UMEB: Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Undergraduate Travel to Conferences

0227703 castillo - chavezumeb奖将为每年最多15名本科生提供财政支持和指导，这些本科生来自传统上在科学领域代表性不足的群体，参加数学生物学领域的全国性会议，重点是环境数学生物学。第一年，所有学生都将被康奈尔大学数学与理论生物学研究所吸引，这是一项暑期研究经历，在让少数族裔本科生从事数学生物学方面有着很好的记录。在以后的几年里，没有参加MBTI的学生也将被招募，并被带到这个奖项提供的会议活动和指导机会中。PI已经得到了包括数学生物学学会、工业与应用数学学会在内的几个专业学会的认可和承诺的援助。这个项目建立在MBTI和其他机构所做的努力的基础上，将更广泛的学生带入数学生物学。它将有助于促进少数民族学生的专业成长，为学生充分参与会议提供坚实的指导网络，吸引更多未被充分代表的少数民族进入数学生物学和环境生物学重叠的领域，并更积极地与几个专业协会合作，不断努力扩大参与范围。这个项目是朝着满足国家需要，发展一支在数量上有更充分准备的科学劳动力队伍，并从不同的人口中吸收全面的智力人才，迈出的重要一步。

0227703Castillo-ChavezThis UMEB award will provide financial support and mentoring for up to fifteen undergraduate students per year from groups traditionally underrepresented in science to attend national meetings in the area of mathematical biology, with a focus on environmental mathematical biology. In the first year the students will all be drawn for Cornell University's Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute, a summer research experience with a very strong record of enabling minority undergraduates to pursue careers in mathematical biology. In later years, students not enrolled in MBTI will also be recruited and brought into the meeting activities and mentoring opportunities provided by this award. The PI has received endorsements and promised assistance from several professional societies, including the Society for Mathematical Biology, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.This project build on efforts undertaken by MBTI and others to bring a broader range of students into mathematical biology. It will help foster the professional growth of minority students, provide a solid mentoring network for students to participate fully in the conferences, draw more underrepresented minorities into areas where mathematical biology and environmental biology overlap, and more actively engage several professional societies in ongoing efforts to broaden participation. This program is an important step towards meeting a national need of developing a more quantitatively- prepared scientific workforce and to draw upon the full range of intellectual talent from diverse populations.