URC Planning Grant: University of Wisconsin System Undergraduate Research Center

该奖项由化学系颁发，支持本科生研究中心（URC）计划拨款。PI是Marcus McEllistrem。共同检察官是Kimberly Kostka， Aaron Monte， Robin Tanke和高级调查员Asif Habib。这个合作项目最初涉及威斯康星大学在欧克莱尔、拉克罗斯、普拉特维尔、河瀑布和史蒂文斯角的综合性大学，以及西澳大学在希博伊根、马尼托瓦克、洛克县、沃基夏县和华盛顿县的学院（两年制机构）。URC最终将包括威斯康星大学系统内的所有综合性和两年制校区。URC将把课程改革纳入第一年和第二年的研究和探究方法的实践，在参与机构建立研究项目，向地区中学生和教师推广，并改善两年制和四年制大学之间的联系。规划拨款将用于发展财团及其管理结构，并开始试点项目。计划资金将用于开发基于网络的数据库，以有效地为本科生和教师会议提供研究经验。试点项目涉及几个校园开发实验室和研究课程材料。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Center (URC) planning grant. The PI is Marcus McEllistrem. The co-PIs are Kimberly Kostka, Aaron Monte, Robin Tanke and senior investigator Asif Habib. This collaborative program initially involves the University of Wisconsin comprehensive universities at Eau Claire, LaCrosse, Platteville, River Falls and Stevens Point, and UW- Colleges (two year institutions) at Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Rock County, Waukesha County and Washington County. The URC will eventually include all of the comprehensive and 2-year campuses within the University of Wisconsin system. The URC will incorporate curricular reform in the first and second year experience using research and inquiry methods, and build research programs at participating institutions, outreach to regional secondary students and faculty, and improve connections between two-and four-year colleges. The planning grant will develop the consortium, its administrative structure and begin pilot projects. Planning funds will be used to develop web-based databases on effective methods for providing research experiences for undergrads and for faculty meetings. The pilot projects involve several campuses developing lab and research course materials.