IQ-Bio-REU: Interdisciplinary and Quantitative Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates

IQ-Bio-REU：本科生跨学科和定量生物学研究经验

• 批准号: 2150326
• 负责人: Juan Ramirez-Lugo
• 金额: $ 34.7万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-15 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150326&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IQ; Bio; REU; Interdisciplinary; Quantitative

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This REU Site award to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, located in San Juan, PR, will support the training of 10 students for 9 weeks during the summers of 2022-2024. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Undergraduate students in any STEM field, particularly individuals from groups historically underrepresented in science, are encouraged to apply. Students will participate in a scholarly environment throughout the summer including the presentation of their work to the research community at UPRRP. After participating in the program, students will be encouraged to present their work at national and international conferences. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system.Participants will be immersed in a mentored research project that allows for the exploration of biology using computational and quantitative tools, such as: the application of statistics to the life sciences, the integration of quantitative analyses towards understanding molecular changes in organisms, and the use of big data and machine learning approaches to document the effects of climate change on biological systems. Through skill development workshops and hackathons, students will receive training and practice for fluency in research techniques related to data analysis and visualization, computing, and bioinformatics. Career development workshops will offer guidance in the process of applying to graduate school, obtaining funds for research, and exposure to concepts and theories that will help participants navigate career transitions in science. The criteria for evaluation of student application will be academic performance and a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in science at the intersection of biology and computational sciences. More information about the program is available by visiting http://iqbioreu.uprrp.edu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Esther Peterson at [e-mail]).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.

该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》（公共法第117-2）的全部或部分资助的。该REU网站授予位于PR的圣胡安的Niversity oferto Rico Io Piedras，将支持10培训。在2022 - 2024年的夏季，学生将在任何STEM领域的地下学生中培训30名学生，有限的研究。鼓励学生在整个夏季参与UPRP的研究社区的演讲。职业道路。逐步促进生物系统对生物系统的影响，通过技能开发研讨会和黑客马拉松的影响。 g。访问http://iqbioreu.uprp.edu pi（[e-mail]的JuanS.Ramírez-Lugo博士）。此奖Reflex reflex NSF的任务，并被认为是通过Toundation的知识分子的评估值得一提的和更广泛的影响审查标准。