Research Immersive Scholastic Experience in Biology: A Scholarship and Support Program

生物学研究沉浸式学术体验：奖学金和支持计划

• 批准号: 1742493
• 负责人: David Sharlin
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Minnesota State University, Mankato
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-15 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742493&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Immersive; Scholastic; Experience; Biology

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the Research Immersive Scholastic Experience in Biology (RISEbio) program is providing support to low-income students with demonstrated financial need and academic promise to succeed in STEM disciplines at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSUM). The project is funding 80 scholarships over five years for students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in biological sciences. Participating in research is one of the crucial factors in retaining students in STEM fields. However, research opportunities are often hard to find for students in the first two years of undergraduate education, especially at comprehensive institutions without a large research community. To address this need, the Department of Biological Sciences at MSUM will develop and implement a scholarship and support program targeting incoming freshmen. Eighty students, in four cohorts of 20, will enter the program in their freshman year and will take one research methods course, followed by two semesters of research in Brain and Behavior or Immunity and Cancer. RISEbio will award freshmen with financial need and academic potential a scholarship that is renewable over three semesters while they take part in the program. The overall goal of RISEbio is to increase student academic success as measured by first-time pass rates for core courses, discipline retention, and 4- and 5-year graduation rates. In addition to participating in research, RISEbio students will join learning communities and will be guided by faculty and peer mentors. The research component of RISEbio is designed to provide scholars with an authentic real-world research experience similar to that experienced by students at research-intensive universities, but tailored to fit within the available infrastructure at a primarily undergraduate comprehensive institution such as MSUM. RISEbio will provide a platform to test how the proposed objectives translate to student persistence and academic success. Through evaluative and summative assessment, the RISEbio project will enhance our knowledge of how student success in the biological sciences is impacted through first- and second-year scholastic experiences that bridge social integration, mentorship, and technical and professional skill building with an immersive research experience. Moreover, RISEbio will provide insight on how student academic success is impacted when financial burdens are reduced through a scholarship which supports students during a critical window of adjustment to college. Lastly, the RISEbio program is modifying existing freshman research programs utilized by research-intensive universities to fit within the available infrastructure of a primarily undergraduate comprehensive institution. This adaptation provides a foundation for understanding how immersive freshman research experiences in biology impact comprehensive university student outcomes. By developing and implementing RISEbio initiatives, RISEbio will enhance first-time pass rates for core courses, improve retention, and increase 4- and 5-year graduation rates for low-income, academically motivated students. The overlapping and integrated nature of the RISEbio objectives provide a catalyst for developing a workforce with professional and technical skills that will ultimately improve student marketability for both post-baccalaureate employment and graduate school.

在国家科学基金会的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划的资助下，生物学研究沉浸式学术体验（RISEBio）计划正在为低收入学生提供支持，这些学生表现出经济需求和学术承诺，以在明尼苏达州立大学曼卡托（MSUM）的STEM学科取得成功。 该项目在五年内为攻读生物科学学士学位的学生提供80个奖学金。 参与研究是留住STEM领域学生的关键因素之一。 然而，在本科教育的前两年，学生往往很难找到研究机会，特别是在没有大型研究社区的综合性机构。 为了满足这一需求，生物科学在MSUM部门将制定和实施针对新生的奖学金和支持计划。 80名学生，在四个20人的队列，将进入他们的大一程序，并将采取一个研究方法的课程，其次是两个学期的研究在大脑和行为或免疫和癌症。 RISEBio将为有经济需要和学术潜力的新生提供奖学金，在他们参加该项目的三个学期内可再生。 RISEBio的总体目标是提高学生的学术成就，通过核心课程的首次通过率，学科保留率以及4年和5年的毕业率来衡量。 除了参与研究，RISEBio学生将加入学习社区，并将由教师和同行导师指导。RISEBio的研究部分旨在为学者提供类似于研究密集型大学学生所经历的真实的现实世界研究体验，但量身定制，以适应主要本科综合机构（如MSUM）的可用基础设施。 RISEBio将提供一个平台来测试拟议的目标如何转化为学生的坚持和学术成功。 通过评价性和总结性评估，RISEBio项目将增强我们对学生在生物科学方面的成功如何通过第一年和第二年的学术经验受到影响的知识，这些经验将社会融合，导师制以及技术和专业技能建设与沉浸式研究体验联系起来。 此外，RISEBio将提供有关学生的学术成功是如何影响时，通过奖学金，支持学生在调整到大学的关键窗口减少经济负担的见解。 最后，RISEBio计划正在修改研究密集型大学使用的现有新生研究计划，以适应主要本科综合机构的现有基础设施。 这种适应为理解生物学中沉浸式新生研究经验如何影响大学生的综合成绩提供了基础。 通过制定和实施RISEBio计划，RISEBio将提高核心课程的首次通过率，提高保留率，并提高低收入，学术动机学生的4年和5年毕业率。 RISEBio目标的重叠和综合性质为培养具有专业和技术技能的劳动力提供了催化剂，这将最终提高学生在学士后就业和研究生院的市场竞争力。

项目成果

Helping Students Rise to Their Full Potential through a Research Immersive Scholastic Experience in Biology

通过沉浸式生物学研究学术体验帮助学生充分发挥潜力

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST
• 作者: Smith, B.A

Transforming the undergraduate curriculum – engaging first year students in authentic research experiences

改变本科生课程 — 让一年级学生参与真实的研究体验

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Integrative and comparative biology
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Cohen, R.E.;Land, A.M.;Martensen, B.F.;Sharlin, D.S.;and Smith, B.A.
• 通讯作者: and Smith, B.A.

Integrating neuroscience into a new freshman research initiative at a regional comprehensive university: The Research Immersive Scholastic Experience in Biology Program

将神经科学融入地区综合性大学的一项新的新生研究计划：生物学研究沉浸式学术体验项目

• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Abstracts - Society for Neuroscience
• 作者: Cohen, Rachel E;Land, Allison M;Martensen, Brian F;Sharlin, David S;Smith, Brittany A
• 通讯作者: Smith, Brittany A