Collaborative Research: UBM - Institutional: UI-WSU Program in Undergraduate Mathematics and Biology

合作研究：UBM - 机构：UI-WSU 本科数学和生物学项目

• 批准号: 1029485
• 负责人: Barrie Robison
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1029485&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; UBM; Institutional; UI

The University of Idaho (UI) and Washington State University (WSU) collaborative undergraduate Bio-Math project expands interdisciplinary training opportunities for undergraduates in mathematics and biology. Undergraduate biology and mathematics education at the partner institutions provides immersion for students in an interdisciplinary culture. Through this program undergraduate students are encouraged to pursue graduate studies and science careers at the intersection of mathematics and biology. Students are trained and mentored in undergraduate teams on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that builds on collaborations between faculty at UI and WSU. The interwoven, cooperative undergraduate curriculum in mathematical biology leverages expertise at both institutions and capitalizes on extensive collaborations between mathematics and biology faculty at both institutions, providing undergraduates an educational and training experience which includes access to research projects, laboratory facilities, and computing resources well beyond what would be possible at either institution alone. Principal investigators and participating faculty include biologists, biochemists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists who are involved in projects that demonstrate great scientific diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and team-based research opportunities for UBM students. Research topics range from molecular to organismal scales, cover population and evolutionary dynamics, and combine empirical and theoretical research.The University of Idaho (UI) and Washington State University (WSU), two institutions which are just seven miles apart, will create an integrated and collaborative undergraduate training program in mathematical biology. The program will build upon the extensive collaborations between mathematicians and biologists at both institutions. Students will be immersed in an interdisciplinary culture in mathematical biology, and be provided with genuine research opportunities supervised by faculty from both disciplines who will train the next generation of scientists capable of addressing critical scientific questions at the interface of math and biology. Opportunities for the students include: participation in a diverse set of a cooperatively-taught core interdisciplinary courses, new degree options, and certificates that recognize transdisciplinary training in mathematics and biology. These components are available to all interested students, not just those supported by the UBM project. The project team strives to recruit underrepresented groups, such as Native Americans, Hispanics, and first-generation college students from rural Idaho and Eastern Washington. Both institutions have several organizations and programs (Multicultural Affairs, Native American Center, Student Disabilities Services, Women's Centers, etc) from which the faculty recruit the students.

爱达荷大学 (UI) 和华盛顿州立大学 (WSU) 合作的本科生生物数学项目扩大了数学和生物学本科生的跨学科培训机会。合作机构的本科生物和数学教育让学生沉浸在跨学科文化中。通过该计划，鼓励本科生在数学和生物学的交叉领域攻读研究生和科学职业。学生在本科团队中接受基于伊利诺伊大学和华盛顿州立大学教师合作基础上的前沿跨学科研究的培训和指导。数学生物学交叉、合作的本科课程利用了两个机构的专业知识，并利用两个机构的数学和生物学教师之间的广泛合作，为本科生提供教育和培训经验，包括使用研究项目、实验室设施和计算资源单独任何一个机构都可以实现什么。主要研究人员和参与教师包括生物学家、生物化学家、生态学家、进化生物学家、数学家、统计学家和计算机科学家，他们参与的项目为 UBM 学生展示了巨大的科学多样性、跨学科合作和基于团队的研究机会。研究主题涵盖从分子到有机体尺度，涵盖种群和进化动力学，并将实证研究与理论研究相结合。爱达荷大学 (UI) 和华盛顿州立大学 (WSU) 这两个相距仅 7 英里的机构将创建一个综合研究中心和数学生物学本科生合作培训项目。 该计划将建立在两个机构的数学家和生物学家之间的广泛合作的基础上。学生将沉浸在数学生物学的跨学科文化中，并获得由两个学科的教师监督的真正的研究机会，他们将培养能够解决数学和生物学交叉领域的关键科学问题的下一代科学家。学生的机会包括：参与各种合作教授的核心跨学科课程、新的学位选择以及认可数学和生物学跨学科培训的证书。这些组件可供所有感兴趣的学生使用，而不仅仅是 UBM 项目支持的学生。该项目团队致力于招募代表性不足的群体，例如美洲原住民、西班牙裔以及来自爱达荷州农村和华盛顿东部的第一代大学生。两个机构都有多个组织和项目（多元文化事务、美洲原住民中心、学生残疾服务、妇女中心等），教师从中招收学生。