Implementation Project: STEM Academy for Research and Entrepreneurship

在历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科课程（HBCU-UP）提供支持，设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加学生的数量和他们的准备质量，通过加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和研究。阿肯色州松树海崖大学（UAPB）的这一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STEM研究和创业学院。预计参加拟议活动的学生将非常适合就读研究生院和/或进入STEM创业劳动力市场。UAPB STEM研究与创业学院整合了科学和商业学科，通过利用最前沿的技术创建一种协同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创业领导的优秀毕业生的数量。该项目的总体目标有三个：（1）提高STEM四年制毕业生的毕业率，（2）提高研究生入学率，（3）增加进入创业的学生人数。可衡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，其中人类行为和心态的发展是基于个人周围的非正式和正式参考群体（家庭，邻里，朋友，学校）传播的思想，信仰，价值观和社会经验。该项目由历史上的黑人学院和大学-本科生项目（HBCU-UP）和刺激竞争研究的既定项目（EPSCoR）共同资助。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.