Collaborative Research: UBM - Institutional: UI-WSU Program in Undergraduate Mathematics and Biology

爱达荷大学(UI)和华盛顿州立大学(WSU)合作的本科生生物数学项目扩大了本科生在数学和生物方面的跨学科培训机会。合作院校的本科生生物和数学教育使学生沉浸在跨学科文化中。通过这个项目，鼓励本科生在数学和生物的交叉点上攻读研究生课程和从事科学工作。学生在本科生团队中接受关于前沿跨学科研究的培训和指导，这些研究建立在伊利诺伊大学和威斯康星州立大学教职员工之间的合作基础上。相互交织、合作的数学生物学本科课程充分利用了两所院校的专业知识，并利用了两所院校数学和生物教师之间的广泛合作，为本科生提供了教育和培训体验，包括访问研究项目、实验室设施和计算资源，远远超出了这两所院校单独可能实现的范围。主要研究人员和参与教师包括生物学家、生物化学家、生态学家、进化生物学家、数学家、统计学家和计算机科学家，他们参与的项目为UBM学生展示了巨大的科学多样性、跨学科合作和基于团队的研究机会。研究主题从分子到生物尺度，涵盖种群和进化动力学，并将经验研究和理论研究相结合。爱达荷大学(UI)和华盛顿州立大学(WSU)这两所相距仅7英里的机构将创建一个整合和协作的数学生物学本科培养计划。该计划将建立在这两个机构的数学家和生物学家之间的广泛合作基础上。学生们将沉浸在数学生物学的跨学科文化中，并在这两个学科的教师的指导下，获得真正的研究机会，他们将培养下一代能够在数学和生物相结合的情况下解决关键科学问题的科学家。学生的机会包括：参加一套不同的合作授课的核心跨学科课程，新的学位选项，以及承认数学和生物跨学科培训的证书。所有感兴趣的学生都可以使用这些组件，而不仅仅是UBM项目支持的学生。该项目团队努力招募代表性不足的群体，如美洲原住民、西班牙裔美国人，以及来自爱达荷州农村和华盛顿州东部的第一代大学生。这两个机构都有几个组织和项目(多元文化事务、美国原住民中心、学生残疾服务、妇女中心等)，教职员工从这些组织和项目中招收学生。

The University of Idaho (UI) and Washington State University (WSU) collaborative undergraduate Bio-Math project expands interdisciplinary training opportunities for undergraduates in mathematics and biology. Undergraduate biology and mathematics education at the partner institutions provides immersion for students in an interdisciplinary culture. Through this program undergraduate students are encouraged to pursue graduate studies and science careers at the intersection of mathematics and biology. Students are trained and mentored in undergraduate teams on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that builds on collaborations between faculty at UI and WSU. The interwoven, cooperative undergraduate curriculum in mathematical biology leverages expertise at both institutions and capitalizes on extensive collaborations between mathematics and biology faculty at both institutions, providing undergraduates an educational and training experience which includes access to research projects, laboratory facilities, and computing resources well beyond what would be possible at either institution alone. Principal investigators and participating faculty include biologists, biochemists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists who are involved in projects that demonstrate great scientific diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and team-based research opportunities for UBM students. Research topics range from molecular to organismal scales, cover population and evolutionary dynamics, and combine empirical and theoretical research.The University of Idaho (UI) and Washington State University (WSU), two institutions which are just seven miles apart, will create an integrated and collaborative undergraduate training program in mathematical biology. The program will build upon the extensive collaborations between mathematicians and biologists at both institutions. Students will be immersed in an interdisciplinary culture in mathematical biology, and be provided with genuine research opportunities supervised by faculty from both disciplines who will train the next generation of scientists capable of addressing critical scientific questions at the interface of math and biology. Opportunities for the students include: participation in a diverse set of a cooperatively-taught core interdisciplinary courses, new degree options, and certificates that recognize transdisciplinary training in mathematics and biology. These components are available to all interested students, not just those supported by the UBM project. The project team strives to recruit underrepresented groups, such as Native Americans, Hispanics, and first-generation college students from rural Idaho and Eastern Washington. Both institutions have several organizations and programs (Multicultural Affairs, Native American Center, Student Disabilities Services, Women's Centers, etc) from which the faculty recruit the students.