REU Site: Practices and Perspectives in Nanoscience and Chemical Biology

REU 网站：纳米科学和化学生物学的实践和观点

基本信息

批准号：
1851916
负责人：
Indika Arachchige
金额：
$ 31.23万
依托单位：
Virginia Commonwealth University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-04-01 至 2023-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1851916&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Practices Perspectives Nanoscience

项目摘要

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates site award to Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, VA, supports the training of 8 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2019-2021. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate, Professors Indika Arachchige and Suzanne Ruder and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry host an REU site with a focus on nanoscience and chemical biology. The undergraduate participants engage in practical training in research techniques (practices) with career preparation and scientific awareness activities (perspectives) in chemistry. The participants take part in research projects ranging from catalysis to the study of protein-protein interactions to biomolecule design. Alongside research, training in professionalism, ethics, and career planning continues throughout the summer with weekly lunch meetings, seminars, and workshops. Participants also have the opportunity to tour a local pharmaceutical facility (Pfizer) and participate in mock interviews and panel discussions with industrial scientists, introducing them to varied aspects of real-world positions in the chemistry profession. With existing faculty contacts from participants' institutions and use of social media, participants establish mentoring relationships which also help to gauge the impact of the REU on each participants' career path. The research projects available for participants include development of novel inorganic materials for catalysis, sensing and imaging; single molecule techniques to understand protein-protein interactions; novel chemical gradients for separation science; redox-active covalent organic frameworks for energy storage; and rationally designed biomolecules for therapeutics. Participants are introduced to the fundamentals of highly interdisciplinary nanoscience and chemical biology concepts through first-hand experience conducting research, providing them a unique training and specific technical expertise not generally obtained in undergraduate labs. Participants are particularly recruited from primarily undergraduate institutions and historically black colleges and universities, providing research experiences to participants who may not otherwise have access. The broader impacts of these endeavors are that the participants will have a unique opportunity to learn nanoscience and chemical biology concepts and take the new knowledge back to their institutions, while promoting a diverse scientific workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项在弗吉尼亚州里士满的弗吉尼亚州英联邦大学的本科生现场奖的研究经验支持了2019 - 2021年夏季对8名学生的培训11周。在该计划中，由数学和物理科学局的化学部资助，教授Indika Arachchige和Suzanne Ruder及其同事在化学系主持了REU站点，重点是纳米科学和化学生物学。本科参与者从事研究技术（实践）的实践培训，并在化学领域进行职业准备和科学意识活动（观点）。参与者参加了从催化到蛋白质蛋白质相互作用再到生物分子设计的研究项目。除研究，专业，道德和职业计划的研究外，在整个夏季还继续进行每周的午餐会议，研讨会和讲习班。参与者还有机会参观当地的药品设施（辉瑞），并与工业科学家参加模拟访谈和小组讨论，并将他们介绍给化学专业中现实世界中的各个方面。借助参与者机构的现有教师联系，并使用社交媒体，参与者建立了指导关系，这也有助于评估REU对每个参与者职业道路的影响。可用于参与者的研究项目包括开发用于催化，感应和成像的新型无机材料；理解蛋白质 - 蛋白质相互作用的单分子技术；分离科学的新型化学梯度；氧化还原活性共价有机框架，用于存储；和理性设计的治疗剂。通过进行研究的第一手经验，向参与者介绍了高度跨学科的纳米科学和化学生物学概念的基础，为他们提供了本科实验室通常无法获得的独特培训和特定的技术专长。参与者特别是从主要是本科机构和历史上的黑人学院和大学招募的，为可能无法获得的参与者提供研究经验。这些努力的更广泛的影响是，参与者将有一个独特的机会学习纳米科学和化学生物学概念，并将新知识带回其机构，同时促进了多样化的科学劳动力。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得的。通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响评估标准通过评估来支持。