Implementation Project: STEM Academy for Research and Entrepreneurship

传统黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科计划（HBCU-UP）为设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，通过加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和研究来增加学生人数和他们的准备质量。阿肯色大学派恩布拉夫分校（UAPB）的这个实施项目旨在提高该大学STEM教师在高影响力实践中的能力，这些实践可以吸引学生，并利用该机构的资源进行持续合作。具体而言，该项目旨在建立一个STEM研究与创业学院。预计参加拟议活动的学生将非常适合参加研究生院和/或进入STEM创业队伍。UAPB STEM研究与创业学院将科学与商业学科相结合，通过利用最前沿的技术，创造一种协同的方法来解决当今社会的复杂问题。该项目的目标是快速跟踪进入研究生院或进入STEM创业的STEM毕业生的数量，从而增加STEM研究人员和从事STEM创业领导的有才华的毕业生的数量。该项目的总体目标有三个目标：(1)提高STEM四年制毕业生的毕业率，(2)提高研究生入学率，(3)增加创业学生的数量。可测量目标的实现是根据社会化理论和社会学习的原则来组织的，在这些原则中，人类的行为和心态是基于个人周围的非正式和正式的参考群体（家庭、邻居、朋友、学校）传递的思想、信仰、价值观和社会经验而发展的。该项目由传统黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU-UP）和促进竞争研究的既定项目（EPSCoR）共同资助。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。

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 the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) seeks to enhance the capacity of the university’s STEM faculty in high impact practices that engage students and leverage the institution’s resources for sustained collaboration. Specifically, the project aims to establish a STEM Academy for Research and Entrepreneurship. It is anticipated that students who participate in the proposed activities will be well-suited to attend graduate school and/or enter the STEM Entrepreneurship workforce. The UAPB STEM Academy for Research and Entrepreneurship integrates science and business disciplines to create a synergistic approach to solving today’s society of complex problems by utilizing technology at the forefront. The goal of the project is to fast-track the number of STEM graduates who attend graduate school or enter STEM entrepreneurship and thereby increase the number of STEM researchers and the talented graduates who engage in STEM entrepreneurial leadership. The overall goal of the project is anchored to three objectives: (1) increase in the graduation rate of STEM four-year graduates, (2) increase the rate of entry to graduate school, and (3) increase the number of students who enter entrepreneurial endeavors. The attainment of the measurable objectives is organized on the principles of socialization theory and social learning where human behaviors and mindset develop based on ideas, beliefs, values, and social experiences transmitted by informal and formal groups of reference (family, neighborhood, friends, schools) surrounding the individuals. This project is jointly funded by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.