Biology Opportunities and Scholarships for Success II

成功的生物学机会和奖学金 II

• 批准号: 2128109
• 负责人: Mustafa Morsy
• 金额: $ 149.99万
• 依托单位: University of West Alabama
• 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: 2021-10-01 至 2027-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2128109&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biology; Opportunities; Scholarships; Success; II

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the University of West Alabama (UWA). Located in rural Alabama, UWA is designated as a Predominately Black Institution (PBI) and Predominately Undergraduate Institution (PUI). Building on the experiences and lessons learned from a prior S-STEM award, this project will fund scholarships to 30 unique full-time students pursuing bachelor's degrees in biological and environmental sciences. It will also expand student support services including a summer boot camp to aid with the transition to college life, training to improve students' study strategies, monitoring students' well-being, and improving their communication skills. Scholars will also be involved in peer- and faculty-mentoring, research opportunities, presentations at professional conferences, and participation in field trips. The project plans to increase retention and graduation rates, monitor student success in obtaining jobs or entering graduate school, and measure the significance of the project’s services and activities in helping students achieve their goals. The project will advance understanding of the role well-being assessments, metacognitive study strategies, and communication skills in increasing student retention and success. The knowledge generated from this project is of significance to UWA and many other similar higher education institutions.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. The Biology Opportunities and Scholarships for Success II project aims to increase participants' persistence in science, success in academic careers, and, ultimately, diversity in the scientific workforce. Two specific goals serve as driving forces for the project. The first is to increase the enrollment and graduation rates of academically talented students majoring in biological and environmental sciences and improve student success in obtaining jobs or entering graduate programs. The second is to evaluate the role of student support services (boot camp, student's well-being, metacognitive study training, and enhancement of students' communication skills) in improving students' retention and graduation rates. The project will generate knowledge through a mixed methods quantitative and qualitative study that investigates the effectiveness of the project's support services. The work will help to fill a knowledge gap about how the student support services impact students' retention and overall success, particularly on minority students in rural settings. The project will disseminate the generated knowledge via articles in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at regional and national STEM education-related conferences. This project is funded by NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.

该项目将有助于对受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的国家需要，通过支持高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业，证明在西亚拉巴马大学（西澳大学）的经济需要。位于农村亚拉巴马，西澳大学被指定为主要黑人机构（PBI）和主要本科院校（PUI）。该项目将借鉴以往S-STEM奖的经验和教训，为30名攻读生物和环境科学学士学位的全日制学生提供奖学金。它还将扩大学生支持服务，包括一个夏季靴子营地，以帮助过渡到大学生活，培训，以改善学生的学习策略，监测学生的福祉，并提高他们的沟通技巧。学者还将参与同行和教师指导，研究机会，在专业会议上的演讲，并参加实地考察。该项目计划提高保留率和毕业率，监测学生在获得工作或进入研究生院方面的成功，并衡量该项目的服务和活动在帮助学生实现目标方面的重要性。该项目将促进对幸福感评估，元认知学习策略和沟通技巧在提高学生保留率和成功率方面的作用的理解。从这个项目中产生的知识对西澳大学和许多其他类似的高等教育机构具有重要意义。这个项目的总体目标是增加低收入，高成就的本科生的STEM学位完成与证明经济需要。生物学成功的机会和奖学金II项目旨在提高参与者对科学的坚持，学术生涯的成功，以及最终科学劳动力的多样性。两个具体目标是该项目的驱动力。首先是提高生物和环境科学专业学术人才的入学率和毕业率，提高学生就业或进入研究生课程的成功率。第二是评估学生支持服务（靴子训练营、学生福利、元认知学习培训和提高学生沟通技能）在提高学生保留率和毕业率方面的作用。该项目将通过定量和定性的混合方法研究项目支助服务的有效性，从而产生知识。这项工作将有助于填补关于学生支助服务如何影响学生的留校率和总体成功的知识空白，特别是对农村地区的少数民族学生。该项目将通过同行评审期刊上的文章以及区域和国家STEM教育相关会议上的演讲传播所产生的知识。该项目由NSF的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，该计划旨在增加低收入学术人才的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并提供有关低收入学生的学术成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业途径的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。