Advancing Resource & Research Opportunities in Environmental HealthSciences (ARRO-EHS)”

推进资源

基本信息

批准号：
10159909
负责人：
Clay Edward Scott Comstock
金额：
$ 9.71万
依托单位：
SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-05-10 至 2025-02-28
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10159909
关键词：
Affinity Area Biological Sciences Catalogs Cells Communities Competence Degree program Discipline Ecosystem Education Educational Curriculum Educational workshop Employment Environment Environmental Health Faculty Family Funding Health Indian reservation Indigenous Infrastructure Institution Internships Knowledge Labor Forces Mainstreaming Mentors Minority Groups Molecular Biology Montana Native Americans Preparation Research Research Project Grants Resources Salish Kootenai College Salish and Kootenai Tribes Science Services Students Training Training and Education Underrepresented Minority Underrepresented Populations Underrepresented Students United States National Institutes of Health Vision Work base college design educational atmosphere empowered experience faculty mentor falls improved innovation novel outreach peer programs skills socioeconomics student participation tool tribal college undergraduate education undergraduate research experience undergraduate student

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Salish Kootenai College (SKC) is a top tribal college that provides quality postsecondary education for Native Americans in Montana and across the US. Previous funding has allowed the SKC Life Sciences department to build a nascent Bachelor of Science program with a Cell/Molecular Biology track and most recently an Environmental Health Sciences track. Currently, it is the only program at a tribal college simultaneously offering both of these tracks while emphasizing place-based research experiences for a vastly underrepresented minority population across all scientific disciplines. Support of the current proposal “Advancing Resource & Research Opportunities in Environmental Health Sciences (ARRO-EHS)” will further strengthen an intensive academic and research ecosystem at SKC resulting in more competitive Native American students for advanced degree programs in environmental health sciences. To accomplish this, ARRO-EHS seeks to train up to 15 students over five years with the following aims: 1) ASSOCIATE underrepresented students to an enhanced educational environment using innovative student resource tools, continuous one-on-one mentoring with faculty and peers, and wellness initiatives to promote student engagement, retention, and outreach opportunities to the larger reservation community; 2) ACHIEVE environmental health science-focused and faculty mentored internal undergraduate experiences that utilize High Impact Practices such as competitive student-inspired research projects, CUREs (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences) infused with novel cultural/traditional tribal knowledge, and a curriculum supplemented with renowned guest speakers in environmental health sciences; and 3) ADVANCE students to graduate programs through external research internships with existing and new Tier-1 partnerships, better preparation for graduate program entry, and an “Indigenous Leaders in Science” workshop to facilitate a diverse work force with confident and capable leaders in the field of environmental health sciences with a unique tribal, environmental, and community perspective.

项目概要/摘要萨利什库特奈学院 (SKC) 是一所提供优质高等教育的顶级部落学院蒙大拿州和美国各地的美洲原住民的教育已经获得了资助。 SKC生命科学部将建立一个新的理学学士学位课程细胞/分子生物学轨道和最近的环境健康科学轨道。目前，这是部落学院中唯一同时提供这两种课程的课程同时强调针对极少数群体的基于地方的研究经验所有科学学科的人口支持当前的提案“推进资源”。环境健康科学研究机会（ARRO-EHS）”将进一步加强 SKC 密集的学术和研究生态系统带来更具竞争力的 Native 美国学生攻读环境健康科学高级学位课程。为了实现这一目标，ARRO-EHS 寻求在五年内培训多达 15 名学生，内容如下目标：1) 使用以下方法将代表性不足的学生与改善的教育环境联系起来：创新的学生资源工具、与教师和同学的持续一对一指导，以及旨在促进学生参与、保留和推广机会的健康举措 2) 实现以环境健康科学为中心和师资力量指导内部本科生利用高影响力实践的经验，例如受学生启发的竞争性研究项目，CURE（基于课程的本科生研究体验）注入新颖的文化/传统部落知识和课程辅以环境健康科学领域的知名演讲嘉宾；以及 3) 通过现有和现有的外部研究实习，推进学生进入研究生课程新的一级合作伙伴关系、更好的研究生课程入学准备以及“本土科学领袖”研讨会旨在促进多元化的劳动力队伍，培养自信、有能力的领导者在环境健康科学领域具有独特的部落、环境和社区看法。