Targeted Infusion Project: Innovative Jarvis Undergraduate Mathematics Program (I-JUMP): Embedding Computational and Mathematical Biology into Life STEM

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。Jarvis Christian College的项目将促进和揭示计算和应用数学与生活STEM之间的接口，并培养未被充分代表的少数族裔学生在尖端计算和应用数学工具、技术和适用于生物学的概念方面的学习、教学和研究能力。项目活动将为教师提供专业发展，提高招聘、学生留校率和毕业率，并为少数族裔学生提供在计算和数学生物学领域继续研究生学习和职业生涯的途径。I-JUMP项目的目标是1)通过在数学课程中嵌入尖端的计算和数学生物学工具、技术和概念来丰富数学课程；2)通过融合差异化教学和尖端技术来改进教学策略，使学生参与学习新概念；3)扩大学生？通过将计算和数学生物学研究融入现有的本科生研究课程、研究实习和同行指导研究，提高计算和数学生物学研究的能见度和能力；4)更新教学和研究基础设施，以支持新的教学策略以及计算和数学生物学和数学普通教育课程中的探究、项目和研究型课程。该项目的成果将把数学生物学的概念嵌入到贾维斯基督教学院的每个学生的教育中。数学生物学方面的培训和知识将为毕业生提供批判性思维、协作、创造力和沟通技能，这将使他们在选定的职业道路上受益。此外，该项目将为少数族裔和代表性不足的学生创造参与本科生研究、继续研究生学习的机会，并提供一条通往计算生物学职业的途径。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 project at Jarvis Christian College will promote and expose the interface between computational and applied mathematics and Life STEM and build capacities in the learning, teaching, and research of under-represented minority students in cutting edge computational and applied mathematics tools, techniques and concepts applicable for biology. The project activities will provide professional development for faculty, increase recruitment, student retention and graduation rates and provide pathways for minority students to pursue graduate study and careers in computation and mathematical biology. The project objectives of the I-JUMP project are 1) to enrich the mathematics curriculum by embedding cutting edge computational and mathematical biology tools, techniques, and concepts into the mathematics courses; 2) to improve teaching strategy through converging differentiated instruction with cutting edge technology to engage the students in learning new concepts; 3) to expand students? visibilities and competencies in computational and mathematical biology research via infusion of computational and mathematical biology research into the existing undergraduate research curricula, research internships, and peer-mentored research and 4) to update teaching and research infrastructure to support the new teaching strategies and the inquiry, project and research-based courses in computational and mathematical biology and mathematics general education courses. The outcomes of the project will embed the concepts of mathematical biology into every student's education at Jarvis Christian College. The training and knowledge in mathematical biology will provide graduates with the critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills that will benefit them in their selected career pathways. Moreover, the project will create opportunities for minority and underrepresented students to participate in undergraduate research, pursue graduate study, and provide a pathway to careers in computational biology.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.