Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Research Program for Undergraduates

该项目的重点是为学生提供一流的研究体验，否则他们极不可能在自己的家乡、机构或其他地方获得这种体验。连续的研究经验侧重于数学在生物科学中的应用。数学与理论生物学研究所(MTBI)的科学本科课程主要通过连续的夏季研究经验进行，这些经验是专门为培训、指导、鼓励和支持奇卡诺人、拉丁裔、美洲原住民和非裔美国人而设计的，这些人有可能在应用数学或科学领域从事应用数学或严肃的定量培训是基本的。MTBI的主要目标是增加在数量领域获得高级学位的人数不足的少数族裔群体，最好是通过挑选来自非选择性大学的参与者来实现。这个由美国国家科学基金会资助的项目的有效性是通过研究生入学人数、获得高级学位的人数以及一些MTBI校友获得这些领域选择性研究生课程的能力来衡量的。MTBI通过其密集的多暑期研究培训计划、GRE准备计划以及为校友提供的长期指导和支持计划来促进其目标和宗旨。学生在开发自己的研究项目之前，要接受为期四周的数学和计算技术强化培训(自1996年以来，平均每年产生10份技术报告)。MTBI夏季研究经验为在基因组学、理论和计算生物学、生物统计学、应用数学和许多其他领域未被充分代表的少数族裔打开了大门。连续的暑期研究体验之所以取得成功，是基于各种因素，包括“无限制”地接触教职员工和支持人员(每天12至16个小时)，以及增强和培养所有参与者的学习体验的协作学习环境。明确的夏季成果包括：完成正式研究论文(25-40页)、公开口头陈述和准备海报。大多数MTBI校友的典型活动包括在两个国家会议上以海报形式介绍他们的MTBI工作：SACNAS年会和AMS/MAA联合冬季会议。

The focus of this project is to provide a first-rate research experience to students who otherwise are extremely unlikely to get get it at their home institutions or elsewhere. The sequential research experiences focus on the applications of mathematics to the biological sciences. The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) scientific undergraduate program is carried out primarily through consecutive summer research experiences that have been specifically designed to train, mentor, encourage and support Chicano, Latino, Native American and African American who have the potential to pursue careers in applied mathematics or in scientific field where serious quantitative training is fundamental. MTBI's main goal of increasing the pool of underrepresented minorities getting advanced degrees in quantitative fields is best achieved through the selection of participants who come from non-selective universities. The effectiveness of this NSF funded project is being measured by the number of students who enroll in graduate school, the number who get advanced degrees and the ability of some MTBI alumni to gain access to selective graduate programs in these fields. MTBI promotes its goals and objectives through its intensive multiple-summer research training program, GRE preparation program and long-term mentorship and support programs for its alumni. Students receive four weeks of intensive training in mathematical and computational techniques before developing their own research project (10 technical reports per year have been generated, on the average, since 1996). MTBI summer research experiences opens the doors for underrepresented minorities in fields of genomics, theoretical and computational biology, bio-statistics, applied mathematics and many others. The success of the consecutive summer research experiences is based on various factors that include "unlimited" student access to faculty and support personnel (12 to 16 hours a day) and a collaborative learning environment that enhances and nurtures the learning experiences of all participants. Explicit summer outcomes include: the completion a formal research paper (25-40 pages), a public oral presentation and the preparation of a poster. The typical activities of most MTBI alumni include the presentation of their MTBI work in poster sessions at two national conferences: the SACNAS annual meeting and the joint AMS/MAA winter meeting.