UMEB / URM Principal Investigators Meeting to be held on October 16-17, 2008 in Arlington, VA

密苏里-哥伦比亚大学提议为两个NSF/BIO项目组织2008年首席研究员（PI）会议：环境生物学本科指导（UMEB）；生物科学本科生研究指导（URM）。智力价值：PI会议的目标是(1)分享改进个人项目实施的想法，包括学生招募、发展、跟踪和导师培训；(2)讨论项目成功的评估；(3)对未来NSF UMEB / URM项目的改进提出建议。这些目标将通过专家的演讲和小组讨论，通过现场主任之间的小组讨论和网络的机会，以及通过向NSF提交总结研讨会结果的最终报告来实现。更广泛的影响：本提案的组委会和项目负责人将邀请主题演讲者和研讨会参与者讨论两个主题，这两个主题对UMEB/URM项目中代表性不足的学生的参与至关重要：鼓励UMEB/URM教师和导师的文化能力；以及在UMEB/URM网站所在的校园招募代表性不足的学生。

The University of Missouri-Columbia proposes to organize the 2008 Principal Investigators (PI) meeting for two NSF/BIO programs: 1. Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) and 2. Undergraduate Research Mentoring in Biological Sciences(URM).Intellectual Merit: The goals for the PI meeting are to (1) share ideas for improving individual program implementation including student recruitment, development, tracking, and mentor training; (2) discuss assessment of program success; and (3) provide recommendations for future improvements of the UMEB / URM program at NSF. These goals will be accomplished through presentations and panel discussions by experts, through opportunities for group discussion and networking among site directors, and through a final report to NSF summarizing the workshop findings.Broader Impacts: The Organizing Committee and the PIs of this proposal will invite keynote speakers and workshop participants to address two themes important to the involvement of underrepresented students in UMEB/URM programs: encouraging cultural competency among UMEB/URM faculty and mentors: and recruiting underrepresented students on campuses hosting UMEB/URM sites.