TSIP: Using Course Based Research Experiences (CUREs) to Support Tribal College Students and Enrich Tribal College STEM Research Capacity

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为国家土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学和研究能力。在这些机构扩大STEM课程的范围，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求富有挑战性和回报的职业的机会，提供在可能具有文化意义的领域进行研究的机会，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。这一有针对性的STEM灌输项目(TSIP)直接符合这一目标，并寻求增加学生在几所部落学院进行研究的活动和机会。该项目旨在加强参与机构(Aaniiih Nakoda College(ANC)、Little Big Horn College(LBHC)、Stone Child College(SCC)和Montana State University(MSU))的STEM教员之间的现有关系，并为美国印第安人学生建立新的基于课程的研究体验。该项目旨在增加美国印第安人学生对STEM研究的参与，并提高蒙大拿州部落学院的研究能力。该项目支持在非国大和LBHC扩大与当地相关的治疗方法，同时在另外两所部落学院开展以课程为基础的研究经验。密歇根州立大学的教职员工将提供培训，使用斑马鱼作为环境指示物种，实施现有的共同开发的治疗模块，并支持部落学院教职员工根据部落学院进行的研究设计新的治疗方法。治疗被整合到每个机构的课程中，接触到一系列没有接触过研究机会的学生。学生将开发独立的假设，以在更大的治愈主题中进行测试。参与的教员将学习研究技术，并接受仪器和课程方面的培训。研究成果将通过社区展览和在国家会议上的陈述来分享。该项目由部落学院和大学计划(TCUP)、既定的促进竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)、生物科学局(BIO)环境生物学(生态系统科学群)、综合组织系统(行为系统群、发育系统群、神经系统群)以及分子和细胞生物科学部(细胞动力学和功能群、遗传机制群、分子生物物理学群、系统和合成生物学群)联合资助。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。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's Indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This Targeted STEM Infusion Project (TSIP) aligns directly with that goal, and moreover seeks to increase research activities and opportunities for students to conduct research at several tribal colleges. The project aims to strengthen existing relationships among STEM faculty at the participating institutions (Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC), Little Big Horn College (LBHC), Stone Child College (SCC), and Montana State University (MSU)) and build new course-based research experiences for American Indian students. The project aims to increase participation of American Indian students in STEM research and increase research capacity at tribal colleges in Montana. The project supports the expansion of locally relevant CUREs at ANC and LBHC while initiating course-based research experiences (CUREs) at two additional tribal colleges. MSU faculty will provide training on implementing an existing co-developed CURE module, using zebrafish as an environmental indicator species, and support tribal college faculty in designing novel CUREs based on research conducted at tribal colleges. CUREs are integrated into the curriculum at each institution, reaching a range of students who have not been exposed to research opportunities. Students will develop independent hypotheses to test within the larger CURE theme. Participating faculty will learn research techniques and receive training on instrumentation and curriculum. Research findings will be shared through community exhibitions and presentations at national conferences. This project is jointly funded by the Tribal College and Universities Program (TCUP), the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science Cluster), Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (Behavioral Systems Cluster, Developmental Systems Cluster, Neural Systems Cluster), and Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (Cellular Dynamics and Function Cluster, Genetic Mechanisms Cluster, Molecular Biophysics Cluster, Systems and Synthetic Biology Cluster)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.