Implementation Project: Training Undergraduates in Bioengineering and Nano-Biotechnology (TUBN)

历史黑人学院和大学-本科课程(HBCU-UP)中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，以通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育和研究来增加学生数量和提高他们的准备质量。阿拉巴马州立大学的这一实施项目提供了一个多层次的方法，以拓宽非裔美国学生在STEM专业取得成功的机会。该项目的重点是为本科生进入研究生院或劳动力市场做准备，重点是生物工程和纳米生物技术领域。该项目由正在进行的评估以及内部和外部咨询委员会提供指导和信息。该项目建立在先前两个成功实施项目的基础上，这两个项目加强了该大学的STEM项目。该项目将实施各种活动，旨在向参与者--高中生、高中理科教师、本科生和STEM教职员工--灌输研究文化。具体活动包括：注重学生学习的技术整合的STEM课程；校内、校外、国际站点和国家实验室的学生研究计划；学生招生、保留和过渡到研究生院的全面方法；实现学生在STEM领域取得成功的多方面指导计划；教师研究和专业发展的强有力的计划；以及检验这些活动的有效性的研究研究。该项目承诺将在大学和更大的HBCU社区产生广泛而广泛的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Alabama State University provides a multilayered approach to broaden opportunities for African-American students to succeed in STEM majors. The project has a strong focus on preparing undergraduate students for graduate school or the workforce, focusing on the areas of bioengineering and nano-biotechnology. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation, as well as by internal and external advisory committees.The project builds on two successful previous implementation projects that strengthened STEM programs at the university. The project will implement a variety of activities designed to instill a research culture among the participants - high school students, high school science teachers, undergraduate students, and STEM faculty. Specific activities are: technology-integrated STEM curricula with focus on student learning; a student research program at on-campus, off-campus, international sites and national laboratories; a holistic approach of student recruitment, retention and transition to graduate schools; a multi-faceted mentoring program to achieve student success in STEM fields; a robust program for faculty research and professional development; and a research study to examine the efficacy of these activities. This project promises to have wide-reaching broader impacts at the university and in the larger HBCU community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.