UBM-Institutional-Collaborative Research: The Four-College Biomath Consortium

UBM-机构合作研究：四所大学生物数学联盟

• 批准号: 1129152
• 负责人: Sheila Jaswal
• 金额: $ 18.27万
• 依托单位: Amherst College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1129152&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UBM; Institutional; Collaborative; Research; Four

This proposal establishes the Four College Biomathematics Consortium: a collaboration among four undergraduate institutions (Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, and Hampshire College) with a long tradition of excellence and a commitment to research-centered education. Two of these institutions are women?s colleges. All four have a demonstrated commitment to expanding opportunities for women, underrepresented groups and first-generation students in scientific fields. The Consortium will help train the next generation of biomathematicians. A two-year research-intensive program will be developed, building on a strong existing infrastructure for cross-campus collaborations, in which student teams move through a series of curricular offerings and mentored research opportunities. The emphasis throughout is on: a) a succession of developmentally appropriate courses and research opportunities; b) a team-centered approach that unites student teams and mentoring teams in several multi-year research collaborations; and c) the creation of a multi-layered cohort of biomathematics students at various stages of training. Led by mentoring teams composed of both life scientists and mathematicians, the students will explore problems at all scales of biological organization, ranging from the intricacies of protein folding to the complexities of water and material flows in forest ecosystems. These projects share a unifying theme,the consideration of potential and realized shape spaces, and emphasize geometric approaches to the exploration of biological problems. The program advances the national STEM agenda by training 50 undergraduates in biomathematics and by generating online pedagogical materials (curricula, exercises and training modules) that can be exploited by the broader community. The program will also serve as a potential exportable model for multi-institutional collaboration in the training of undergraduates in biomathematics and other emerging scientific fields.

该提案建立了四所大学生物数学联盟：四所本科院校（史密斯学院、曼荷莲学院、阿默斯特学院和汉普郡学院）之间的合作，拥有悠久的卓越传统并致力于以研究为中心的教育。其中两所机构是女子学院。所有四人都明确致力于扩大科学领域女性、代表性不足群体和第一代学生的机会。该联盟将帮助培训下一代生物数学家。将开发一个为期两年的研究密集型项目，建立在强大的现有跨校园合作基础设施的基础上，其中学生团队将完成一系列课程设置和指导研究机会。 贯穿全文的重点是： a) 一系列适合发展的课程和研究机会； b) 以团队为中心的方法，将学生团队和指导团队联合起来进行多次多年的研究合作； c) 创建处于不同培训阶段的多层次生物数学学生群体。 在由生命科学家和数学家组成的指导团队的带领下，学生们将探索生物组织各个层面的问题，从复杂的蛋白质折叠到森林生态系统中水和物质流动的复杂性。 这些项目都有一个统一的主题，即考虑潜在的和已实现的形状空间，并强调探索生物问题的几何方法。 该计划通过培训 50 名生物数学本科生并生成可供更广泛社区使用的在线教学材料（课程、练习和培训模块）来推进国家 STEM 议程。该项目还将作为生物数学和其他新兴科学领域本科生培训中多机构合作的潜在可输出模型。