An interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Bioimaging & Biophotonics to strengthen research and doctoral training

HBCU-RISE：生物成像和生物光子学的跨学科研究生证书，以加强研究和博士培训历史上的黑人学院和大学-科学和工程研究基础设施（HBCU-RISE）计划支持在历史上的黑人学院和大学提供科学和工程学科博士学位的研究能力的发展。受资助的项目在国家科学基金会资助的研究领域具有统一的研究重点，与主办部门的长期计划、机构战略计划和使命以及扩大机构研究能力的计划直接联系，并增加博士生的产量，特别是那些在科学、技术、工程和数学领域代表性不足的博士生。在国家科学基金会的支持下，特拉华州州立大学将建立一个跨学科的生物成像和生物光子学研究生证书课程，以加强特拉华州州立大学博士生的教育和培训。该项目的统一研究重点是生物成像和生物光子学的整合。为HBCU RISE博士生提供五个跨学科研究项目。通过资助博士生和支持学生在神经科学和光学方面的跨学科培训，提高了教师的研究能力。该项目的愿景是增加生物成像和生物光子学跨学科领域中代表性不足的科学家的数量。该HBCU-RISE项目侧重于光学技术和工艺的技术开发。这个跨学科的项目将现代光学成像理论和发展与其在分子和细胞系统中的潜在应用相结合。成像和科学的整合可能会改变对这些系统的更广泛的理解，并具有生物医学意义。 该项目将：（1）推进跨学科研究，提高教师生产力;（2）专注于研究生教育，每年提供四名研究员，由生命科学/物理学/光学或计算科学的跨学科团队指导;（3）建立博士学位证书课程;（四）修订一门课程，并创建两门新课程，侧重于工具和分析技术的应用。该项目利用现有资源为特拉华州州立大学的学生参与研究提供新的途径。该项目扩大了现有博士课程的范围，通过将该计划转变为一个更全面的多学科研究计划，使来自更广泛学科的学生能够获得该计划，这将使学生为竞争日益激烈的研究环境做好准备。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

HBCU-RISE: An interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Bioimaging and Biophotonics to Strengthen Research and Doctoral TrainingThe Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) program supports the development of research capability at Historically Black Colleges and Universities that offer doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines. Supported projects have a unifying research focus in a research area supported by the National Science Foundation, a direct connection to the long-term plans of the host department, institutional strategic plan and mission, and plans for expanding institutional research capacity, as well as increasing the production of doctoral students, especially those underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. With National Science Foundation support, Delaware State University will establish an interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program in Bioimaging and Biophotonics to enhance the education and training of doctoral students at Delaware State University. The unifying research focus for the project is the integration of bioimaging and biophotonics. Five interdisciplinary research projects are offered for HBCU RISE PhD students. Faculty research capacity is enhanced by funding doctoral students and supporting students’ interdisciplinary training in neuroscience and optics. The vision of this project is to increase the number of underrepresented scientists in the interdisciplinary field of bioimaging and biophotonics. This HBCU-RISE project focuses on the technological development of optical technology and techniques. This interdisciplinary project combines modern optical imagining theory and development with their potential applications in molecular and cellular systems. The integration of imaging and science may potentially transform a broader understanding of these systems and have biomedical implications. This project will: (1) advance interdisciplinary research and promote faculty productivity; (2) focus on graduate education providing four fellows per year mentored by an interdisciplinary team from life sciences/physics/optics or computational sciences; (3) establish a doctoral-level certificate program; (4) and revise one course and create two new courses focusing on the application of tools and analysis techniques.This project leverages existing resources to provide new pathways for Delaware State University students to participate in research. The project broadens the scope of the existing doctoral program, making it accessible to students from a wider range of disciplines and by transforming the program into a more comprehensive multidisciplinary research program that will prepare students for an increasingly competitive research environment.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.