PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE MINORITIES IN BIOMEDICINE

描述（改编自研究者摘要）：本提案适用于 五年连续申请。 它描述了程序 继续开展的活动和新的活动 正在寻求资金。 它是一个合作伙伴关系的产物， 迈阿密大学（UM）和迈阿密-戴德社区的五个校区 学院（MDCC）。 该计划的目标是（1）提高学术 少数民族学生在科学方面的表现 社区学院和（2）促进这些学生的过渡 进入了密歇根大学的生物医学专业 主要活动将侧重于 学生发展、教师发展和课程创新。 为 学生，活动是：在UM实验室的研究实习， 在校外科学会议上介绍研究成果， 学校到MDCC过渡课程，新兴学者研讨会， 学院学生研究论坛，生物技术课程，咨询和职业生涯 咨询，并通过互联网访问生物科学信息。 社区学院的教师将提供以下：研究 在UM实验室工作一个学期的奖学金，在UM信息研讨会 以及由著名教育工作者举办的创新教学研讨会。 MDCC 和UM教师将合作开发新课程和生物研讨会 将被纳入社区的常规课程 学院 该计划每年将培训30名MDCC学生， 他们的第一年和15在他们的第二年的计划。 明确 已制定了明确的机制来评估项目的成功。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Investigator's Abstract): This proposal is for a five-year continuation application. It describes the programs accomplishments and proposes continuation and new activities for which funding is being sought. It is the product of a partnership between the University of Miami (UM) and the five campuses of Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). The goals of the program are (1) to improve the academic performance of under-represented minority students in the sciences at the community college and (2) to facilitate the transition of these students into the biomedical science program at UM. Key activities will focus on student development, faculty development and curricular innovation. For students, the activities are: research traineeships in UM labs, presentation of research results at extramural scientific meetings, a high school-to-MDCC transition course, an Emerging Scholars workshop, a faculty-student research forum, a biotechnology course, advising and career counseling, and accessing biological science information via the Internet. Community college faculty will be offered the following: research fellowships for a semesters work in UM labs, workshops at UM in information technology, and seminars on innovative teaching by renowned educators. MDCC and UM faculty will cooperate to develop new courses and a biology workshop that will be incorporated into the regular curriculum in the community college. The program will train 30 MDCC students each year, 15 students in their first year and 15 in their second year of the program. Clearly defined mechanisms are in place for assessing the success of the project.