UMEB: The South Carolina Statewide Collaboration (SCSC) Providing Integrative Biology Research Experience to Minority Undergraduates

UMEB：南卡罗来纳州全州合作组织 (SCSC) 为少数族裔本科生提供综合生物学研究经验

• 批准号: 0080799
• 负责人: Timothy Mousseau
• 金额: $ 28.5万
• 依托单位: University of South Carolina at Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-10-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080799&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UMEB; South; Carolina; Statewide; Collaboration

0080799Mousseau The University of South Carolina (USC) and its partners have formed a South Carolina Statewide Coalition (SC2 ) to support talented undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in an environmental biology research endeavor. In partnership with several South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and state agencies, this Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) project will be a key element of a comprehensive initiative aimed at training and preparing minority undergraduates for graduate programs in science and mathematics. SC2-UMEB will train students and their mentors in a wide range of environmental technologies and concepts, ranging from ecological and conservation genetics to ecosystems studies, and will integrate with other ongoing undergraduate training programs in genetics, molecular biology, ecology and evolution. The SC2-UMEB program will feature a course that introduces participants to environmental biology research, summer research experiences in academic and/or a government research laboratories, assistance and counsel from mentor teams (faculty, graduate students and other researchers), academic year research experiences at the students' home campuses, and financial support for travel to professional meetings. The project links the SC2 UMEB partners with other minority research collaborations (e.g., the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) programs, the Minority Institutions of Excellence (MIE) program, the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program) across the nation, as well as the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) graduate program which provides 25 PHD fellowships for qualified students from underrepresented groups wishing to pursue graduate degrees in science and mathematics at USC. SC2-UMEB fellows will have the opportunity to select and engage in active research programs addressing basic environmental issues including genetic, behavioral and ecological responses to environmental change, conservation and restoration biology of terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems, and ecological community response to natural and anthropogenic contaminants.

0080799Mousseau 南卡罗来纳大学 (USC) 及其合作伙伴成立了南卡罗来纳州全州联盟 (SC2)，以支持来自代表性不足群体的优秀本科生从事环境生物学研究工作。环境生物学本科生辅导 (UMEB) 项目与南卡罗来纳州几所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学以及州机构合作，将成为旨在培训少数族裔本科生并为科学和数学研究生课程做好准备的综合计划的关键要素。 SC2-UMEB将为学生及其导师提供广泛的环境技术和概念方面的培训，从生态和保护遗传学到生态系统研究，并将与其他正在进行的遗传学、分子生物学、生态学和进化方面的本科生培训项目相结合。 SC2-UMEB 项目将开设一门课程，向参与者介绍环境生物学研究、学术和/或政府研究实验室的暑期研究经验、导师团队（教师、研究生和其他研究人员）的帮助和建议、学生家乡的学年研究经验以及参加专业会议的经济支持。该项目将 SC2 UMEB 合作伙伴与全国其他少数族裔研究合作伙伴（例如路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (LSAMP) 计划、少数族裔卓越机构 (MIE) 计划、未来教师准备 (PFF) 计划）以及国家需要领域研究生援助 (GAANN) 研究生计划联系起来，该计划为来自代表性不足群体的合格学生提供 25 份博士学位奖学金 希望在南加州大学攻读科学和数学研究生学位。 SC2-UMEB 研究员将有机会选择并参与积极的研究项目，解决基本环境问题，包括对环境变化的遗传、行为和生态反应，陆地、沿海和海洋生态系统的保护和恢复生物学，以及生态群落对自然和人为污染物的反应。