Supporting Institutional Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: American Institute of Biological Sciences? Role in the PULSE Project

美国生物科学研究所（AIBS）被授予与本科生生命科学教育合作伙伴（PULSE）计划中的合作组织合作的补助金：美国国家科学基金会（NSF）、美国国立卫生研究院-NIGMS（NIH）、霍华德休斯医学研究所（HHMI）和PULSE的工作伙伴Know Innovation（KI），实现本科生命科学教育系统变革的协调目标。AIBS在与社区合作，促进高质量的同行咨询和审查服务的核心优势是一个强大的除了这个独特的和令人兴奋的计划，旨在调动本科生命科学教育的变化。该奖项符合早期的概念赠款探索性研究，因为它的高潜力，产生一个实施框架，改变生物部门在全国范围内？AIBS将在其整个生命周期内与计划合作伙伴合作，1）努力提高社区对PULSE项目的认识，鼓励参与该项目，2）促进在初始阶段选择愿景和变革研究员。无论是研究员的选择和促进该项目的广泛的生物教育界是不可或缺的脉冲项目的成功。AIBS非常有资格开展这两项活动。该研究所拥有多年的经验，成功地为私人基金会，政府机构和其他客户进行高质量的同行评审。全英广播协会通过其公共政策和媒体关系工作，在接触预定受众方面非常成功。拟订和宣传关于研究员申请和甄选请求的新闻稿的拟议战略是基于多年来积累的专门知识和对有效接触目标受众所需的重点工作的了解。其他科学学科将了解PULSE项目的成果，因为AIBS积极参与科学，技术，工程和数学学科的合作和联盟。AIBS的结果？的工作将确保该国的顶级个人准备与生命科学研究和教育，国家科学基金会，国家卫生研究院和HHMI的领导人合作，推动机构改革努力向前发展。拟议的活动预计将作出重大贡献，以前所未有的转变本科生物学教育界的理解体制障碍的变化和克服这些障碍的战略。

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is awarded a grant to work with the collaborating organizations in the Partners in Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) initiative: National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health-NIGMS (NIH), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the PULSE working partner, Know Innovation (KI), to achieve the goal of coordinating systemic change in undergraduate life science education. AIBS core strengths in working with the community and facilitating high quality peer advisory and review services are a strong addition to this unique and exciting program designed to mobilize change in undergraduate life sciences education. The award fits the EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research because of its high potential for producing an implementation framework for transforming biology departments within the nation?s colleges and universities.AIBS will work with the program partners throughout its lifespan by 1) working to raise awareness of the PULSE project among the community and encouraging participation in the project and 2) facilitating the selection of the Vision and Change Fellows in the initial phase. Both the selection of Fellows and promotion of the project to the broad biology education community are integral to the success of the PULSE project. AIBS is extremely well qualified to carry out both of these activities. The Institute has years of experience successfully conducting high quality peer-review for private foundations, government agencies, and other clients. AIBS has been very successful in reaching intended audiences through its public policy and media relations work. The proposed strategy for developing and promoting a press release about the Request for Applications and Selection of Fellows is based upon expertise gained over the years and knowledge about the focused effort required to effectively reach an intended audience. Other scientific disciplines will learn about the outcomes of the PULSE project because AIBS is actively involved in collaborations and coalitions across the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The results of AIBS?s work will ensure that the top individuals in the country are poised to work with the leaders in life science research and education, NSF, NIH, and HHMI, to move institutional reform efforts forward. The proposed activities are expected to make a significant contribution to an unprecedented transformation of the undergraduate biology education community's understanding of institutional barriers to change and of strategies for overcoming them.