MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement at NC A&T State University

描述(由申请者提供)：MBRS科学促进研究计划(RISE)将通过加强生物、化学和心理学系的研究能力和研究培训，将生物医学研究文化注入NCA和TSU学生和教职员工的生活中。这是一项修订后的申请，旨在通过为NCA和TSU的本科生和教职员工提供广泛的培训计划，增加少数族裔在生物医学研究中的参与。拟议的计划将建立一个高质量的跨部门和多阶段的研究培训计划，旨在提供建立强大的生物医学研究社区所需的培训和支持。这样的社区对于维持一个共享专业知识、研究效率和学生进入生物医学科学职业生涯的改善的智力环境具有重要意义。我们建议把重点放在本科生发展、教师发展和机构发展上。这项建议的目标是：(1)提高生物、化学和心理学专业的本科生留存率；(2)提高学生的参与度、技能和从事研究的决心；(3)提高学生录取博士课程的成功率；(4)增加开展资助研究的生物、化学和心理学教职员工的数量；(5)改善生物医学研究培训的基础设施。活动将包括入学前计划，为期四年的同伴指导，暑期和学术研讨会和专业课程，研讨会，参加研讨会的旅行，以及暑期研究机会。教员将参加前沿研讨会，在导师指导的研究环境中参加教员暑假，并参加鼓励新研究合作的专业会议、研讨会和短期课程。为了改善支持研究训练的物理基础设施，RISE计划将翻新生物系的一个核心分子生物学实验室，并为研究型学生提供支持，以建立“学术研究中心的学生训练”(STAR*Center)。该计划的成功将使用形成性和终结性评估工具进行监测和评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program will infuse a biomedical research culture into the life of NCA&TSU students and faculty by enhancing research capacity and research training in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. This is a revised application that seeks to increase minority participation in biomedical research through a broadly based training program for undergraduate students and faculty at NCA&TSU. The proposed program will establish a quality interdepartmental and multi-phase research training program that is designed to provide both training and support necessary to build a strong biomedical research community. Such a community is significant to sustaining an improved intellectual environment of shared expertise, research productivity and student advancement into biomedical science careers. We propose to focus on undergraduate student development, faculty development and institutional development. Goals of this proposal are to: (1) improve undergraduate retention of Biology, Chemistry and Psychology majors; (2) increase student participation, skills, and commitment to do research; (3) improve student success rates in acceptance to Ph.D. programs; (4) increase the number of Biology, Chemistry and Psychology faculty members who conduct funded research; and (5) improve infrastructure for biomedical research training. Activities will include a pre-matriculation program for entering freshmen, four years of peer mentoring, summer and academic workshops and specialty courses, seminars, travel to symposia, and summer research opportunities. Faculty members will participate in cutting-edge workshops, engage in faculty summer sabbaticals in mentored research environments, and attend professional meetings, workshops and short courses that encourage new research collaborations. To improve physical infrastructure that supports research training, the RISE program will renovate a core molecular biology laboratory in the Department of Biology, and provide support for a "Student Training in Academic Research Center" (STAR*Center) for research students. Success of this program will be monitored and evaluated using formative and summative evaluation tools.