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)获得一笔赠款，以与本科生生命科学教育伙伴(PULSE)倡议的合作组织合作：国家科学基金会(NSF)、国家卫生研究院(NIH)、霍华德·休斯医学研究所(HHMI)和PULSE合作伙伴KINK INVERATION(KI)，以实现协调本科生生命科学教育系统变化的目标。AIBS在与社区合作和促进高质量同行咨询和审查服务方面的核心优势是对这一旨在动员本科生命科学教育变革的独特且令人兴奋的项目的有力补充。该奖项适用于早期概念探索性研究补助金，因为它具有很高的潜力，可以为全国范围内的生物系--S学院和大学--转型建立一个实施框架。AIBS将在其整个生命周期内与项目合作伙伴合作，途径如下：1)努力提高社区对PULSE项目的认识，鼓励他们参与该项目；2)在初始阶段为愿景与变革研究员的选择提供便利。挑选研究员和向广大生物教育界推广该项目都是PULSE项目成功不可或缺的一部分。AIBS非常有资格开展这两项活动。该研究所拥有多年成功地为私人基金会、政府机构和其他客户进行高质量同行审查的经验。AIBS通过其公共政策和媒体关系工作非常成功地接触到了目标受众。拟定和宣传关于申请和遴选研究员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关于有效接触目标受众所需的重点努力的知识。其他科学学科将了解PULSE项目的结果，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 S的工作成果将确保全国顶尖个人准备好与生命科学研究和教育领域的领导人、美国国家科学基金会、美国国立卫生研究院和美国国家卫生研究院合作，推动机构改革努力。预计拟议的活动将对本科生生物教育界对变革的体制障碍和克服这些障碍的战略的认识产生前所未有的转变作出重大贡献。

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.