REU Site: UCR BRITE (Bioengineering Research Institute for Technical Excellence)

该奖项将在加州大学河滨分校（UCR）建立一个REU网站，名为BRITE@UCR（生物工程技术卓越研究所）。该项目每年将招收16名本科生，为期三年，为期10周的暑期研究经历。研究重点是生物细胞工程和生物工程领域。在这个REU项目中，参与的学生不仅将直接参与前沿研究，而且他们还将发展以负责任和专业的方式分析评估和传播他们的发现所需的基本技能。这些技能将包括研究设计，文献检索，使用实验室设备，实验室研究技术，分析思维，以及对责任，道德和书面和口头陈述的欣赏。此外，该项目将包括一个关于“现实世界”研究伦理的模块，UCR研究生部将为参与者提供关于研究生院准备和研究生经历的指导。该计划的更广泛影响包括：1)促进重要研究领域的科学发展；2)鼓励社区大学生攻读学士学位；3)鼓励本科生和加州大学洛杉矶分校本科生攻读研究生学位；4)让来自非研究密集型院校的学生接触到丰富多样的研究环境；5)在UCR的科学和工程项目中加强为本科生提供研究机会的文化。许多本科学生将从附近认可的少数民族机构和西班牙裔服务机构（hsi）招募。

EEC-0649096Victor G. RodgersThis award will establish an REU Site at the University of California-Riverside (UCR) dubbed BRITE@UCR (Bioengineering Research Institute for Technical Excellence). The program will engage 16 undergraduate students each year for three years in a 10-week summer research experience. The research focus is in the areas of BioCellular Engineering and Bioengineering. In this REU program, not only will participating students be directly involved in cutting-edge research, but they will also develop the basic skill sets needed to analytically evaluate and disseminate their findings in an accountable and professional manner. Such skill sets will include research design, literature searches, use of laboratory equipment, laboratory research techniques, analytical thinking, and an appreciation for accountability, ethics and written and oral presentation. Also, the program will include a module concerning "real-world" ethics in research and the UCR Graduate Division will provide participants with guidance on preparation for graduate school and the graduate experience.Broader impacts of the program include the following: 1) contribute to advancing the state of science in important research fields; 2) encourage community college students to pursue bachelors degrees; 3)encourage students at undergraduate institutions, and undergraduates at UCR, to pursue graduate degrees; 4) expose students from a number of non-research-intensive institutions to a rich and diverse research environment; and 5) strengthen a culture of providing undergraduate research opportunities throughout UCR science and engineering programs. Many of the undergraduate students will be recruited from nearby accredited Minority Institutions and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).