Minority Access to Research Careers

描述（由申请人提供）：少数民族学者的研究培训不仅是国家的优先事项，也是夏威夷州和夏威夷大学的优先事项。最近生物医学和生物技术产业的增长以及对自然资源保护和管理的重新重视增加了对夏威夷训练有素的博士科学家的需求。我们当地的学生准备成为这个不断发展的科学事业的一部分。夏威夷的人口可能是美国种族最多样化的，但夏威夷、菲律宾和太平洋岛屿的学生在科学博士职业道路上的代表性不足。少数族裔获得研究职业计划（MARC）的目的是解决这种差距，并为少数族裔学生在美国最高水平的科学工作队伍中从事职业做好准备。在一个新的和有前途的项目中，MARC项目将加入与休斯敦大学马诺阿荣誉项目的合作伙伴关系，每年为生物和行为科学的研究事业确定、教育、建议和培训10名少数民族学生。荣誉水平的学生将被认定为进入大一，在从社区学院转学时，在宣布专业时。其目标是让超过50%的学者进入博士阶段。该计划旨在提高学生的研究，学术和个人准备，以成功竞争研究生入学。学术准备将通过开发一个有竞争力的pre-MARC，一年级至二年级荣誉学生，各级密集的学术指导，以及基于研究的探究和方法论课程来加强。研究准备将通过与夏威夷大学马诺阿分校科学研究人员进行为期两年的指导研究实习，校外暑期研究经验，期刊俱乐部，实验室技能培训，参加科学会议，出版作者和研究伦理培训来完成。个人准备将通过接触职业选择、同伴指导活动、社交网络和提高书面和口头沟通技能的机会来发展。MARC与荣誉项目的合作伙伴关系预计将增加研究教师对所有荣誉学生的参与，并将马诺阿大学的荣誉机会推广给更广泛的科学专业和社区学院转学生。外部评估将允许对项目目标和目的的进展进行及时的评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The research training of minority scholars is not only a national priority, but a priority for the State of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii. Recent growth in the biomedical and biotechnological industry and renewed emphasis on the conservation and management of natural resources has increased the need for highly-trained Ph.D. scientists in Hawaii. Our local students are poised to become a part of this growing scientific enterprise. Hawaii may have the most ethnically diverse population in the U.S., but Hawaiian, Filipino, and Pacific Island students are underrepresented in the science Ph.D. career track. The purpose of the Minority Access to Research Careers Program (MARC) is to address the disparities and prepare honors-level minority students for careers at the highest levels of the nation's scientific work force. In a new and promising venture, the MARC Program will join a partnership with the UH Manoa Honors Program to identify, educate, advise, and train ten minority students each year for research careers in the biological and behavioral sciences. Honors-caliber students will be identified as entering freshman, at the time of transfer from the community colleges, and at the point of declaring a major. The goal is to put more than 50% of those scholars on the Ph.D. track. The program is structured to increase the research, academic, and personal preparedness of the students to successfully compete for graduate admission. Academic preparedness will be enhanced by development of a competitive pool of pre-MARC, freshman-sophomore honors students, intensive academic advising at all levels, and research-based inquiry and methodology coursework. Research preparedness will be accomplished by a two-year mentored research internship with UH Manoa science researchers, an extramural summer research experience, journal clubs, laboratory skills training, participation in scientific meetings, publication authorship, and research ethics training. Personal preparedness will be developed by exposure to career options, peer-mentoring activities, social networking, and opportunities to increase written and oral communication skills. The MARC partnership with the Honors Program is expected to increase the research faculty involvement with all honors students and to promote visibility of honors opportunities at UH Manoa to the broader cohort of science majors and community college transfer students. External evaluation will permit timely assessment of progress toward the goals and objectives of the program.