UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program

作者声明：Michael J. 摘要 这项提案是为了更新最大限度地提高学生多样性奖的倡议， 支持UMDNJ-罗格斯大学管道计划，该计划旨在增加 代表性不足的少数民族（URM）博士的培训和毕业生物医学 科学家这个IMSD是基于分子生物科学研究生课程 伞（MBS），并支持了73名研究生在过去12年中，30的 他们获得了博士学位。并继续从事科学事业或进一步培训， 还有25人在这里接受培训，2人在其他机构。这个IMSD是催化剂 增加博士学位的数量。MBS计划的候选人（目前为50人），以及 这种补助金的更新和补充桥梁博士学位的增长， 机构计划将增加这一数字。在上一个资助期内， IMSD受训人员的流失率仅为5%，我们希望保持或改善 那个记录。自信息管理司成立以来， MBS课程一直低于整体学生人数，表明课程 成功为IMSD学员提供的支持服务包括认知技能评估， 培训，学生辅导计划，学生健康计划，灵活的课程， 学科选择的灵活性，一个活跃的生物科学研究生协会 和一群支持我的导师一个新的定量问题 课程有助学员为科学事业作好准备。学校致力于 通过授予博士学位，继续支持所有研究生，所有IMSD 在IMSD资助后，信誉良好的学员得到了这种支持，其中包括许多 谁赢得了个人NIH或NSF奖学金或已通过培训支持， 研究赠款金在下一节课中，我们建议增加一个必要的科学写作 基因组分析的课程和实验室练习（这将是现有的 课程）。评估表明，我们计划的成功部分基于 作为MBS计划的一部分，受训人员将被确认为生物医学科学家， 而不是以某种方式作为URM学员特定计划的一部分。评价 计划研究社会认同，社会支持和自我效能感如何受到 计划的组成部分，并有助于学员的整体成功。

Leibowitz, Michael J. Abstract This proposal is for renewal of an Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Award, which supports the UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program, which aims to increase the training and graduation of underrepresented minority (URM) Ph.D. biomedical scientists. This IMSD is based in the Molecular Biosciences Graduate Programs umbrella (MBS), and has supported 73 graduate students over the past 12 years, 30 of whom have received the Ph.D. and gone on to scientific careers or further training, with 25 more still in training here and 2 in other institutions. This IMSD has been the catalyst for increasing the number of Ph.D. candidates in the MBS programs (currently 50), and renewal of this grant and the growth of complementary Bridge to the Doctorate and institutional programs will increase that number. In the previous funding period, the attrition rate among IMSD trainees was only 5%, and we hope to maintain or improve that record. Since the inception of the IMSD, the attrition rate of URM candidates in the MBS programs has been below that of the overall student population, indicating program success. Support services for IMSD trainees include cognitive skills evaluation and training, a student tutoring program, student wellness program, flexible curriculum, flexibility in disciplinary selection, an active Biosciences Graduate Student Association and a supportive group of faculty mentors. A new required Quantitative Problems course helps to prepare trainees for science careers. This school is committed to continuous support of all graduate students through award of the Ph.D., and all IMSD trainees in good standing have had such support after IMSD funding, including many who have won individual NIH or NSF fellowships or have been supported by training or research grants. In the next period we propose to add a required scientific writing course and a laboratory exercise in genomic analysis (which will be part of an existing course). Evaluation has suggested that success of our program is based, in part, on identification by the trainees as biomedical scientists as part of the MBS programs rather than as somehow separated as part of a program specific for URM trainees. Evaluation is planned to study how social identity, social support and self-efficacy are impacted by program components and contribute to overall success of trainees.