RCN-UBE: Broadening undergraduate participation in ecology and evolution research through CUREs using digitized natural history collections data

RCN-UBE：通过使用数字化自然历史馆藏数据的 CURE 扩大本科生对生态学和进化研究的参与

• 批准号: 2120063
• 负责人: Janice Krumm
• 金额: $ 49.98万
• 依托单位: Widener University
• 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 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120063&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Broadening; undergraduate; participation

Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) increase student access to research opportunities, a key part of developing a well-trained and diverse STEM workforce. The Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) will support the development and implementation of ecology and evolution CUREs using digitized natural history collections data. These CUREs only require student access to a computer and the internet, increasing the accessibility of undergraduate research for all students, regardless of financial hardships, personal obligations, or physical abilities that may limit their participation in traditional research experiences.Network members including educators, pedagogy experts, and natural history collections professionals will collaborate on supporting CURE implementation using digitized natural history collections data at diverse institutions. Membership recruitment will include workshops focused on minority serving institutions and two-year institutions as well as conference presentations targeting the broader ecology and evolution education community and the natural history collections community. New implementers will participate in 4-day training workshops focused on CURE pedagogy and digitized natural history collections research, and all implementers will be provided with ongoing mentoring support. All network members will have continued opportunities for new skills training and participation in educational resources development and dissemination. Educational materials created through this project will be open access to support broad dissemination and implementation of collections CUREs, supporting research opportunities for diverse undergraduates at all institutional types. Through regular networking events the network will forge new and stronger ties between the natural history collections community and the education community, supporting new research collaborations and expanded use of underutilized collections. This project is being funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences as part of 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.

基于课程的本科生研究体验 (CURE) 增加了学生获得研究机会的机会，这是培养训练有素、多元化的 STEM 劳动力的关键部分。生态和进化生物馆藏网络 (BCEENET) 将支持使用数字化自然历史馆藏数据开发和实施生态和进化 CURE。这些 CURE 仅要求学生使用计算机和互联网，从而增加了所有学生进行本科研究的机会，无论经济困难、个人义务或身体能力是否可能限制他们参与传统研究经历。网络成员包括教育工作者、教育学专家专家和自然历史收藏专业人士将合作，利用不同机构的数字化自然历史收藏数据来支持 CURE 的实施。会员招募将包括针对少数族裔服务机构和两年制机构的研讨会，以及针对更广泛的生态和进化教育界以及自然历史收藏界的会议演讲。新的实施者将参加为期 4 天的培训研讨会，重点关注 CURE 教学法和数字化自然历史馆藏研究，所有实施者都将获得持续的指导支持。所有网络成员将继续有机会接受新技能培训并参与教育资源的开发和传播。通过该项目创建的教育材料将开放获取，以支持 CURE 馆藏的广泛传播和实施，为所有机构类型的不同本科生提供研究机会。通过定期的网络活动，该网络将在自然历史收藏界和教育界之间建立新的、更牢固的联系，支持新的研究合作和扩大未充分利用的收藏的使用。该项目由生物科学理事会资助，作为解决本科生物教育愿景和变革：行动呼吁 (http://visionandchange/finalreport/) 中提出的挑战的一部分。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，并被认为值得支持。