Targeted Infusion Project: Mathematical Engagement for the Marine, Biological, and Environmental Realms of Science (MEMBERS)

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目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。汉普顿大学的会员计划将加强生物、海洋和环境科学系的数学推理能力。跨学科项目、研讨会、工作坊经验和新颖的活动将被利用来招募、培训和准备被忽视的少数民族学生作为下一代综合科学家。会员计划的目标是发展学科特定定量技能的基础，以促进海洋，生物和环境科学的学生成为科学界的全面成员。重点将放在专业特定的数学、图形和计算机编程技能在现有课程中的应用，创建新的高级研究型课程，并通过支持本科生实习为学生提供体验式学习机会。此外，该计划将为科学领域的书面和口头沟通技能和金融知识的发展提供支持，因为这些技能对于向专业和公众受众传播科学以及规划和管理STEM职业至关重要。新课程将被纳入系？课程;新的教学基础设施将用于使现有课程现代化；基于探究的高级项目和论文将受益于增强的定量、图形和编程技术。这些战略将使这个项目的影响超出资金周期的整个生命周期。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) through Targeted Infusion Projects 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. The MEMBERS program at Hampton University will enhance mathematical reasoning in the Departments of Biology and Marine and Environmental Sciences. The interdisciplinary programs, seminars, workshop experiences and novel activities will be leveraged to recruit, train and prepare underrepresented minority students as the next generation of integrative scientist. The goal of the MEMBERS program is to develop the foundation of discipline-specific quantitative skills to facilitate students in the Marine, Biological, and Environmental sciences to become well-rounded members of the scientific community. Emphasis will be placed on the application of major-specific mathematics, graphical, and computer programming skills in existing courses, create new upper-level research-based course offerings, and support experiential learning opportunities for students via the support of undergraduate internships. Additionally, the program will provide support in the development of written and oral communication skills and financial literacy in the sciences, as these skills are essential to the communication of science to professional and public audiences, and for planning and managing STEM careers. New courses will be incorporated into the departments? curricula; new teaching and learning infrastructure will be used to modernize existing courses; and inquiry-based senior projects and theses will benefit from enhanced facility with quantitative, graphical, and programming techniques. These strategies will extend the impact of this project beyond the lifetime of the funding cycle.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.