REU Site: Quantitative Research in the Life and Social Sciences: an interdisciplinary and intergenerational REU experience

REU 网站：生命和社会科学的定量研究：跨学科和代际 REU 体验

• 批准号: 2150492
• 负责人: Fabio Milner
• 金额: $ 38.88万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150492&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Quantitative; Research; Life

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). In a modern world highly driven by data, quantitative reasoning and quantitative literacy has become increasingly important. The Quantitative Research for the Life and Social Sciences Program (QRLSSP) is an 8-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program that will host 12 students each summer. This summer program will offer undergraduate research opportunities that involve solving problems in the life sciences and social sciences using quantitative tools from mathematics, statistics, and data analysis. The program is uniquely structured to incorporate student-selected research projects on problems that lie in applied mathematics and statistics, with applications to the life and social sciences. The program will recruit, train, and mentor underrepresented minority students, first generation students, and students enrolled at small, non-PhD-granting institutions and community colleges, which will help broaden the participation of students pursuing graduate degrees and STEM careers. The students will participate in professional development activities, and the program is structured to follow and support student participants for up to 6 years post-REU.Students will be trained to propose research questions that interest them, with the intention of naturally increasing engagement. The program will expose the students to mentors with a wide variety of expertise to develop a greater understanding of universal issues in the biological and social sciences. Students will also be trained to use software for mathematical modeling to enhance their computing toolkit for their future use and research. Participants will be encouraged to give presentations at a variety of conferences to improve presentation skills, build confidence, and disseminate their work to a broader audience. The program will expose participants to a diverse set of successful faculty and researchers who will serve as role models, and will provide opportunities for networking, community building, and peer support. Mentorship training and opportunities for new faculty and for graduate students seeking to join academia as a profession will help improve STEM education and educator development as well.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.

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。在一个高度受数据驱动的现代世界中，定量推理和定量素养变得越来越重要。定量研究的生命和社会科学计划（QRLSSP）是一个为期8周的研究经验，为本科生（REU）计划，每年夏天将举办12名学生。这个暑期课程将提供本科研究机会，涉及使用数学，统计和数据分析的定量工具解决生命科学和社会科学中的问题。该计划具有独特的结构，将学生选择的研究项目纳入应用数学和统计学中的问题，并应用于生命和社会科学。该计划将招募，培训和指导代表性不足的少数民族学生，第一代学生以及在小型非博士授予机构和社区学院就读的学生，这将有助于扩大攻读研究生学位和STEM职业的学生的参与。学生将参加专业发展活动，该计划旨在跟踪和支持学生参与者长达6年后REU。学生将接受培训，提出他们感兴趣的研究问题，目的是自然增加参与度。该计划将使学生接触到具有各种专业知识的导师，以更好地了解生物和社会科学中的普遍问题。学生还将接受培训，使用软件进行数学建模，以提高他们的计算工具包，为他们未来的使用和研究。将鼓励参与者在各种会议上发表演讲，以提高演讲技巧，建立信心，并向更广泛的受众传播他们的工作。该计划将使参与者接触到一系列成功的教师和研究人员，他们将成为榜样，并将提供网络，社区建设和同行支持的机会。为新教师和寻求加入学术界的研究生提供导师培训和机会，这也将有助于改善STEM教育和教育工作者的发展。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。

项目成果

Sexually transmitted infections and dating app use

性传播感染和约会应用程序的使用

• DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2024177
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Orellana, Carlos Bustamante;Lyerla, Jordan;Martin, Aaron;Milner, Fabio
• 通讯作者: Milner, Fabio

Estimating the structure by age and sex of the US sexually active population

按年龄和性别估算美国性活跃人口的结构

• DOI: 10.1080/08898480.2024.2301868
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Mathematical Population Studies
• 影响因子: 1.8
• 作者: Bustamante Orellana, Carlos;Lyerla, Jordan;Martin, Aaron;Milner, Fabio;Smith, Elisha
• 通讯作者: Smith, Elisha