UBM-Institutional: Integrated Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biological and Mathematical Sciences

UBM-机构：生物和数学科学方面的综合本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 1029401
• 负责人: Jay Walton
• 金额: $ 49.89万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 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: 2010-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1029401&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UBM; Institutional; Integrated; Undergraduate; Research

This grant is an extension of the Principal Investigator's expiring UBM grant of the same title which is a collaboration among the Departments of Biology, Mathematics and Statistics at Texas A&M University (TAMU) to develop a multidisciplinary, undergraduate program in mathematical biology in which students participate in research projects at the interface of the mathematical and biological sciences. The proposed expansion has as its primary goals adding mathematical ecology to the scientific scope of the project and increasing the representation of African American students to the UBM cohort. To achieve these goals, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (WFSC) is added to the existing TAMU UBM collaboration, and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a Historical Black College and University (HBCU) with a 90% African American enrollment within the Texas A&M University System, is added as a UBM partner institution. An overarching goal of the proposed UBM program is the creation of a permanent undergraduate academic culture at the interface of the biological and mathematical sciences that promotes and facilitates undergraduate student participation in cutting edge scientific research, and that fosters the desire and academic preparedness of undergraduate students for graduate study and eventual scientific careers in the participating disciplines. Cutting edge research in the life sciences is increasingly dependent upon cutting edge mathematical and statistical methodologies. The proposed UBM program is intended to prepare next generation scientists, mathematicians and statisticians to meet these challenges, and an essential element in meeting this goal is developing a diverse scientific talent pool inclusive of historically underrepresented groups in the biological and mathematical sciences.

该补助金是主要研究者的到期UBM补助金的延伸，该补助金是德克萨斯州A M大学（TAMU）生物学，数学和统计学系之间的合作，以开发数学生物学的多学科本科课程，学生参与数学和生物科学接口的研究项目。 拟议的扩展的主要目标是将数学生态学添加到项目的科学范围中，并增加非洲裔美国学生在UBM队列中的代表性。为了实现这些目标，野生动物和渔业科学系（WFSC）被添加到现有的TAMU UBM合作，草原视图A M大学（PVAMU），历史黑人学院和大学（HBCU），在德克萨斯州A M大学系统内有90%的非洲裔美国人入学，被添加为UBM合作伙伴机构。拟议的UBM计划的总体目标是在生物和数学科学的界面上创建一个永久的本科学术文化，促进和促进本科生参与前沿科学研究，并培养本科生的愿望和学术准备研究生学习和参与学科的最终科学生涯。生命科学的前沿研究越来越依赖于前沿的数学和统计方法。拟议中的UBM计划旨在培养下一代科学家，数学家和统计学家以应对这些挑战，实现这一目标的一个重要因素是开发一个多元化的科学人才库，包括生物和数学科学中历史上代表性不足的群体。