OUTREACH

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 外联核心组织开展了以下活动：（1）从该州代表性不足的群体和非网络机构中招募学生参加夏季本科生研究员方案;（2）组织一系列研讨会;（3）组织一年两次的务虚会。 分区域资源中心的方案通过国际建筑研究所和国际分区域资源中心的网站在全国范围内进行宣传，在夏季实习展览会上介绍情况，并在其他机构的网站上张贴广告。 共收到8份来自少数族裔或非网络机构的合格申请人的申请。 4名学生（4名女性）被录取。 三名被录取的学生来自代表性不足的族裔群体，一名来自非网络机构。 这些学生就读于罗得岛大学（URI），布朗大学（布朗）和URI的继续教育学院。 在过去的一年里，一位来自罗得岛社区学院的前暑期本科生研究员被列为一份出版物的合著者。 该中心在网络各机构举办了11次研讨会。 有些研讨会由主办机构向网络的其他机构播放录像。次区域资源中心会议于2008年8月4日举行。 180名与会者参加了该方案，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管理人员。 该方案包括次区域资源中心方案学生的55个海报展示。 RI-INBRE冬季静修于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，学生和教师提交了42张海报。这两次务虚会都为研究人员及其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，外展核心还制定了一个合作安排与项目ARISE（推进罗得岛科学教育），这是由SEPA（科学教育合作奖）赠款从国家研究资源中心布朗大学的支持。 ARISE项目由Jennifer Aizenman、John Stein和Lawrence Wakeford博士指导。合作的重点是为选定的罗得岛高中科学教师提供机会，他们是学年期间ARISE计划的一部分，参加由RI-INBRE外展核心和SURF计划支持的夏季研究。每位教师将花费大约四周的时间，在参与RI-INBRE调查员的监督下，获得第一手的实验室经验，然后他们将使用这些经验来加强各自高中的科学课程。预计这种合作将为扩大RI-INBRE，ARISE和全州高中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.