Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in the Sciences (PUMAS)

描述(由申请人提供)：Gladstone寻求通过为来自传统上在科学界代表性不足的群体的本科生提供8个暑期研究机会来增加生物医学研究的多样性。我们的计划，促进未被充分代表的少数民族在科学方面的进步(PUMA)，旨在1)增加获得理科学士学位的未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)学生的数量，以及2)扩大和多样化未来研究生院的学生群体。我们的最终目标是增加训练有素的URM生物医学研究科学家的数量。美洲狮项目将招收两类本科生。首先，我们将从我们的格莱斯通暑期奖学金(GSS)高中实习计划中招收四年制学院和大学的学生。GSS的学生已经经历了一次在Gladstone实验室工作的暑期经历；因此，Pumas将重新吸引这些已经瞄准了URM学生的学生，他们已经完成了本科一年级的工作，继续追求他们对生物医学研究的热情。其次，我们将招收打算转学到四年制大学的社区学院学生。我们将与加州大学伯克利分校(UCB)、转学联盟项目(TAP)合作，在旧金山湾区的社区大学识别URM学生。我们将寻找那些已经完成了大部分数学和科学要求，并希望转到四年制学校的科学课程的学生。在为期八周的时间里，美洲狮的参与者将与格拉德斯通的一名科学导师配对，共同从事一个特定的研究项目。他们将花费80%的时间进行生物医学研究，包括独立研究活动、一对一指导、实验室会议、科学讲座、研讨会、期刊俱乐部以及其他学术和专业发展活动。他们将花费20%的时间参加补充教育活动。这包括每周一次的研讨会，主题包括准备研究生院申请，研究生院生活入门读本，以及一系列旨在提高学生科学交流技能的公开演讲练习课程。美洲狮学生还将参加一个20小时的实验室技能训练营和一个关于负责任的研究行为的三节课系列课程。美洲狮项目将在一个海报环节达到高潮，在海报环节中，学生们向格拉德斯通和加州大学旧金山分校的科学界描述他们的工作、假设和结果。学生对科学事业的热情必须在实验室实习期间和之后得到培养。因此，Gladstone将继续让学生参与各种后续活动，例如确保在Gladstone或其他机构获得连续的暑期研究经验，并帮助学生申请大学和研究生院的竞争性奖学金。最终，目标是增加以生物医学研究为职业的URM学生的数量。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Gladstone seeks to increase diversity in biomedical research by providing eight summer research opportunities for undergraduate students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Our program, Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in the Sciences (PUMAS) aims 1) to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students who receive baccalaureate degrees in science and 2) expand and diversify the future graduate school student population. Our ultimate goal is to increase the number of well-trained URM biomedical research scientists. The PUMAS program will recruit two types of undergraduates. First, we will recruit students attending 4-year colleges and universities from our Gladstone Summer Scholars (GSS) high school internship program. GSS students have already experienced one summer experience working in Gladstone laboratories; therefore PUMAS will reengage these already targeted URM students who have completed their first year of undergraduate work to pursue their passion for biomedical research. Second, we will recruit students attending community college who intend to transfer to a 4-year university. We will partner with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Transfer Alliance Project (TAP) to identify URM students at community colleges in the San Francisco/Bay Area. We will seek students who have completed most of their math and science requirements and are looking to transfer to a science program at a 4-year school. For eight weeks, PUMAS participants will be paired with a scientific mentor at Gladstone to work on a specific research project. They will spend 80% of their time conducting biomedical research, including independent research activities, one-on-one mentoring, laboratory meetings, scientific lectures, seminars, journal clubs, and other academic and professional development activities. They will spend 20% of their time participating in supplementary educational activities. This includes weekly workshops on topics such as preparing graduate school applications, primer on grad school life, and a series of public speaking practice sessions geared towards improving student's scientific communication skills. PUMAS students will also participate in a 20-hr Laboratory Skills Bootcamp and a three-class series on the responsible conduct of research. The PUMAS program will culminate with a poster session in which students describe their work, hypothesis and results to the scientific community at Gladstone and UCSF. A student's passion for a scientific career must be cultivated both during and after a laboratory internship experience. Thus, Gladstone will continue to engage students in a variety of follow-up activities, such as securing a successive summer research experience at Gladstone or at other institutions and assisting students with applications for competitive fellowships in both college and graduate school. Ultimately, the aim is to increase the number of URM students pursuing biomedical research as a career. (End of Abstract)