OUTREACH

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 外联核心开展了以下活动：1)从国家任职人数不足的团体和非网络机构中招募学生参加暑期本科生研究人员方案；2)组织一系列研讨会；3)组织一年两次的务虚会。SURF计划通过国际扶轮INBRE和国际扶轮SURF网站在全国范围内进行宣传，在夏季实习会上发表演讲，并在其他机构的网站上张贴帖子。共收到8份来自符合条件的申请者的申请，这些申请者要么是少数民族，要么是非网络机构。4名学生(4名女性)入选。被录取的学生中有三人来自代表性不足的族裔群体，一人来自非网络机构。这些学生就读于罗德岛大学(URI)、布朗大学(Brown)和URI的继续教育学院。在过去的一年里，罗德岛社区学院的一名前夏季本科生研究员被列为一本出版物的合著者。核心组织在整个网络机构中组织了11次研讨会。有些研讨会从主办机构向其他网络机构进行了视频转播。冲浪大会于2008年8月4日举行。有180人参加了该方案，其中包括指导委员会、外部咨询委员会和来自所有六个网络机构的高级行政人员。该项目包括55名学生在冲浪项目中的海报演示。国际扶轮冬季务虚会于2009年1月30日在罗杰·威廉姆斯大学举行。共有100人参加了这次活动，学生和教职员工赠送了42张海报。这两次务虚会都为研究人员和他们的学生提供了分享研究成果和促进研究合作的机会。 在过去的一年里，外联核心还与ARISE(推进罗德岛科学教育)项目制定了一项合作安排，该项目得到了国家研究资源中心向布朗大学提供的SEPA(科学教育合作伙伴奖)的支持。Rise项目由Jennifer Aizenman博士、John Stein博士和Lawrence Wakeford博士指导。合作的重点是为罗德岛州选定的高中理科教师提供机会，他们在学年期间是RUSE计划的一部分，参与由国际扶轮-INBRE外联核心和SURF计划支持的暑期研究。每名教师将在一名参与国际扶轮-INBRE调查人员的监督下，花大约四周的时间获得第一手的实验室经验，然后他们将利用这些经验来加强各自高中的科学项目。预计这一合作将为扩大国际扶轮-INBRE与全州高中的学生和教师之间的教育伙伴关系带来新的机会。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Outreach Core carried out the following activities: 1) recruitment of students for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Program from underrepresented groups and non-network institutions in the State; 2) organization of a seminar series; and 3) organization of biannual retreats. The SURF Program was advertised nationally through the RI-INBRE and RI SURF web sites, presentations at summer internship fairs, and postings at other institutions' web sites. A total of 8 applications from well qualified applicants who belong to either ethnic minorities or a non-network institution were received. Four students (4 females) were accepted. Three of the accepted students were from underrepresented ethnic groups and one was from a non-network institution. The students attended the University of Rhode Island (URI), Brown University (Brown), and URI's College of Continuing Education. This past year, one former Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow from the Community College of Rhode Island, an Outreach Institution, was listed as a co-author on a publication. The Core organized eleven seminars throughout the Network institutions. Some of the seminars were video cast from the host institution to the other Network institutions. The SURF Conference was held on August 4, 2008. The program was attended by 180 participants, including the Steering Committee, the External Advisory Committee, and higher administrators from all six of the Network institutions. The program included 55 poster presentations by students in the SURF program. The RI-INBRE Winter Retreat was held on January 30, 2009 at Roger Williams University. A total of 100 individuals participated in this event and 42 posters were presented by students and faculty. Both retreats provided opportunities for the investigators and their students to share research findings and foster research collaborations. During the last year, the Outreach Core has also developed a collaborative arrangement with project ARISE (Advancing Rhode Island Science Education) which is supported by a SEPA (Science Education Partnership Award) grant from the National Center for Research Resources to Brown University. Project ARISE is under the direction of Drs. Jennifer Aizenman, John Stein, and Lawrence Wakeford. The focus of the collaboration is to provide an opportunity for selected Rhode Island high school science teachers, who were part of the ARISE program during the academic year, to participate in summer research supported by the RI-INBRE Outreach Core and SURF program. Each teacher will spend approximately four weeks, under the supervision of a participating RI-INBRE investigator, gaining first-hand laboratory experience that they will then use to enhance the science programs at their respective high schools. It is expected that this collaboration will lead to new opportunities for expanded educational partnerships between RI-INBRE, ARISE, and students and teachers at high schools throughout the state.