Planning Proposal: CREST Center in Bioinformatics

规划方案：CREST生物信息学中心

• 批准号: 2334642
• 负责人: Lauren Fuess
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Texas State University - San Marcos
• 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 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2334642&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Proposal; CREST; Center; Bioinformatics

With support from the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST), this project aims to develop a nationally recognized center in bioinformatics research and training at Texas State University (TXST), a minority serving institution (MSI). Bioinformatics skills, broadly defined as approaches for processing and analyzing large biological data, are increasingly in demand in the national workforce. However, underrepresented minority (URM) groups are poorly embodied among STEM graduates with bioinformatics training. The proposed center will bring together a diverse group of scientists applying bioinformatic approaches to ecological and evolutionary research. Furthermore, our project will address gaps in the recruitment and training of URM students in bioinformatic-related fields by creating new curriculum as part of an undergraduate training pipeline. At the graduate level, the center staff will transform existing bioinformatics coursework into a PhD program. Combined, these efforts will directly address national gaps in the training of URM in bioinformatics and augment efforts to create a nationally recognized bioinformatics center.This project supports the initial development of a research and training center in bioinformatics through preparation of a Bioinformatics CREST center proposal. Bioinformatics and related fields are among the fastest growing sectors in the US. However, URMs remain poorly represented within the broader bioinformatic workforce. A robust group of faculty at TXST are currently working with bioinformatics approaches and offering graduate training in bioinformatic skills. The program will build upon these strengths to develop: 1) a synergistic group of researchers working with bioinformatics, 2) undergraduate bioinformatic training, and 3) plans for center evaluation and sustainability. The CREST program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research.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.

在科学技术卓越研究中心（CREST）的支持下，该项目旨在在德克萨斯州州立大学（TXST），一个少数民族服务机构（MSI）建立一个国家认可的生物信息学研究和培训中心。生物信息学技能，广泛定义为处理和分析大型生物数据的方法，在国家劳动力中的需求越来越大。然而，代表性不足的少数群体（URM）在接受生物信息学培训的STEM毕业生中体现不佳。拟议中的中心将汇集一群不同的科学家，将生物信息学方法应用于生态和进化研究。此外，我们的项目将通过创建新的课程作为本科生培训管道的一部分，来解决URM学生在生物信息学相关领域的招聘和培训方面的差距。在研究生阶段，该中心的工作人员将把现有的生物信息学课程转化为博士课程。这些努力将直接解决URM在生物信息学培训方面的国家差距，并加大努力创建一个国家认可的生物信息学中心。该项目通过准备生物信息学CREST中心提案，支持生物信息学研究和培训中心的初步发展。生物信息学和相关领域是美国增长最快的行业之一。然而，统一资源管理在更广泛的生物信息学劳动力中的代表性仍然很低。TXST的一个强大的教师团队目前正在研究生物信息学方法，并提供生物信息学技能的研究生培训。该计划将建立在这些优势发展：1）与生物信息学合作的研究人员的协同小组，2）本科生生物信息学培训，以及3）中心评估和可持续发展计划。CREST项目通过建立有效整合教育和研究的中心，为提高少数民族服务机构的研究能力提供支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。