RCN-UBE Incubator: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences for Students Underrepresented in Biology

RCN-UBE 孵化器：为生物学领域代表性不足的学生提供基于课程的本科研究体验

• 批准号: 2120499
• 负责人: Prabir Mandal
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Edward Waters College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120499&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Incubator; Course; based

The goal of this project is to establish multi-faceted course-based undergraduate research experiences in cellular genetics and socio-biology for students underrepresented in biology. Community colleges serve almost half of the undergraduates in the U.S., including many minority low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students, and many of these students are pursuing careers in biology. In this rapidly changing field, it is important that community college faculty have up-to-date teaching materials that reflect the most recent discoveries in biology and innovative data-analysis approaches. This network will bring appropriate teaching materials and offer professional development with the goal of incorporating cutting-edge biology research and high-impact teaching practices to improve student outcomes. Empowering community college faculty to increase student success will have a significant impact on the qualifications and diversity of the science and technology workforce. This project will take place at Edward Waters College, distinctively the state of Florida’s first independent institution of higher learning as well as Florida’s first institution established for the education of African Americans. The wide-spread use of DNA sequence data to enhance biological understanding, brings unique challenges for biology educators. Skills from computer and data sciences have become core competencies for students even though many biology faculty completed formal training without the computational expertise needed to effectively engage in this field. This network will bring together members of OMICS ((proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics)) education networks, leveraging their combined expertise to identify and curate common analysis tools, associated curricular and assessment materials, and faculty training strategies to facilitate the adoption of OMICS instruction. By making existing resources accessible, the network will enable current faculty to guide undergraduate biology students participating in authentic research projects. Such work will enhance the ability of students to become productive members of the technological work-force, to succeed in post-graduation studies in biology and related disciplines, and to be better informed citizens and decision makers. The network will develop a consensus set of vetted resources and training materials to be disseminated to the education community through a single web portal for use in undergraduate classrooms. The network will also advance preparation of adjunct biology faculty and recruitment of future junior faculty, who might not otherwise have the opportunity to build relationships with tenured faculty around the country. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).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.

这个项目的目标是建立多方面的课程为基础的本科生在细胞遗传学和社会生物学的研究经验，为学生在生物学中代表不足。社区学院为美国近一半的本科生提供服务，包括许多少数低收入，第一代和代表性不足的学生，其中许多学生正在追求生物学事业。在这个快速变化的领域，重要的是社区学院教师有最新的教学材料，反映在生物学和创新的数据分析方法的最新发现。该网络将带来适当的教学材料，并提供专业发展，目标是将尖端的生物学研究和高影响力的教学实践结合起来，以提高学生的成绩。授权社区学院教师提高学生的成功将对科学和技术劳动力的资格和多样性产生重大影响。该项目将在爱德华沃茨学院进行，该学院是佛罗里达州第一所独立的高等教育机构，也是佛罗里达州第一所为非洲裔美国人教育设立的机构。DNA序列数据的广泛使用，以提高生物学的理解，带来了独特的挑战，生物教育工作者。来自计算机和数据科学的技能已经成为学生的核心竞争力，即使许多生物学教师完成了正式培训，但没有有效参与这一领域所需的计算专业知识。该网络将汇集OMICS（（蛋白质组学，转录组学，代谢组学））教育网络的成员，利用他们的综合专业知识来识别和策划常见的分析工具，相关的课程和评估材料，以及教师培训策略，以促进OMICS教学的采用。通过使现有的资源，该网络将使目前的教师指导本科生物学学生参与真实的研究项目。这种工作将提高学生的能力，使他们成为技术劳动力中的生产成员，在生物学和相关学科的毕业后学习中取得成功，并成为更知情的公民和决策者。该网络将开发一套协商一致的经过审查的资源和培训材料，通过一个单一的门户网站向教育界传播，供本科生课堂使用。该网络还将促进生物学兼职教师的准备和未来初级教师的招聘，否则他们可能没有机会与全国各地的终身教师建立关系。该项目由生物基础设施部生物科学理事会和本科教育部教育和人力资源理事会共同资助，作为应对本科生物学教育中的愿景和变革所带来的挑战的努力的一部分：行动呼吁（网址：//visionandchange/finalreport/）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进行评估，更广泛的影响审查标准。