Summer Program to Advance Research Careers (SPARC)

暑期研究职业发展计划(SPARC)摘要 达纳-法伯/哈佛癌症中心(DF/HCC)，与马萨诸塞大学合作 波士顿(UMB)要求提供资金，以解决预计将出现的大学毕业生在科学、技术、 工程和数学(STEM)领域。我们特别解决了确保更多 从STEM开始的本科生，特别是那些来自代表人数不足的背景的本科生，完成STEM 在生物医学和行为科学方面取得学位并追求职业生涯。通过建议的研究教育 暑期计划，高级研究职业计划(SPARC)，我们将提供创新和 在本科一年级或二年级入学后的暑假进行早期研究 激发学生对科学的兴趣和对癌症和癌症差异研究的兴奋 DF/CC和UMB调查人员利用新兴技术开展的开创性工作。 每年，来自UMB及其三所支线社区学院(邦克希尔，罗克斯伯里， 和马斯湾)将被选中参加在他们的第一年或第二年的夏天。每个人 学生将根据学生的背景和兴趣与研究导师配对。教员 导师使用DF/HCC的新兴技术从事癌症和/或癌症差异研究 UMB社区将提供全职、动手的新兴技术研究体验，这些体验将 让学员做好准备，开始成功地驾驭癌症和癌症差异的职业道路 研究科学家。为期12周的课程还将让学生了解决策过程和技能 获得一个成功的研究事业所必需的。参加SPARC的学生将参加各种 研讨会从迎新开始，贯穿他们的整个研究经历-这些将包括正式和 关于伦理和负责任的研究行为的非正式讨论。 SPARC将专注于对发展成功的、创新的癌症研究人员至关重要的三个领域：(1) 获取癌症和新兴技术领域的科学知识；(2)发展 沟通能力；(3)个性化的职业准备。这三个领域的计划活动将 提供开发和实施所必需的强大的智力、技术和个人基础 尖端研究。学员的学业和职业发展将在体验和培训期间进行跟踪 此后每年评估研究教育计划对参与者的兴趣和 为癌症和癌症差异研究做准备。 1

Summer Program to Advance Research Careers (SPARC) Summary The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), requests funding to address a predicted shortfall of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. We specifically address the need to ensure that more undergraduates, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, who start in STEM complete a STEM degree and pursue careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Via the proposed research education program, Summer Program to Advance Research Careers (SPARC), we will provide an innovative and engaging early research experience the summer after the first or second year of undergraduate enrollment that sparks a student's interest in science and excitement about cancer and cancer disparities research by tapping into pioneering work being done by DF/HCC and UMB investigators using emerging technologies. Annually, 35 promising students from UMB and three of its feeder community colleges (Bunker Hill, Roxbury, and Mass Bay) will be selected to participate during the summer following their first or second year. Each student will be paired with a research mentor according to the student's background and interests. Faculty mentors engaged in cancer and/or cancer disparities research using emerging technologies from the DF/HCC and UMB communities will provide full-time, hands-on emerging technology research experiences that will prepare participants to begin to successfully navigate the path to careers as cancer and cancer disparities research scientists. The 12-week program will also expose students to the decision processes and skills acquisition necessary for a successful research career. Students participating in SPARC will attend a variety of seminars beginning at orientation and throughout their research experience—these will include both formal and informal discussions on ethics and the responsible conduct of research. SPARC will focus on three areas critical to the development of successful, innovative cancer researchers: (1) acquisition of scientific knowledge in the area of cancer and emerging technologies; (2) development of communication skills; and (3) individualized career preparation. Program activities in these three areas will provide the strong intellectual, technical, and personal foundation essential for developing and implementing cutting-edge research. Participant's academic and career progress will be tracked during the experience and annually thereafter to assess the impact of the research education program on participants' interest in and preparation for cancer and cancer disparities research. 1