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.

在大费城地区受细胞和基因治疗（CGT）培养的生命科学产业的增长，导致学术和行业实验室对实验室技术人员的需求很高。临床试验的增加和批准的CGT产品都将增加对实验室技术人员在生物过程中的职位的需求，从而增加了小于学士学位的人的机会。 Wistar Institute开发了生物医学技术人员培训（BTT）计划，以使费城社区学院（CCP）的学生为生物实验室技术人员和研究助理的职位做好准备。 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 设施。该项目将扩大雇主合作伙伴的数量和地理位置到新泽西州和特拉华州。该项目将扩大大费城地区的招聘工作，并通过包括3个其他社区大学合作伙伴，总共8个社区大学，从而涵盖3个涉及BTT Pre-Preentices涉及的3个州的10个县的申请人数量。该项目将为社区学院的各种生物技术和科学课程的生物技术前批准计划提供蓝图，并作为区域计划扩展的模型。将招募两个邻国的新员工合作伙伴，从而允许在全国使用学徒制。基于项目的实验室电流将开发并映射到CGT中新开发的标准。通过使用特殊选择的Wistar的研究来吸引不足的学生并在计划期间向参与者付款，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。每个新的社区大学合作伙伴的教师联络员将被确定，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。添加员工合作伙伴提供实验室经验，预计将更多地雇用具有副学士学位的员工。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划的重点是推动国家经济的高级技术领域的技术人员教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准评估来诚实地获得支持。