RaMP: STEGG-INTERACT: Southeast Texas Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics INTEgrative Research and Collaborative Training

RaMP：STEGG-INTERACT：德克萨斯州东南部进化遗传学和基因组学综合研究和协作培训

• 批准号: 2319694
• 负责人: Rebecca Zufall
• 金额: $ 299.92万
• 依托单位: University of Houston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2319694&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RaMP; STEGG; INTERACT; Southeast; Texas

This project will develop a research and mentoring program for post-baccalaureates as part of the Southeast Texas Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics network to support INTEgrative Research And Collaborative Training (STEGG-INTERACT). To address barriers that prevent many undergraduate students from pursing scientific careers, this project will provide 30 post-baccalaureates (10 per year for three years) with a collaborative research experience with faculty and graduate students at universities in Southeast Texas. Post-baccalaureates will carry out mentored research, be trained in technical skills, participate in a professional development program, and learn about scientific career options. The mentored research will focus on understanding biological interactions, such as those among molecules within cells, between males and females within populations, and across species in ecological communities. The research will provide valuable insights into how biological interactions affect the evolution of populations and species. The project will increase participation by members of groups that are under-represented in evolutionary biology, and science more generally. STEGG-INTERACT will address two important deficiencies in evolutionary genetics, the incorporation of biological interactions into current understanding of evolutionary biology and the limited representation of under-served groups in the field. Specifically, there are many unresolved questions about how intracellular processes evolve, the role of organismal interactions on population dynamics, and the relationship between trophic interactions and evolutionary processes. STEGG-INTERACT post-baccalaureates, graduate students, and faculty will carry out collaborative research to address these gaps in our knowledge using theory and modeling, population genetic approaches, and comparative and phylogenetic methods. To help accomplish these goals, the post-baccalaureates will receive training in technical skills, including bioinformatics and computational biology. STEGG-INTERACT will broaden participation in evolutionary biology in part by building relationships with minority-serving institutions. In addition to the technical skills, post-baccalaureates will receive training in scientific communication, research ethics, and career preparation. STEGG-INTERACT will also train faculty in evidence-based mentoring practices, facilitate the institutionalization of mentoring compacts, and promote Individual Development Plans. This will support new models for training inclusive, culturally aware mentors who can work with trainees from diverse backgrounds. By participating in a diverse, supportive community of researchers, each cohort of STEGG-INTERACT post-baccalaureates will develop STEM identities and self-efficacy in science to broaden participation in evolutionary biology.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.

该项目将开发一项研究和指导计划，以作为德克萨斯州东南进化遗传学和基因组学网络的一部分，以支持综合研究和协作培训（Stegg-Interact）。为了解决阻止许多本科生从事科学职业的障碍，该项目将在德克萨斯州东南大学的教职员工和研究生提供协作研究经验（每年10个，每年10个）。核后龙将进行指导的研究，接受技术技能的培训，参加专业发展计划，并了解科学职业选择。这项指导的研究将着重于理解生物学相互作用，例如细胞内分子中的生物学相互作用，人群中的男性和女性以及生态群落中的物种之间的生物学相互作用。这项研究将为生物学相互作用如何影响人群和物种的演变提供宝贵的见解。该项目将增加在进化生物学和科学方面代表性不足的群体成员的参与。 Stegg-Interact将解决进化遗传学中的两个重要缺陷，将生物相互作用纳入当前对进化生物学的理解以及该领域中服务不足群体的有限表示。具体而言，关于细胞内过程如何发展，有机体相互作用对人口动态的作用以及营养相互作用与进化过程之间的关系有许多未解决的问题。 Stegg-Interact后龄后洞，研究生和教职员工将进行协作研究，以使用理论和建模，人群遗传方法以及比较和系统发育方法来解决我们的知识中的这些差距。为了帮助实现这些目标，后核龙将获得技术技能的培训，包括生物信息学和计算生物学。 Stegg-Interact将通过与少数派服务机构建立关系来扩大进化生物学的参与。除了技术技能外，学期后还将接受科学沟通，研究伦理和职业准备方面的培训。 Stegg-Interact还将培训教师的基于证据的指导实践，促进指导紧凑型的制度化并促进个人发展计划。这将支持培训包容性的，具有文化意识的导师的新模型，他们可以与来自不同背景的学员合作。通过参与一个多样化的支持性研究人员社区，每一批Stegg Interact后核后库中都会在科学领域发展茎的身份和自我效能，以扩大进化生物学的参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得的。