Implementation Project: Training Undergraduates in Bioengineering and Nano-Biotechnology (TUBN)

实施项目：生物工程和纳米生物技术本科生培训（TUBN）

• 批准号: 1911660
• 负责人: Vida Dennis
• 金额: $ 225万
• 依托单位: Alabama State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-15 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1911660&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; Training; Undergraduates; Bioengineering

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Alabama State University provides a multilayered approach to broaden opportunities for African-American students to succeed in STEM majors. The project has a strong focus on preparing undergraduate students for graduate school or the workforce, focusing on the areas of bioengineering and nano-biotechnology. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation, as well as by internal and external advisory committees.The project builds on two successful previous implementation projects that strengthened STEM programs at the university. The project will implement a variety of activities designed to instill a research culture among the participants - high school students, high school science teachers, undergraduate students, and STEM faculty. Specific activities are: technology-integrated STEM curricula with focus on student learning; a student research program at on-campus, off-campus, international sites and national laboratories; a holistic approach of student recruitment, retention and transition to graduate schools; a multi-faceted mentoring program to achieve student success in STEM fields; a robust program for faculty research and professional development; and a research study to examine the efficacy of these activities. This project promises to have wide-reaching broader impacts at the university and in the larger HBCU community.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.

历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科生方案为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，以通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学教育和研究，增加学生人数和提高他们的准备质量。亚拉巴马州立大学的这一实施项目提供了一种多层次的方法，以扩大非洲裔美国学生在STEM专业取得成功的机会。该项目非常注重培养本科生进入研究生院或劳动力市场，重点是生物工程和纳米生物技术领域。该项目由正在进行的评估以及内部和外部咨询委员会指导和提供信息。该项目建立在两个成功的先前实施项目的基础上，这些项目加强了大学的STEM项目。该项目将实施各种活动，旨在向参与者-高中学生，高中科学教师，本科生和STEM教师灌输研究文化。具体活动包括：以学生学习为重点的技术集成STEM课程;校内、校外、国际地点和国家实验室的学生研究计划;学生招募、保留和过渡到研究生院的整体方法;多方面的指导计划，以实现学生在STEM领域的成功;一个强大的教师研究和专业发展计划;并进行一项研究，以检查这些活动的成效。该项目有望在大学和更大的HBCU社区产生广泛的影响。该奖项反映了NSF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。