RCN-UBE: Connecting Curriculum: A Fly-CURE Network

RCN-UBE：连接课程：Fly-CURE 网络

• 批准号: 2316218
• 负责人: Alysia Mortimer
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Oregon State 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: 2023-09-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316218&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Connecting; Curriculum; Fly

The goal of this project is to create a Research Coordination Network (RCN) to connect new Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) that are expansions of a genetics laboratory CURE, called Fly-CURE. The Fly-CURE RCN will act as a centralized hub for training undergraduates in four new CUREs encompassing in-demand curricular topics: Bioinformatics, Behavioral Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Developmental Biology. The creation of these CUREs will not only bolster the existing scientific knowledge base regarding the relationship between genes and growth and development, but also increase student participation in research across biological sub-disciplines. CUREs allow students to participate in hands-on and inquiry-based research which increase their critical thinking skills, learning gains, and sense of belonging in science. These new CUREs will also include student-led community-based service learning opportunities to introduce scientific discovery to young learners to further promote student persistence in STEM and prepare them for future scientific careers. For faculty, the Fly-CURE RCN will provide opportunities to actively engage in and publish scientific research and connect with a shared scientific community which is especially challenging at under-resourced institutions including community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and primarily undergraduate institutions.The first goal of the Fly-CURE RCN is to develop four new CUREs, each designed to involve undergraduate students in the analysis of Drosophila melanogaster mutants, discovered in the original genetics Fly-CURE, using different disciplinary approaches. This RCN will increase the number of faculty implementing CUREs by targeting faculty at community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and primarily undergraduate institutions. The second goal of Fly-CURE RCN is to foster a scientific community of faculty participants and assess whether this approach is effective at recruiting faculty from underrepresented groups, early-career faculty, and faculty from an array of institutional types. The Fly-CURE has successfully retained faculty thus far and has contributed to the professional advancement of participants. Considering the limited resources and research support often available at smaller institutions, this project provides the scientific training and peer support needed for faculty involvement in successful CUREs through professional development and collaborative interactions across the network. 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/).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.

该项目的目的是创建一个研究协调网络（RCN），以连接基于课程的新本科研究经验（治疗），该研究经验（治疗疗法）是遗传学实验室治疗的扩展，称为Fly-Cure。 Fly-Cure RCN将充当四种新疗法中培训本科生的集中式枢纽，包括在需求中的课程主题：生物信息学，行为遗传学，分子生物学和发育生物学。这些疗法的创建不仅会加强有关基因与生长与发展之间关系的现有科学知识基础，而且还增加了学生参与跨生物子学科的研究。治疗方法使学生可以参加基于探究的研究，从而提高了他们的批判性思维能力，学习成益和科学中的归属感。这些新疗法还将包括以学生为基础的社区服务学习机会，向年轻的学习者介绍科学发现，以进一步促进STEM中的学生坚持不懈，并为未来的科学职业做好准备。对于教师而言，Fly-Cure RCN将为积极参与和发表科学研究并与共同的科学社区建立联系，并在包括社区学院，少数群体服务机构，主要是本科机构（主要是弗洛斯（Fly-Cure RCN））的第一个新型学生中，在包括社区学院，少数派服务机构以及主要的研究中，尤其具有挑战性的机构在包括社区学院，少数派服务机构，尤其是具有挑战性的梅尔（Melan conters），这是梅尔（Melan）的第一个新疗法，这是对梅尔（Melan）的第一个分析，这是一个新的profer profe conter，这是对梅尔（Melan）的分析，该群体对学生进行了分析，该群体是在研究中的分析。使用不同的纪律方法在原始遗传学中发现。该RCN将通过针对社区大学，少数派服务机构和主要是本科机构的教职员工来增加实施治疗疗法的数量。 Fly-Cure RCN的第二个目标是培养一个教师的科学界，并评估这种方法是否有效地从代表性不足的群体，早期职业教师和一系列机构类型的教师招募教师。到目前为止，飞杯已经成功保留了教师，并为参与者的专业发展做出了贡献。考虑到较小机构经常获得的资源和研究支持有限，该项目提供了通过专业发展和整个网络中的协作互动成功治愈的科学培训和同伴支持。 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/).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation利用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响审查标准。