Undergraduate Research Center of Central Virginia: Planning Grant Proposal

化学部的奖项支持本科研究中心（URC）规划补助金。 私家侦探是罗伯特格兰杰。 共同PI是甜石楠学院的约翰贝克，弗吉尼亚军事学院的亨利施赖伯，汉普顿悉尼学院的赫伯特西佩和华盛顿和李大学的埃里希乌费尔曼。 除了这四个机构外，还有三个机构将参与建立一个区域本科生研究中心：林奇堡学院、伦道夫梅肯女子学院和霍林斯大学。 一所社区大学和一所高中也计划参加。 规划目标之一是制定详细的管理行动计划，以实现其目标，包括促进参与机构的文化和课程改革，评估基础设施需求，促进与工业界、研究生院和两年制机构的合作，以及维护其集体资源和工具。 通过课程改革，增加以探究为基础的学习，将增加一年级和二年级学生的研究机会。 这些机构的暑期研究计划将不断发展，与行业的合作伙伴关系将支持暑期实习和合作经验。 该项目包括K-12科学教师教育部分，包括在职和职前教师的参与。 URC联盟将通过出版物和会议上的演讲传播他们的成果和教学方法，包括由VMI出版的《本科生化学研究杂志》。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) planning grant. The PI is Robert Granger. The co-PIs are John Beck of Sweet Briar College, Henry Schreiber of Virginia Military Institute, Herbert Sipe of Hampton-Sydney College and Erich Uffelman of Washington and Lee University. In addition to these four institutions, three others will be involved in establishing a regional Undergraduate Research Center: Lynchburg College, Randolph-Macon Women's College and Hollins University. Participation of a community college and a high school is also planned. One of the planning goals is to develop a detailed management plan of action for obtaining their goals which include promoting reforms in culture and curriculum at participating institutions, assessing infrastructure needs, fostering collaborations with industry, graduate institutions and 2-year institutions, and maintenance of their collective resources and instrumentation. Undergraduate research opportunities will be increased for first and second year students by reforms in curricula to include more inquiry-based learning. The summer research program at these institutions will grow and partnerships with industry will support summer internships and cooperative experiences. The project includes a K-12 science teacher education component, including the participation of both in-service and pre-service teachers. The URC consortium will disseminate their results and their pedagogy via publications and presentations at meetings, including the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, which is published by VMI.