Tri-State Expansion, Curriculum Evolution, and Equity during BioTechnician Training (Tri ExCEEd BTT)

生物技术人员培训期间的三州扩展、课程演变和公平 (Tri ExCEEd BTT)

• 批准号: 2400830
• 负责人: Kristy McGuire
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: Wistar Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2400830&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tri; State; Expansion; Curriculum; Evolution

The growth of the life science industry, fueled by cell and gene therapy (CGT) in the Greater Philadelphia region, has led to a high demand for laboratory technicians in both academic and industry labs. Both an increase in clinical trials and approved CGT products will bring increased demands for laboratory technician positions in bioprocessing, increasing opportunities for individuals with less than a bachelor’s degree. The Wistar Institute, developed the Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) Program to prepare students from the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) for positions as biological laboratory technicians and research assistants. The BTT Program has served as both research experience and workforce development for community college students, and the BTT Program was registered as a pre-apprenticeship program in 2019. This project will work with new community college partners to identify appropriate pre-requisite courses and allow students to earn credits for their experience in the BTT Pre-apprenticeship Program that includes a Laboratory Orientation and two Lab Experiences, one in an academic research lab and the other in an industry lab or core facility. The project will expand the number and geographical location of employer partners to New Jersey and Delaware.The project will expand recruitment efforts in the Greater Philadelphia region and increase numbers of applicants by including 3 additional community college partners, bringing a total of 8 community colleges covering at least 10 counties in 3 states involved in the BTT pre-apprenticeship program. The project will provide a blueprint for incorporation of a biotechnician pre-apprenticeship program into various biotechnology and science curricula at community colleges and serve as a model for regional program expansion. New employer partners in 2 neighboring states will be recruited, allowing the registration of the apprenticeship for use nationally. Project-based laboratory curriculum will be developed and mapped to newly developed standards in CGT. By using research from Wistar specifically chosen to engage underserved students and paying participants during the program, we will investigate whether this program provides the equity needed to close completion gaps. Faculty liaisons at each new community college partner will be identified and they will be exposed to current research and CGT. These experiences will allow them to make connections to one another, industry partners, and the ATE community. Adding employer partners to offer lab experiences is expected to result in more hiring of employees with an associate degree. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.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.

大费城地区的细胞和基因治疗（CGT）推动了生命科学行业的发展，导致学术和工业实验室对实验室技术人员的需求很高。临床试验和批准的CGT产品的增加都将增加对生物加工实验室技术人员职位的需求，为学士学位以下的个人增加机会。Wistar研究所开发了生物医学技术人员培训（BTT）计划，为费城社区学院（CCP）的学生提供生物实验室技术人员和研究助理的职位。BTT计划为社区学院学生提供研究经验和劳动力发展，BTT计划于2019年注册为学徒前计划。该项目将与新的社区学院合作伙伴合作，以确定适当的先决条件课程，并允许学生获得学分，他们在BTT预学徒计划，其中包括实验室方向和两个实验室的经验，一个在学术研究实验室和其他在行业实验室或核心设施的经验。该项目将扩大雇主合作伙伴的数量和地理位置到新泽西和特拉华州。该项目将扩大大费城地区的招聘工作，并通过增加3个额外的社区学院合作伙伴来增加申请人数，使总共8所社区学院覆盖参与BTT预学徒计划的3个州的至少10个县。该项目将提供一个蓝图，将生物技术员学徒前计划纳入社区学院的各种生物技术和科学课程，并作为区域计划扩展的模式。将在2个邻近州招募新的雇主合作伙伴，允许在全国范围内注册学徒。基于项目的实验室课程将被开发和映射到CGT新开发的标准。通过使用来自Wistar的研究，我们将调查该计划是否提供了缩小完成差距所需的公平性。教师联络在每个新的社区学院合作伙伴将被确定，他们将接触到当前的研究和CGT。这些经验将使他们能够相互联系，行业合作伙伴和ATE社区。增加雇主合作伙伴提供实验室经验，预计将导致更多的雇员雇用副学士学位。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。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。