Summer Research Experience in Biological and Computational Sciences

这项拟议的夏季研究计划是约翰·P·胡斯曼人类基因组学研究所（HIHG）生物和计算科学JJ万斯纪念夏季实习的竞争性延续。HIHG的部分使命是培养下一代研究人员。出于这个原因，它已经主办，在过去的五年里，JJ万斯纪念生物和计算科学暑期实习（JJ万斯实习），一个程序，提供了从迈阿密地区高中上升的老年人一个独特的机会，直接参与科学研究。该计划非常成功，在5年的资助期内，迈阿密-戴德县和布劳沃德县的94所不同高中共收到541份申请，每年只有12-13个职位。在此期间选择的63名实习生中，47%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔，15%为非洲裔美国人，30%为非西班牙裔白色人，8%为亚洲人。97%的高中毕业生（两个班仍在高中）上过大学，STEM专业占前实习生大学专业学习领域的87%，目前有20%的学生参加额外的研究生学习。该计划的设计将学生纳入由HIHG教师领导的正在进行的工作研究小组，专注于实践和指导经验。我们努力创造对科学，研究的热情;让学生不仅体验科学的创造力，而且了解需要什么样的职业步骤才能让他们到达那里。我们提供实验室和基于计算机的（生物信息学，统计遗传学，数据管理编程）经验。

This proposed Summer Research Program is a competing renewal of the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG). Part of HIHG’s mission is to train the next generation of researchers. For this reason, it has hosted, for the last five years, the JJ Vance Memorial Summer Internship in Biological and Computational Sciences (JJ Vance internship), a program that has offered rising seniors from Miami-area high schools a unique opportunity to be directly involved in scientific research. The program has been highly successful, receiving a total of 541 applications during the 5-year funding period from 94 different high schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, for only 12-13 positions per year. Of the 63 selected interns during this time, 47% were Hispanic/Latino, 15% were African American, 30% were white non-Hispanic and 8% were Asian. Ninety-seven percent (97%) of students that have graduated from high school (two classes are still in high school) have attended college, and STEM majors represent 87% of the ex-interns’ college major fields of study with 20% currently attending additional graduate study. The programs’ design incorporates the student into ongoing working research groups led by faculty members at the HIHG, focusing on a hands-on and mentoring experience. We strive to create a passion for science, for research; to enable the student to experience not only the creativity of science but understand what career steps it takes to get them there. We offer both laboratory as well as a computer-based (bioinformatics, statistical genetics, data- management programming) experience.