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Identifying Stakeholder Perceptions and Practices to Develop a Comprehensive Framework for Bioscience Industry Internships for Underrepresented Youth

确定利益相关者的看法和实践，为代表性不足的青年制定生物科学行业实习的综合框架

基本信息

批准号：
1850568
负责人：
Lynda Gayden
金额：
$ 119.98万
依托单位：
Biotech Partners
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1850568&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Identifying Stakeholder Perceptions Practices Develop

项目摘要

This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program. Bioscience fields are changing to keep pace with rapid advances in technologies and scientific innovations. These fields need diverse, prepared personnel who can meet workforce demands using cutting-edge technologies and a deep knowledge of science. This project meets this need by preparing underrepresented high school students for the bioscience workforce through innovative internship experiences. This project will pair eleventh- and twelfth-grade students with dedicated mentors from bioscience industries during paid summer internships. Students will also participate in a workforce preparation class, with an emphasis on biotechnology industries, as part of their high school coursework. The project will study the perspectives and practices of different stakeholders, including the high school biotechnology teachers, students, and industry mentors. The analysis of several types of data will result in an empirically-based, comprehensive framework that outlines the elements of impactful internships in bioscience industries. Findings will be widely disseminated to researchers and practitioners, resulting in new approaches for broadening participation in the bioscience workforce. Building from 25 years of providing internships for high school students in biotechnology industries, Biotech Partners will iteratively study and improve its internship intervention, resulting in an empirically-based framework that outlines the features of successful internships in bioscience industries. The project will seek to answer the following research question: In what roles and in what ways do business and industry workforce members motivate students from diverse underrepresented populations to become aware of, interested in, and prepare for biotechnology careers, and support teachers in efforts to promote biotechnology workforce awareness and interest? The internship intervention will serve over 300 high school students, 85% of whom identify as youth of color. The internship intervention includes a high school class focused on workforce preparation in biotechnology industries, after-school tutoring, and paid summer internships with biotechnology firms. Research participants include approximately 300 high school students; industry representatives from 15 bioscience industries; six program staff members who facilitate the internships; and four high school teachers. Using constant comparative analytic techniques, the research team will qualitatively analyze transcripts from interviews and focus groups with a purposefully-selected subset of each group of research participants. Using repeated measures analyses of variance, the research team will quantitatively analyze surveys given to students and mentors. This project will advance knowledge about the features of internships that foster workforce preparedness among underrepresented high school students in the biosciences. This project will result in a comprehensive framework for impactful internships that will be widely disseminated to relevant stakeholders. This framework will be designed to broaden participation in 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.

该项目由学生和教师创新技术体验（ITEST）计划资助。生物科学领域正在发生变化，以跟上技术和科学创新的快速发展。这些领域需要多样化的、有准备的人才，他们可以使用尖端技术和深厚的科学知识来满足劳动力需求。该项目通过创新的实习经历，为未被充分代表的高中生准备生物科学劳动力，从而满足了这一需求。该项目将在带薪暑期实习期间为11年级和12年级的学生与来自生物科学行业的专业导师配对。学生们还将参加一门以生物技术行业为重点的劳动力准备课程，这是他们高中课程的一部分。该项目将研究不同利益相关者的观点和实践，包括高中生物技术教师、学生和行业导师。对几种类型数据的分析将产生一个基于经验的综合框架，该框架概述了生物科学行业中有影响力的实习要素。研究结果将广泛传播给研究人员和从业人员，从而产生扩大生物科学工作队伍参与的新方法。基于25年来在生物技术行业为高中生提供实习的经验，Biotech Partners将不断研究和改进其实习干预措施，从而形成一个基于经验的框架，概述生物科学行业成功实习的特征。该项目将寻求回答以下研究问题：企业和工业劳动力成员以何种角色和方式激励来自不同代表性不足的人群的学生意识到、感兴趣并为生物技术职业做好准备，并支持教师努力提高生物技术劳动力的意识和兴趣？实习干预将为300多名高中生提供服务，其中85%为有色人种青年。实习干预包括一个以生物技术产业劳动力准备为重点的高中课程，课后辅导，以及在生物技术公司的带薪暑期实习。研究对象包括约300名高中生；来自15个生物科技行业的业界代表；六名项目工作人员协助实习；还有四位高中老师。使用持续的比较分析技术，研究团队将定性地分析来自访谈和焦点小组的记录，并有目的地选择每组研究参与者的子集。使用重复测量分析方差，研究小组将定量分析给学生和导师的调查。该项目将促进对实习特点的了解，以促进生物科学领域代表性不足的高中生的就业准备。该项目将形成一个全面的有影响力的实习框架，并将广泛传播给相关利益攸关方。这一框架将旨在扩大生物技术劳动力的参与。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。