REU Site: An Innovative Approach to Engage Underrepresented Minority Students in a Research Experience

REU 网站：一种让代表性不足的少数族裔学生参与研究体验的创新方法

• 批准号: 1460733
• 负责人: Robert Kao
• 金额: $ 26.64万
• 依托单位: Heritage University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-15 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460733&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Innovative; Approach; Engage

This REU Site award to Heritage University (HU), located in Toppenish, WA, will support the training of 30 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. The overall research theme of molecular biology involves 12 mentors from HU and five regional partner institutions. Students can select from projects that include 1) genomic studies on plants at the University of Washington, Seattle; 2) polyploidy in plant evolution at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma; (3) insect molecular ecology at the USDA-ARS Lab, Wapato; 4) molecular plant pathology at Washington State University, Prosser; 5) plant genomics and biotechnology at Washington State University, Pullman; and 6) role of histone variants in chromatin structure and DNA barcoding of native plants at HU. The ten week research experience will include a one week workshop at HU that will train students on the scientific method, basic skills in molecular biology, keeping a laboratory notebook, data management in excel, and ethics/responsible conduct of research. The overall strategy is to provide undergraduate students with a fulfilling and challenging research experience supported by a richly mentored environment. Students will be recruited at HU, Yakima Valley Community College and Columbia Community College, with emphasis on underrepresented students. These opportunities will provide students from the Yakima Valley area with career options that include pursuit of graduate degrees in STEM. Students are tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. The program will be assessed by using the REU common assessment tool (SALG URSSA).It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences.Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting www.heritage.edu/REU , or by contacting the PI (Dr. Nina Barcenas at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Kazuhiro Sonoda at [e-mail]).

该REU网站奖授予位于华盛顿州托佩尼什的传统大学（HU），将在2015-2017年夏季为30名学生提供为期10周的培训。分子生物学的整体研究主题涉及来自HU的12名导师和5个区域伙伴机构。学生们可以从以下项目中进行选择：1)西雅图华盛顿大学的植物基因组研究；2)美国塔科马普吉特海湾大学植物多倍体进化研究；(3) Wapato USDA-ARS实验室昆虫分子生态学；4)华盛顿州立大学植物分子病理学；5)美国华盛顿州立大学植物基因组学与生物技术研究中心；6)组蛋白变异在HU原生植物染色质结构和DNA条形码中的作用。为期十周的研究经验将包括在HU进行为期一周的研讨会，该研讨会将培训学生的科学方法，分子生物学的基本技能，保存实验室笔记本，excel数据管理以及道德/负责任的研究行为。总体策略是为本科生提供一个充实和具有挑战性的研究经验，并提供丰富的指导环境。学生将在HU，雅基马山谷社区学院和哥伦比亚社区学院招募，重点是代表性不足的学生。这些机会将为亚基马山谷地区的学生提供包括攻读STEM研究生学位在内的职业选择。跟踪学生，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣，他们的职业道路，以及研究经历的持久影响。该计划将通过使用REU通用评估工具（SALG URSSA）进行评估。预计总共将有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该项目中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问www.heritage.edu/REU，或与PI （Nina Barcenas博士[e-mail]）或副PI （Kazuhiro Sonoda博士[e-mail]）联系。