MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research at Tennessee State Unive

描述（由申请人提供）：大津的机读目录项目从1980年至今一直在进行不断的评估和调整。在过去的五年里（2006-2011年），16名前学员获得了著名大学的博士学位，包括梅哈里（2），范德比尔特（2），华盛顿大学，联合美国密歇根州辛辛那提。伊利诺伊大学内布拉斯加州，埃默里，南佛罗里达州，联合伊利诺伊州/芝加哥，耶鲁大学，哈佛和麻省理工。目前，21名前受训人员在研究生院就读。在这一组中，预计有四人将在未来两年获得博士学位。因此，大津计划将在2006-2013年期间培养20名博士（请参见进度报告中的表2）。我们认为，过去几年我们每年只有8到12名学员的小项目为增加URM生物医学科学家的人才库做出了重大贡献。我们的MARC U* 星星计划在未来五年的目标将继续产生竞争力训练有素的URM学生谁进入并成功完成他们的研究博士学位在生物医学/行为科学。这一目标与大学的使命和战略目标非常一致。为了实现这一目标，我们提出以下建议：1。将U* 星星毕业生进入研究生院的人数从目前的58%增加20%到70%; 2.在下一个周期保持或超过MARC毕业生获得博士学位的百分比。从2006年至2011年，我们的17名前受训人员获得了博士学位（见进度报告表2）。根据这些年来该方案的受训人数，这大约是获得博士学位的受训人员的40%。3.提高学员的定量和口头表达能力，例如，平均GRE定量分数从370（新任命的学员）提高到550，提高了48%。4.将受训人员在专业会议上作科学报告的次数从每年2次增加到每年4次，出版物从每5年6次增加到每5年10次。5.提供具有挑战性的课程 包括校内和校外的研究经验，以提高我们的学员的竞争力，使他们的研究生院录取率从90%提高到100%。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MARC Program at TSU continues from 1980 to date going through continuous evaluation and adjustment. During the last five years (2006-2011) 16 former trainees have received PhD degrees from well known universities including Meharry (2), Vanderbilt (2), Washington U., U. Cincinnati, Michigan State, U. Illinois, U. Nebraska, Emory, S.FL.,U. Ill/Chicago, Yale U., Harvard and MIT. Currently, 21 former trainees are in graduate schools. From this group, four are expected to obtain the PhD degrees in the next two years. Therefore, the TSU program will produce 20 PhDs from 2006-2013 (Please see table 2 in progress report). We think our small program of only 8 to 12 trainees/year in past years has made a significant contribution in increasing the pool of URM biomedical scientists. The GOAL of our MARC U*STAR Program for the next five years will continue to be to produce competitively trained URM students who enter and SUCCESSIVLLY COMPLETE their research doctorates in biomedical/behavioral sciences. This goal aligns well with the mission and strategic goals of the University. To achieve this goal we propose the following OBJECTIVES: 1. To increase the number of U*STAR graduates entering graduate school by 20 % from the current 58% to 70%; 2. To maintain or exceed the percentage of MARC graduates receiving PhDs during the next cycle. From 2006-2011, 17 of our former trainees received PhDs (see table 2 in progress report). Based on the number of trainees in the program over those years this is approximately 40% of trainees receiving Ph.Ds. 3. To increase the quantitative and verbal skills of trainees as evidenced, for example, by an average GRE quantitative score increase from 370 (Newly appointed trainees) to 550, a 48% gain. 4. To increase the number of trainee scientific presentations at the professional meetings from 2 per year to 4 per year and publications from 6 per 5 year period to 10 per five year period. 5. To offer challenging curricula including on and off campus research experiences to enhance the competitiveness of our trainees to gain acceptance into graduate schools from 90% to 100%.