BRIDGING AMERICANS INDIANS INTO RESEARCH

描述（改编自研究者摘要）： 蒙大拿州（UM）继续致力于吸引长期计划 并在本科和研究生课程中保留美洲印第安人， 我们的教师 这将通过合作计划来实现，其中UM 与高中，部落学院和美国印第安人社区合作。 此应用程序的重点是连接蒙大拿大学的 生物医学研究社区的三个两年，部落社区 为蒙大拿州的美国印第安学生提供服务的学院（TCC）。 这些是 萨利希Kootanai学院，位于巴勃罗，MT;黑脚社区学院， 位于布朗宁，山和钝刀纪念学院位于拉梅 亲爱的，该项目的目标是开发程序， 介绍美国印第安学生和教师在这三所大学， 生物医学科学学位和职业机会，并促进 学生进入BS蒙大拿大学的学位课程。 这些目标将通过实施以下措施来实现 具体目的：（1）蒙大拿大学的教师将访问 部落学院提供方案信息，研讨会，讲座和 参与实施专业实验室课程， （2）学生和教师从部落学院将访问 蒙大拿大学的一个教育项目， 他们到研究设施，研究教师导师，美国印第安人 支持团体和校园环境;（3）学生和教师从 部落学院将各自在实验室进行一个研究项目， 在暑假的几个月里，一个教师的导师。 学院实验室 导师位于蒙大拿大学和麦克劳克林 研究所在大福尔斯，山;（4）当美国印第安学生谁 我参加了这个项目转移到生物医学相关的 蒙大拿大学的学士学位课程，他们将 继续参与积极，成功的研究计划， 导师指导他们完成学位和进入 研究生或专业学校。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Investigator's Abstract): The University of Montana (UM) continues to be committed to a long-term program of attracting and retaining American Indians in undergraduate and graduate Programs and on our faculty. This will be achieved through cooperative programs in which UM works with high schools, tribal colleges and American Indian communities. This application is focused upon bridging the University of Montana's biomedical research community to three of the two-year, tribal community colleges (TCCs) that serve American Indian students in Montana. These are Salish Kootanai College, located in Pablo, MT; Blackfeet Community College, located in Browning, Mt; and Dull Knife Memorial College located in Lame Dear, Mt. The goals of this project are to develop programs that will introduce American Indian students and faculty at these three colleges to degree and career opportunities in biomedical sciences, and to facilitate entry to students into B.S. degree programs at the University of Montana. These goals will be achieved through implementation of the following Specific Aims: (1) faculty from the University of Montana will visit the tribal colleges to present programmatic information, seminars, lectures and participate in the implementation of specialized laboratories for courses at the colleges; (2) Students and faculty from the tribal colleges will visit the University of Montana for an educational program that will introduce them to research facilities, research faculty mentors, American Indian Support groups, and the campus environment; (3) Students and faculty from the tribal colleges will each conduct a research project in the laboratory of a faculty mentor during the summer months. Laboratories of faculty mentors are located at the University of Montana and at the McLaughlin Research Institute in Great Falls, Mt; (4) when American Indian students who have participated in this program transfer to biomedically related baccalaureate degree programs at the University of Montana, they will continue their involvement in active, successful research programs with mentors to guide them toward completion of the degree and entry into graduate or professional schools.