Targeted Infusion Project: Development of an Undergrad Bioinformatics and Biomathematics Track at Fisk University to Enhance Undergrad STEM Education, Research, and Future Careers

有针对性的注入项目：菲斯克大学本科生生物信息学和生物数学课程的开发，以加强本科生 STEM 教育、研究和未来职业

基本信息

批准号：
1332491
负责人：
Sanjukta Hota
金额：
$ 39.99万
依托单位：
Fisk University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2013-07-15 至 2017-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1332491&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Targeted Infusion Project Development Undergrad

项目摘要

To enhance and expand undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) interdisciplinary education and research, Fisk University is designing three new undergraduate courses ? Biomathematics I and II and Bioinformatics ? to offer its students over the next three years. The infusion of focused funding from the National Science Foundation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) for these new courses creates a new interface between existing STEM courses in mathematics, biology and computer science. To meet the calculus need of biology students, the biomathematics courses focus on topics that have immediate relevance to understanding biological phenomena and introduce students to hands-on modeling of biological phenomena using relevant mathematical theory. Similarly, the bioinformatics course introduces students to hands-on computer science and information technologies essential for contemporary biology disciplines. Students will engage in faculty mentored summer research and professional development activities addressing unsolved research questions directly related to the topics covered in the three courses.This project establishes a strong interdisciplinary research base at Fisk University and brings a new awareness for quantitative research in biological sciences. The activities are expected to increase student interest in STEM-related fields, attract and increase retention at the undergraduate level and student progression in STEM disciplines to graduate studies, and serve as a possible replicable model for other institutions.

为了增强和扩展本科科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）跨学科教育和研究，Fisk University正在设计三个新的本科课程？生物学I和II和生物信息学？在未来三年内为学生提供。这些新课程从国家科学基金会历史悠久的黑人学院和大学课程计划（HBCU-UP）注入重点资金，在数学，生物学和计算机科学领域的现有STEM课程之间创造了新的界面。为了满足生物学学生的微积分需求，生物学课程的重点是与理解生物学现象有关的主题，并向学生介绍使用相关的数学理论对生物学现象进行动手建模。同样，生物信息学课程向学生介绍了当代生物学学科必不可少的计算机科学和信息技术。学生将参与教师的夏季研究和专业发展活动，以解决与三个课程所涵盖的主题直接相关的未解决的研究问题。该项目在Fisk University建立了强大的跨学科研究基础，并为生物科学的定量研究带来了新的认识。预计这些活动将增加学生对与STEM相关领域的兴趣，在本科水平上吸引和增加在STEM学科中的学生的保留率，并作为其他机构的可能复制模型。