IMSD Program at Wayne State University

描述（由申请人提供）：我们在韦恩州立大学IMSD项目的主要目标是提高和增强少数民族本科生和研究生的学业成绩、生物医学研究培训和职业发展。韦恩州立大学（WSU）的IMSD项目最初于1978年获得资助。该项目已经发展壮大，目前支持25名本科生和20名研究生。在这项建议中，我们要求在这一级继续提供资金。WSU的IMSD项目非常成功地实现了NIH-MORE项目的目标。我们的本科生中有相当一部分（64%）进入了研究生和/或专业学院。在这个资助周期中，我们有14名imsd支持的研究生完成了博士学位。对于本科生，我们强调了研究生职业的兴奋和将导致学术生涯的项目。在华盛顿州立大学，获得学士学位的毕业生继续从事研究生工作的历史正在继续呈上升趋势。增加一年级和二年级学生参与该项目的人数，并将他们作为职业选择引导到学术科学领域，而不仅仅是专业学校，这提高了我们的成功。我们与其他新生建立了外展关系，这也提高了他们对学术而不是职业生涯的认识。华盛顿州立大学有8000多名少数民族学生参加了这个项目，这让我们有理由相信，在未来四年的支持下，我们将继续取得成功。IMSD项目的存在无疑影响了韦恩州立大学少数族裔本科生和研究生的文化和成功。IMSD项目一直是招聘、职业发展和支持部门研究和培训项目的基础。我们的本科和研究生课程将继续取得成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our primary goal for the IMSD Program at Wayne State University is to enhance and augment the academic performance, biomedical research training, and career development of minority undergraduate and graduate students. The IMSD Program at Wayne State University (WSU) was initially funded in 1978. The program has grown and currently supports 25 undergraduate and 20 graduate students. In this proposal we are requesting continued funding at this level. The IMSD Program at WSU has been very successful at achieving the goals of the NIH-MORE programs. A significant number (64%) of our undergraduate students have gone to graduate and/or professional schools. We had 14 IMSD-supported graduate students complete the Ph.D. during this funding cycle. For the undergraduate students we have emphasized the excitement of graduate careers and programs that will lead to academic careers. The history of getting B.S. graduates to pursue graduate work is continuing in an upward trajectory at WSU. Increasing the number of freshmen and sophomores participating in the program and directing them to the academic sciences as career choices earlier rather than only the professional schools has enhanced our success. We have outreach relationships with other beginning students that also enhance their awareness of academic rather than professional careers. WSU, with over 8,000 students enrolled from the ranks of ethnic minorities covered by this program, give us reasons to feel assured of continued success in the next four years of support. The presence of the IMSD program has definitely influenced the culture and success of minority undergraduate and graduate students at Wayne State University. The IMSD program has served as a base for recruitment, career development and support for department-based research and training programs. Our undergraduate and graduate components will continue to be successful.