RCN-UBE Incubator: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences for Students Underrepresented in Biology

RCN-UBE 孵化器：为生物学领域代表性不足的学生提供基于课程的本科研究体验

• 批准号: 2120499
• 负责人: Prabir Mandal
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Edward Waters College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120499&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Incubator; Course; based

The goal of this project is to establish multi-faceted course-based undergraduate research experiences in cellular genetics and socio-biology for students underrepresented in biology. Community colleges serve almost half of the undergraduates in the U.S., including many minority low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students, and many of these students are pursuing careers in biology. In this rapidly changing field, it is important that community college faculty have up-to-date teaching materials that reflect the most recent discoveries in biology and innovative data-analysis approaches. This network will bring appropriate teaching materials and offer professional development with the goal of incorporating cutting-edge biology research and high-impact teaching practices to improve student outcomes. Empowering community college faculty to increase student success will have a significant impact on the qualifications and diversity of the science and technology workforce. This project will take place at Edward Waters College, distinctively the state of Florida’s first independent institution of higher learning as well as Florida’s first institution established for the education of African Americans. The wide-spread use of DNA sequence data to enhance biological understanding, brings unique challenges for biology educators. Skills from computer and data sciences have become core competencies for students even though many biology faculty completed formal training without the computational expertise needed to effectively engage in this field. This network will bring together members of OMICS ((proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics)) education networks, leveraging their combined expertise to identify and curate common analysis tools, associated curricular and assessment materials, and faculty training strategies to facilitate the adoption of OMICS instruction. By making existing resources accessible, the network will enable current faculty to guide undergraduate biology students participating in authentic research projects. Such work will enhance the ability of students to become productive members of the technological work-force, to succeed in post-graduation studies in biology and related disciplines, and to be better informed citizens and decision makers. The network will develop a consensus set of vetted resources and training materials to be disseminated to the education community through a single web portal for use in undergraduate classrooms. The network will also advance preparation of adjunct biology faculty and recruitment of future junior faculty, who might not otherwise have the opportunity to build relationships with tenured faculty around the country. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).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.

该项目的目的是在细胞遗传学和社会生物学方面建立多方面的本科研究实验，或者在生物学中的学生代表不足。从事生物学的职业。影响学生的成果。 ICAN。广泛使用DNA序列数据来增强计算机和数据的技能，成为了经过正式培训的学生的核心重复。策展人分析工具，相关的货币和评估材料通过使资源可访问，该网络将使Current能够指导本科生物学学生Inrtintic Esearch项目。对生物学和相关学科的研究，并成为更好的公民和决策者该项目的辅助教师和统治者的教职员工是由生物学局共同创立的。在地下生物学教育中：行动呼吁（http：// visionandchange/final Report/）。该奖项反映了NSF'Sf'sf'sf'sf'sf'sflytory Mission和更广泛的影响审查标准。