A Synthesis of Education and Research (SynER-G) Leading to Graduation at University of New England

该项目为有学术天赋但经济困难的生物科学专业本科生和研究生提供奖学金支持。说明该项目智力价值的一个关键特点是，每个硕士水平的学生指导一对本科生。作为一个群体，每个群体在教育投入、研究培训和生活经历方面都受益于另一个群体，所有这些都在生物科学教师的监督下进行。该奖学金项目建立在现有的本科生荣誉项目和最近实施的生物学硕士项目的学生支持结构的基础上。除了他们的指导责任，硕士水平的学生进行实验室研究与他们的年轻同事，也带领他们在一个新的班级讨论和研讨会，他们的研究兴趣和他们的教育经验。这种“点对点”的互动有望激发本科生的学术和研究兴趣。该项目的广泛影响体现在其招聘工作中，该工作利用了该机构在吸引女性和第一代学生方面的传统优势。此外，该项目明确发展了一个“垂直整合”的学习社区，为其他机构提供了榜样。

This project is providing scholarship support for a combination of undergraduate and graduate students in the biological sciences who are academically talented and financially needy. A key feature illustrating the intellectual merit of the project is that each masters-level student mentors a pair of the undergraduate students. As a cohort each group benefits from the other in terms of educational input, research training and life experiences, all under the supervision of faculty in the biological sciences. The scholarship program builds on student support structures in an existing Honors program for undergraduates and a recently implemented M.S. program in Biology. In addition to their mentorship responsibilities the masters-level students conduct laboratory research with their younger colleagues, and also lead them in a new class involving discussions and seminars on their research interests and their educational experiences. Such "peer-to-peer" interaction promises to stimulate academic and research interest on the part of the undergraduates. This project's broader impacts are felt through its recruitment efforts which leverage the institution's traditional strengths in attracting women and first-generation students. In addition, the project's explicit development of a "vertically integrated" learning community serves as a model for other institutions.