Catalyst Award: Integration of Biotechnology and Cyberinstruction in the Biological Sciences at Fort Valley State University

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。通过这个为期一年的项目，谷堡州立大学寻求重新设计/升级其课程，以整合生物技术、基因组学和网络基础设施[随时随地学习]。拟议的项目将通过将生物技术应用纳入课程和教学实践，为现有课程注入活力。网络基础设施和学习也将融入使用生物信息学工具的实验室活动中。该项目的目标是重新设计并整合生物技术和网络基础设施组件到核心课程中，特别是生物技术、细胞与分子生物学和遗传学。这将使学生深入了解科学问题解决的周期，迭代实验设计的本质以及适应性方法的作用，为他们的研究生学习或生物技术工作做好独特的准备。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. Through this one-year project, Fort Valley State University seeks to redesign/upgrade its curricula to integrate biotechnology, genomics and cyber-infrastructure [Anywhere, Anytime Learning]. The proposed project will invigorate existing courses by integrating biotechnology applications into the curriculum and pedagogical practices. Cyberinfrastructure and learning will also be infused in laboratory activities, in which bioinformatics tools are used.The project goal is to redesign and integrate biotechnology and cyberinfrastructure components into core courses, specifically Biotechniques, Cell & Molecular Biology and Genetics. This will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the cycle of scientific problem solving, the nature of iterative experimental design and the role of an adaptive approach that will uniquely prepare them for graduate study or the biotechnology workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.