Stony Brook: Integrating Research and Education

纽约州立大学石溪分校（SUNY）被选为美国国家科学基金会“研究与教育一体化表彰奖”的十名获奖者之一。石溪大学在本科生和教师之间的研究合作有着悠久的传统。部分由于本科研究办公室，大约40%的本科生通过各种机制和项目参与研究。针对一年级女生和少数族裔学生的本科研究项目在这些传统上代表性不足的群体中的保留率有所提高。另一个项目准备研究生在他们的教学生涯中使用研究和发现为基础的活动。大学的任期和晋升决定现在除了考虑教师的研究质量外，还考虑他们在整合研究和教学方面的有效性。石溪大学在整合研究和教育方面的努力是有具体结果的：增加本科生参加研究课程的人数；在不同院系开展高水平的研究性课程；增加女性和少数民族学生学习高级科学和工程课程的数量。该大学在实现这些目标方面取得了显著的成功。该大学将获得50万美元的奖励，目标是在未来三年内扩大、记录和传播其示范性实践。奖励基金的用途计划包括：扩大学生研究项目的研究基金；向学术部门提供竞争性的小额资助，以发展新的研究方法课程或推广新的倡议；评估项目的影响；公布结果。

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook has been selected as one of ten recipients of the National Science Foundation's Recognition Awards for the Integration of Research and Education. Stony Brook has a long-standing tradition of research collaboration between undergraduates and faculty. Due in part to an undergraduate research office, approximately 40% of the large undergraduate student body participate in research through a variety of mechanisms and programs. Undergraduate research programs for first-year women and minority students have increased retention in these traditionally underrepresented groups. Another program prepares graduate students to use research and discovery-based activities in their teaching careers. The university's tenure and promotion decisions now consider a faculty member's effectiveness in integrating research and teaching in addition to the quality of their research. Stony Brook's efforts to integrate research and education were designed with specific outcomes in mind: increasing the numbers of undergraduate students enrolling in research courses; proliferating upper-level research courses in different departments; and increasing the numbers of advanced science and engineering courses taken by female and minority students. The university has documented noteworthy success in achieving these goals. The university is being awarded $500,000 with the goal of expanding, documenting, and disseminating its exemplary practices over the coming three years. Plans for the use of the award funds include: expanding the pool of research funds for student research projects; making competitively awarded mini-grants to academic departments for development of new research methods courses or for seeding new initiatives; evaluating the impacts of programs; and publishing results.