BioTiER (Biological Training in Education and Research) Scholars Program

加州理工波莫纳分校的生物教育和研究生物培训学者S-STEM项目的目标是：(1)增加招募和留住代表性不足的少数民族和经济困难的学生，攻读生物科学高级学位；(2)提高毕业率，减少获得学位的时间；(3)提供职业发展机会，使学生适应并在STEM劳动力中脱颖而出。智力价值来自于三个职业轨道提供的特定行业培训计划：(1)STEM行业，包括生物技术，环境/绿色技术，生物医学工程和制药，(2)学术和教师培训，以及(3)追求其他需要高级学位的STEM领域。该项目旨在创建一个由社区学院、STEM行业公司和研究型大学组成的教育网络，加州波莫纳理工学院的生物科学系将作为培训和教育的中心点。通过向美国和加州的生命科学和工程行业提供受过更好教育的劳动力，实现了更广泛的影响，这些行业对拥有学士以上学位的熟练工人的需求正在增长。此外，该项目为高等院校，特别是社区学院提供高质量的生命科学教育工作者。为该计划创建的活动计划成为现有基础设施的一部分，因此即使在赠款期结束后，该计划的新好处也将继续。已制定计划，与具有类似目的的地方和国家实体分享项目成果、教学材料和最佳实践模型。

The goals of the BioTiER (Biological Training in Education and Research) Scholars S-STEM Program project at Cal Poly Pomona are to (1) increase recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority and financially disadvantaged students pursuing advanced degrees in the biological sciences, (2) increase graduation rates and decrease time to degree, and (3) offer career development opportunities so students adapt and excel once in the STEM workforce.Intellectual Merit derives from the sector-specific training program along three career tracks offered in (1) STEM industries including biotechnology, environmental/green technology, biomedical engineering & pharmaceutical, (2) academia & faculty training, and (3) pursuit of other STEM fields requiring advanced degrees. This project is poised to create an educational network comprised of community colleges, companies in the STEM industries, and research universities with the Biological Sciences Department at Cal Poly Pomona serving as the central point of training and education. Broader Impacts are realized by providing a better educated workforce entering the U.S. and California life sciences and engineering industries where demand for skilled workers with degrees beyond the Bachelor's level is growing. Further, this project provides high-quality life science educators available to institutions of higher learning, in particular community colleges. The activities created for the program are planned to become part of an already existing infrastructure, so that the novel benefits of the program will continue even after the end of the grant period. Plans are in place to share project findings, instructional materials, and best practices models with local and national entities with a similar purpose.