REU Site: Mathematical Biology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

REU 站点：北卡罗来纳大学格林斯伯勒分校数学生物学

• 批准号: 1659646
• 负责人: Jan Rychtar
• 金额: $ 30.5万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina Greensboro
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659646&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Mathematical; Biology; University

This National Science Foundation award provides support for a three-year REU site at the University of North Carolina Greenboro that will host eight students for ten weeks each summer. The summer program will involve students in meritorious, individual research projects and prepare them for the challenges of increasingly complex and information-driven scientific analyses in mathematics and biology. The faculty mentor team has a strong history and dedication to active undergraduate mentorship resulting in productive student research projects. Projects do not require extensive mathematical background but students will be introduced to some basic skills in an introductory short courses before forming teams with mentors to tackle problems at the interface between mathematics and biology. The aim of the project is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. students who successfully pursue careers in mathematics, biology, or related disciplines. In particular, the project seeks to increase the diversity of such students and special recruitment efforts will ensure a high participation of underrepresented student populations, including female students from HBCUs. At least half of the participants will be recruited from institutions where research in STEM disciplines is limited and students of all undergraduate career stages will be considered.Each year, this REU program will involve a set of specific research projects that are original, innovative, and will make critical advances in mathematical biology. The common theme of the projects is the mathematical modeling of territorial and/or social interactions and most projects will involve a computational component and simulations, as well as theoretical analysis. Teams of research mentors and students will develop the specific projects and two graduate students will serve as near-peer mentors for all undergraduate students. In addition to project-specific skills, students will be trained in critical research skills including literature review, team work, research ethics, using computer software such as LaTeX and Matlab, and oral and written communication. The REU will also target professional development and guide students to various career options (within and beyond academia). As a result, the students will be better prepared for both academic and nonacademic employment. Results and experiences of the program will be widely disseminated through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. This project is supported by the Divisions of Mathematical Sciences and Biological Infrastructure in the Directorates of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) and Biological Sciences (BIO), respectively.

这个国家科学基金会奖为北卡罗来纳州格林博罗大学的一个为期三年的REU网站提供支持，该网站每年夏天将接待八名学生，为期十周。暑期课程将让学生参与有价值的个人研究项目，并为数学和生物学中日益复杂和信息驱动的科学分析的挑战做好准备。教师导师团队有一个强大的历史和奉献精神，积极的本科生导师导致富有成效的学生研究项目。项目不需要广泛的数学背景，但学生将在与导师组成团队之前，在介绍性的短期课程中介绍一些基本技能，以解决数学和生物学之间的接口问题。该项目的目的是增加准备充分的美国学生的数量，他们成功地从事数学，生物学或相关学科的职业。特别是，该项目力求增加这些学生的多样性，特别招聘工作将确保代表性不足的学生群体，包括来自HBCU的女生的高度参与。至少有一半的参与者将从STEM学科研究有限的机构招募，并将考虑所有本科职业阶段的学生。每年，REU计划将涉及一系列原创，创新的具体研究项目，并将在数学生物学方面取得重大进展。这些项目的共同主题是领土和/或社会互动的数学建模，大多数项目将涉及计算组件和模拟，以及理论分析。研究导师和学生团队将开发具体项目，两名研究生将担任所有本科生的近同行导师。除了项目特定的技能，学生将接受关键研究技能的培训，包括文献综述，团队合作，研究道德，使用计算机软件，如LaTeX和Matlab，以及口头和书面沟通。REU还将以专业发展为目标，并指导学生进行各种职业选择（学术界内外）。因此，学生将更好地为学术和非学术就业做好准备。该方案的成果和经验将通过会议介绍和同行评审的出版物广泛传播。该项目分别由数学和物理科学局（MPS）和生物科学局（BIO）的数学科学和生物基础设施部门提供支持。