Targeted Infusion Project: Creation of a Biophysics minor program for STEM success

有针对性的输液项目：为 STEM 成功创建生物物理学辅修课程

• 批准号: 2306506
• 负责人: Peter Nelson
• 金额: $ 39.77万
• 依托单位: Fisk University
• 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: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2306506&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Creation; Biophysics

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Fisk University seeks to strengthen the university's ability to recruit, retain, and graduate underrepresented students in STEM by adding a Biophysics minor to the existing degree programs. The program has the potential to offer a new pathway for life-science students to discover how quantitative methods can be applied to life-science applications of physics. The primary goal of the project is to create a Biophysics minor program for STEM undergraduate students to gain an overview and applied knowledge of biophysics. The program is designed to present quantitative modeling and experimental techniques to a broad cross-section of life-science majors early in their academic careers. Two new courses will be launched, “Biophysics and Physiological Modeling” and “Experimental Physics” course, of both of which will be an extension of the introductory courses, yet broaden student knowledge in more complex systems including, osmosis, ligand binding and least-squares fits, diffusion using finite-difference computational methods, equilibrium distributions and entropy, energy and the Boltzmann factor, and the membrane voltage potential of transmembrane proteins. Professional development opportunities for students will be made available through the “Biophysics Seminar” course, where invited speakers will introduce students to current research topics in Biophysics research, as well as career opportunities. These activities, coupled with faculty mentor undergraduate research experiences, are anticipated to increase students’ broad interests in STEM related fields, and more specifically biophysics, resulting enhancements in student self-efficacy, self-confidence, and career readiness in STEM.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.

历史上黑人学院和大学本科项目 (HBCU-UP) 通过定向注入项目支持开发、实施和研究基于证据的创新模型和方法，以改善 HBCU 本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够追求科学、菲斯克大学的技术、工程或数学 (STEM) 研究生课程和/或职业旨在通过在 STEM 专业中增加生物物理学辅修课程，增强大学招收、保留和毕业 STEM 学生的能力。该项目有可能为生命科学专业的学生提供一条新的途径，以探索如何将定量方法应用于物理学的生命科学应用。该项目的主要目标是为 STEM 创建生物物理学辅修项目。该项目旨在帮助本科生获得生物物理学的概述和应用知识，旨在向生命科学专业的广大学生在其学术生涯的早期提供定量建模和实验技术。生理建模”和“实验物理”课程，这两门课程都将是入门课程的延伸，同时拓宽学生在更复杂系统中的知识，包括渗透、配体结合和最小二乘拟合、使用有限差分计算方法的扩散、平衡分布和熵、能量和玻尔兹曼因子以及跨膜蛋白的膜电压电位将通过“生物物理学研讨会”课程为学生提供专业发展机会，并邀请演讲者。向学生介绍生物物理学研究的当前研究主题以及职业机会，这些活动与导师本科生研究经验相结合，预计将增加学生对 STEM 相关领域，特别是生物物理学的广泛兴趣，从而提高学生的自我意识。 - STEM 领域的效能、自信和职业准备。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。