Improvement of Facilities for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research

改善师生合作研究设施

• 批准号: 0962940
• 负责人: Pamela Fox
• 金额: $ 120.56万
• 依托单位: Mary Baldwin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0962940&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvement; Facilities; Faculty; Student; Collaborative

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Mary Baldwin College is the largest college primarily for women in Virginia. Mary Baldwin College was founded in 1842 as Augusta Female Seminary. The James D. Pearce Science Center was conceived in the late 1960s to embody a new, hands-on, research-based approach to undergraduate science education. Pearce is the college's only building devoted to the natural sciences. With only minor modifications since it opened in 1970, the building has long since become scientifically, technologically, and functionally outmoded, making it increasingly difficult for faculty to carry out sustained research programs. Funds are provided to renovate parts of the Pearce Science Center into a state of the art collaborative research training environment, transforming the four-story, 46,000-square foot building into an interactive space that supports an emphasis on faculty-student research on campus and synergistic work with nearby larger institutions. The renovations will support research in two interdisciplinary nodes: Neuroscience and Cell Signaling and Environmental Systems Monitoring. The renovated space will provide access to instrumentation by multiple users across disciplines, and provide senior thesis research with greater visibility and prominence. The HVAC systems will be upgraded to meet current ventilation and air quality standards; electrical systems to provide improved, energy efficient lighting and adequate power for equipment; built-in casework and hoods to meet current standards of efficiency and utility; and technological infrastructure to provide modern networking capabilities. It will provide access for a growing cohort of young female scientists, including a significant percentage of women of color, to next-generation research approaches and instrumentation.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。玛丽鲍德温学院是弗吉尼亚州最大的学院，主要面向女性。玛丽鲍德温学院成立于1842年作为奥古斯塔女子学院。詹姆斯D。皮尔斯科学中心是在20世纪60年代末构想的，体现了一种新的，动手，以研究为基础的方法，本科科学教育。皮尔斯是学院唯一一座专门用于自然科学的建筑。自1970年开放以来，这座建筑只进行了微小的修改，但在科学、技术和功能上早已过时，使教师越来越难以开展持续的研究项目。资金提供到最先进的协作研究培训环境的状态，改造部分皮尔斯科学中心，将四层楼，46,000平方英尺的建筑变成一个互动的空间，支持对校园师生研究的重点和协同工作与附近的大型机构。翻修将支持两个跨学科节点的研究：神经科学和细胞信号传导和环境系统监测。翻新后的空间将提供跨学科的多个用户访问仪器，并提供更高的知名度和突出的高级论文研究。将对暖通空调系统进行升级，以达到目前的通风和空气质量标准;将对电气系统进行升级，以提供更好的节能照明和为设备提供充足的电力;将对内置的橱柜和通风罩进行升级，以达到目前的效率和效用标准;将对技术基础设施进行升级，以提供现代化的联网能力。它将为越来越多的年轻女科学家，包括相当比例的有色人种女性，提供下一代研究方法和仪器。