RCN-UBE: Cell Biology Education Consortium: Pathway to Publication

RCN-UBE：细胞生物学教育联盟：出版途径

• 批准号: 2316122
• 负责人: Nathan Reyna
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Ouachita Baptist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316122&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Cell; Biology; Education

The Cell Biology Education Consortium: Path to Publication (CBEC: P2P) research collaborative network is intended to assist primarily undergraduate institution (PUI) faculty with publishing research in a peer-reviewed journal. Conducting and publishing research can be challenging at PUIs where high faculty teaching responsibilities are balanced with mentoring of undergraduate research students and teams. This project will address this publication disconnect by helping faculty prepare single-figure manuscripts from their data, advancing faculty and their students on a pathway to publication. By reducing barriers to publication, faculty can help students take ownership of the manuscript preparation process while generating their own publication record that will help with career advancement. Collectively, this will help faculty build their research credentials and allow undergraduate students and faculty to become published authors in a recognized scientific journal. The infrastructure established by this project supports the enhancement, expansion, and sustainability of undergraduate cell biology-related research. Overall, the development of freely accessible resources that highlight a clear path to publication improves the STEM pipeline, helps to retain PUI faculty, and will serve as a model for other disciplines. This project addresses a need expressed by cell biology educators that while the quality of undergraduate research is high, faculty often do not have the time to generate the extensive data required to publish research in traditional scientific journals requiring multiple result figures. Here a workflow for a path to publication for CBEC faculty and students will be developed that results in publication of a single-figure research paper in microPublication Biology, a fully citable journal platform. This workflow will be a step-by-step mechanism that allows CBEC: P2P faculty to submit a single-figure paper to network leaders, receive feedback, resubmit for further comments, and ultimately submit their work for publication in microPublication Biology. To further enhance research success, CBEC: P2P will also help faculty align their class-based research with the path to publication workflow. The protocols developed will be freely shared with others as open education resources. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for STEM Education, 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/), 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.

细胞生物学教育联盟：出版之路(CBEC：P2P)研究合作网络旨在主要帮助本科院校(PUI)的教职员工在同行评议的期刊上发表研究。在PUI，进行和发表研究可能是具有挑战性的，在那里，高级教员的教学责任与本科生研究学生和团队的指导相平衡。这个项目将通过帮助教师从他们的数据中准备个位数的手稿来解决这种出版脱节的问题，推动教师和他们的学生走上出版的道路。通过减少发表的障碍，教师可以帮助学生掌握手稿准备过程的所有权，同时生成他们自己的出版记录，这将有助于职业发展。总的来说，这将帮助教师建立他们的研究资历，并允许本科生和教师成为公认的科学期刊上的发表作者。该项目建立的基础设施支持本科生细胞生物学相关研究的加强、扩展和可持续性。总体而言，开发可免费获取的资源，突出了一条明确的出版途径，改善了STEM渠道，有助于留住PUI教师，并将成为其他学科的典范。这个项目解决了细胞生物学教育工作者表达的一个需求，即尽管本科生研究的质量很高，但教职员工往往没有时间生成在传统科学期刊上发表研究所需的大量数据，这些期刊需要多个结果数字。在这里，将为CBEC的教职员工和学生开发一个发表途径的工作流程，从而在一个完全可引用的期刊平台MicroPublications Biology上发表一篇一位数的研究论文。这一工作流程将是一种循序渐进的机制，允许CBEC：P2P教员向网络领导者提交一篇个位数的论文，接收反馈，重新提交进一步的评论，并最终提交他们的工作发表在microPublications Biology上。为了进一步提高研究成果，CBEC：P2P还将帮助教师将基于班级的研究与出版工作流程结合起来。开发的协议将作为开放教育资源与其他人免费分享。该项目由生物科学局生物基础设施部和STEM教育局本科生教育部共同资助，作为他们应对《本科生物学教育愿景与变革：行动呼吁》(http://visionandchange/finalreport/)，)和既定的刺激竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)中提出的挑战的努力的一部分。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智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。