UMEB: Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Undergraduate Travel to Conferences

卡斯蒂略-查韦斯这一UMEB奖项每年将为来自传统上在科学中代表性较低的群体的15名本科生提供财政支持和指导，让他们参加数学生物学领域的国家会议，重点是环境数学生物学。在第一年，所有的学生都将被吸引到康奈尔大学的数学和理论生物学研究所，这是一个夏季研究经验，在帮助少数族裔本科生从事数学生物学职业方面有着非常出色的记录。在以后的几年里，没有被MBTI录取的学生也将被招募，并被纳入该奖项提供的会议活动和指导机会中。该项目已得到包括数学生物学学会、工业和应用数学学会在内的几个专业学会的支持和承诺的援助。这个项目建立在MBTI和其他机构努力将更广泛的学生带入数学生物学的基础上。它将有助于促进少数族裔学生的专业成长，为学生充分参与会议提供坚实的指导网络，吸引更多代表性不足的少数群体进入数学生物学和环境生物学重叠的领域，并更积极地让几个专业学会参与不断扩大参与的努力。这一计划是朝着满足国家需要的重要一步，即培养一支数量上准备更充分的科学劳动力队伍，并从不同人口中吸收各种智力人才。

0227703Castillo-ChavezThis UMEB award will provide financial support and mentoring for up to fifteen undergraduate students per year from groups traditionally underrepresented in science to attend national meetings in the area of mathematical biology, with a focus on environmental mathematical biology. In the first year the students will all be drawn for Cornell University's Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute, a summer research experience with a very strong record of enabling minority undergraduates to pursue careers in mathematical biology. In later years, students not enrolled in MBTI will also be recruited and brought into the meeting activities and mentoring opportunities provided by this award. The PI has received endorsements and promised assistance from several professional societies, including the Society for Mathematical Biology, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.This project build on efforts undertaken by MBTI and others to bring a broader range of students into mathematical biology. It will help foster the professional growth of minority students, provide a solid mentoring network for students to participate fully in the conferences, draw more underrepresented minorities into areas where mathematical biology and environmental biology overlap, and more actively engage several professional societies in ongoing efforts to broaden participation. This program is an important step towards meeting a national need of developing a more quantitatively- prepared scientific workforce and to draw upon the full range of intellectual talent from diverse populations.