South Carolina Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

 描述（由申请人提供）：许多有才华的少数民族学生有能力在生物医学科学博士学位。他们没有必要的背景，或者他们的证书不能反映他们的能力。为了让聪明的、代表性不足的少数民族学生更深入、更长时间地接触生物医学科学，南卡罗来纳州大学建立了一个PREP项目，增加了合格的URM生物医学博士申请者的数量。通过为少数民族学生提供在生物医学研究实验室全职工作的机会，同时为研究生院做准备。下一阶段USC PREP的具体目标包括：1。招募合格的URM学生，他们在生物医学相关领域获得了最近的学士学位，并坚定地致力于获得生物医学科学博士学位。2.为了提高PREP学者的研究技能，通过就业作为一个研究技术人员与教师和研究生/博士后研究员的指导关系。3.通过实践培训，特殊课程以及参加研讨会和期刊俱乐部，提高所有USC PREP学者的分析，口头和定量技能，以便所有PREP学者都有竞争力进入备受尊敬的博士课程。4.帮助学生在南加州大学和研究界其他地方的同行和教师之间建立关系，使每个人都有明确的职业目标和强大的支持网络。5.帮助PREP学者在南加州大学之外形成同事网络，通过支持他们参加科学会议来提高他们的职业前景。6.帮助PREP学者获得高质量博士课程的录取。这是我们的期望，至少有75%的USC PREP学者将被这样一个程序接受，至少有80%的人接受将获得博士学位。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many talented minority students have the ability to do well in a biomedical science Ph. D. program, but either they do not have the necessary background or their credentials do not reflect their abilities. To provide deeper and longer exposure of bright, underrepresented minority students to biomedical science, the University of South Carolina established a PREP program that has increased the number of qualified URM applicants to biomedical Ph. D. programs by offering minority students the opportunity to work full-time in biomedical research laboratories while preparing for graduate school. Specific goals for the next period of USC PREP include: 1. To recruit qualified URM students who have both a recent BS degree in a biomedically relevant field and a strong commitment to earning a PhD in the biomedical sciences. 2. To improve the research skills of PREP Scholars through employment as a research technician in a mentored relationship with a faculty member and with graduate students/postdoctoral fellows. 3. To improve the analytical, verbal and quantitative skills of all USC PREP Scholars through hands on training, special course offerings, and participation in seminars and journal clubs so that all PREP Scholars are competitive to enter a well-respected PhD program. 4. To help the PREP Scholars to establish relationships among peers and faculty at USC and elsewhere in the research community so that each has well-defined career goals and a strong support network. 5. To help PREP Scholars to form a network of colleagues outside USC to enhance their career prospects by supporting their attendance at scientific meetings. 6. To help PREP Scholars gain acceptance into a high quality PhD program. It is our expectation that at least 75% of USC PREP Scholars will be accepted by such a program and that at least 80% those accepted will earn PhD degrees.