机构，其中三个在华盛顿地区的联邦实验室。总而言之，自2008年以来获得培训补助金支持的所有学生，以及目前参与（但通过其他方式获得支持）的学生，都是CBI培训补助金计划可以完成的杰出例子。他们是高生产力，坚定的承诺，都作为优秀的大使，不仅为加州大学伯克利分校，但也美国国立卫生研究院和跨学科的科学在加州大学伯克利分校。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the CBI training program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is to provide trainees with cutting edge research opportunities and hands on cross-disciplinary training across not only discipline, but departmental lines. In particular, UMBC is a leader in promoting diversity within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The program, which started in 2003, involves thirty-six faculty from three departments located on two campuses - the Chemistry and Biology departments at UMBC and the joint UMBC/UMB Biochemistry program. Currently there are 35 students participating in the program - 24 second year and beyond, and 11 first year students. Of these, 25 are TGE and seven are URMs). Four students are currently supported each year by the NIH training grant, however all second years and beyond receive an extra stipend. We are requesting an increase to eight training slots in this renewal application since the program has more than doubled since its inception. In addition to the extra stipend, the program has other unique features, most significantly, a training opportunity that is undertaken in a laboratory outside of their discipline, however, which provides added value to their dissertation research project. The primary features and requirements of the program include: Optional rotation in the other discipline before choosing mentor ; A structured training opportunity in the other discipline after choosing mentor ; All trainees (all years) meet weekly under the umbrella of the "Issues at the Chemistry-Biology Interface" course ; Advanced coursework in the other discipline ; All trainees are required to present at two local/regional Graduate Research symposiums per year ; All trainees are required to present at two national/international conferences per year ; All students must attend two seminars per semester in the other departments ; All trainees complete an ethics course ; All trainees must maintain a 3.25 GPA ; Completion of all degree requirements (i.e. literature review exam, candidacy exam, original proposal or other requirements for their home department) in a timely fashion. All Chemistry & Biology CBI students are required to teach for two semesters at some point during their graduate studies (note: UMB students are exempt from this due to a lack of an undergraduate program at the UMB campus). In terms of outcomes, since the last renewal in 2008, nine CBI students have earned their Ph.D. degree. All nine have gone on to postdoctoral positions, most of which are at leading research institutions, with three of them at federal laboratories in the DC area. In summary, all of the students that have been supported on the training grant since 2008, as well as the current students who participate (but are supported by other means), are outstanding examples of what can be accomplished in a CBI training grant program. They are highly productive, strongly committed and all serve as excellent ambassadors not only for UMBC, but also NIH and cross- disciplinary science at the CBI.