Michigan Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：密歇根大学于2009年成立了一个博士后研究教育计划（PREP），以提高代表性不足的学生被接受的能力，并成功获得全国各地生物学，生物工程和生物医学学科的优秀博士（Ph.D.）项目的博士学位。现在，该项目的更新请求将该项目扩展到密歇根大学排名前三的学院：医学、工程和公共卫生。通过NIH支持和机构支持的结合，PREP学员将能够在工程学院和公共卫生学科（包括公共卫生学院的流行病学和生物统计学）接受生物医学科学、生物工程和化学工程研究方面的培训。对于那些在项目的前4.5到5个月（即“第一年”）没有被这些学科的优秀项目录取的学员，将提供第二年的PREP支持。这些学生可以继续在项目中进行第二年的研究训练，研究经验不足是这些学生在第一年无法获得研究生录取的常见原因。密歇根大学在鼓励本科生从事研究事业方面有着悠久的历史，近年来，密歇根大学通过招收各个层次（从本科到研究生再到专业课程）的多样化和有才华的学生群体，获得了全国的关注。在生物科学、工程和公共卫生方面，预科学生有广泛的研究机会，在所有这些学科中，有强大而协调的研究生课程，这些课程已经成功地招收和毕业了一个多样化的学生群体。十多年来，在向代表性不足的学生授予博士学位的大学中，密歇根大学一直名列前十。目前，密歇根大学非常成功的PREP扩展到工程和公共卫生学科，并允许学生参与这些领域的研究，将为来自全国各地的有前途的学生提供成功申请强大的研究生课程并在入学后取得成功所需的准备。两位新助理项目主任都是最近从密歇根大学毕业的博士，他们都来自代表性不足的人群，这也将使PREP学员获得成功完成他们渴望做的事情的榜样的指导。它还将使该项目能够帮助培训年轻而有能力的项目管理人员，以便为多样化的劳动力队伍继续培训未来几代科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) was inaugurated in 2009 at the University of Michigan to increase the ability of underrepresented students to be accepted into and succeed in obtaining doctoral degrees from excellent doctoral (Ph.D.) programs in the biological, bioengineering and biomedical disciplines throughout the country. This request for renewal of the program now expands the program to three top-ranked schools and colleges at the University of Michigan: Medicine, Engineering and Public Health. Through a combination of NIH support and institutional support, PREP trainees will be able to receive training in research in biomedical sciences, bioengineering and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and public health disciplines, including epidemiology and biostatistics in the School of Public Health. A second year of PREP support will be available to trainees who are not admitted to excellent programs in these disciplines after their fist 4.5 to5 months in the program (i.e. in "year one"). These students can remain in the program for a second year of research training, insufficient research experience being the usual reason such students do not achieve graduate admission in year 1. The University of Michigan has long had a strong history of encouraging undergraduates to engage in research careers and in recent years has gained national attention through its commitment to recruiting a diverse and talented student population at all levels (from undergraduate to graduate programs to professional programs). In the biosciences, engineering and public health, there are extensive research opportunities for PREP students and strong and coordinated graduate programs in all these disciplines that have been successful in recruiting and graduating a diverse student body. The U of M has ranked in the top 10 among universities granting doctoral degrees to under-represented students for more than a decade. The expansion of the current, highly successful PREP at Michigan to Engineering and Public Health disciplines and to allow students to engage in research in these areas will provide promising students from around the country with the needed preparation both to apply successfully to strong graduate programs and to succeed once they matriculate. The inclusion of two new assistant program directors, both of whom are recent PhD graduates of the U of M, and themselves from under-represented populations will also allow the PREP trainees to receive mentoring from role models who have successfully accomplished what they aspire to do. It will also allow the program to help in the training of young and able program administrators to carry on the training of future generations of scientists for a diverse workforce.