UBM-Institutional: Integrated Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biological and Mathematical Sciences

这笔赠款是首席研究员即将到期的UBM奖学金的延伸，该奖学金是德克萨斯农工大学(TAMU)生物学、数学和统计学系之间的合作，旨在开发一个多学科的本科生数学生物学课程，在该课程中，学生参与数学和生物科学交界处的研究项目。拟议的扩展的主要目标是将数学生态学纳入该项目的科学范围，并增加非裔美国学生在UBM队列中的代表性。为了实现这些目标，野生动物和渔业科学系(WFSC)被添加到现有的TAMU UBM合作项目中，草原景观农工大学(PVAMU)--一所历史黑人学院和大学(HBCU)--在德克萨斯农工大学系统中招收了90%的非洲裔美国人，作为UBM合作机构。拟议的UBM计划的首要目标是在生物和数学科学的交界处创造一种永久的本科生学术文化，促进和促进本科生参与尖端科学研究，并培养本科生对研究生学习和最终在参与学科中从事科学职业的愿望和学术准备。生命科学中的尖端研究越来越依赖于尖端的数学和统计方法。拟议的UBM计划旨在培养下一代科学家、数学家和统计学家，以应对这些挑战，而实现这一目标的一个基本要素是发展一个多样化的科学人才库，包括生物和数学科学中历史上代表性不足的群体。

This grant is an extension of the Principal Investigator's expiring UBM grant of the same title which is a collaboration among the Departments of Biology, Mathematics and Statistics at Texas A&M University (TAMU) to develop a multidisciplinary, undergraduate program in mathematical biology in which students participate in research projects at the interface of the mathematical and biological sciences. The proposed expansion has as its primary goals adding mathematical ecology to the scientific scope of the project and increasing the representation of African American students to the UBM cohort. To achieve these goals, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (WFSC) is added to the existing TAMU UBM collaboration, and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a Historical Black College and University (HBCU) with a 90% African American enrollment within the Texas A&M University System, is added as a UBM partner institution. An overarching goal of the proposed UBM program is the creation of a permanent undergraduate academic culture at the interface of the biological and mathematical sciences that promotes and facilitates undergraduate student participation in cutting edge scientific research, and that fosters the desire and academic preparedness of undergraduate students for graduate study and eventual scientific careers in the participating disciplines. Cutting edge research in the life sciences is increasingly dependent upon cutting edge mathematical and statistical methodologies. The proposed UBM program is intended to prepare next generation scientists, mathematicians and statisticians to meet these challenges, and an essential element in meeting this goal is developing a diverse scientific talent pool inclusive of historically underrepresented groups in the biological and mathematical sciences.