6/12/14  

1  

BIO REU PI Meeting

1

 Holiday  Inn  Rosslyn  April  10-‐12,  2014  

 Sally  O’Connor  

BIO/DBI  

REU    Survey:  ParDcipant  Gender  

REU    Survey:  ParDcipant  Race/Ethnicity   REU    Survey:  ParDcipant  Home  InsDtuDon  

REU    Survey:  Academic  Standing    

REU    Survey:  ParDcipant  CharacterisDcs    

6/12/14  

2  

Number  of  Student  Applica9ons  

2006   2008   2010   2012   2013  

#  Sites   106 124 124 130 132

Number  of  applicaDons   13,671 17,847 21,633 27,384 29,545

Student  ApplicaDons  Received  

106  112  

124  

131   124   114  

130  132  

0.0  

1.0  

2.0  

3.0  

4.0  

5.0  

6.0  

7.0  

8.0  

9.0  

0  

5  

10  

15  

20  

25  

30  

35  

2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   2013  

Acceptan

ce  Rate,  %  

#  Ap

plicaD

ons,  in  1000  

Year  

Program-wide Initiatives  

Ø  Student  Travel  Scholarship  Ø  Just-‐in-‐Time  Review/Mentoring  Ø  Ethics/Responsible  Conduct  of  Research  (RCR)  modules  Ø  Common  assessment  tool  –  SALG  URSSA  (required)  Ø  Virtual  Workshop  on  GRFP  –  piloted  in  summer  2013  

Ø Arlington,  VA  (NSF)  –  July  Ø San  Francisco  or  Los  Angeles,  CA    –  July    

Ø  Pre-‐REU  Boot  Camp  –  to  address  need  to  train  HS  graduates  to  prepare  them  for  admission  into  REU  programs  (at  least  one  pilot  this  summer)  

Tips on Renewing your Grant  

Ø  Renewals  –  reviewed  like  new  submissions  Ø  SecUon  on  Results  from  Prior  Support  –  detailed  with  

breakdowns  on  demographic  info  (not  lumped  together);  tracking  data;  papers  and  presentaUons,  if  any,  etc.  

Ø  DescripUon  of  projects  with  sample  quesUons  for  a  10-‐week  student  research  project  

Ø  Typical  model:  10-‐week  and  up  to  10  students  (no  academic  component)  

Ø  Lessons  learned  –  what  worked  well;  what  did  not  Ø  Cost  effecUve  budgets  

Proposal  ClassificaDon  Form  REU  Site  LocaDons  

Other Sites

Ø  Brazil/Thailand Ø  China

Ø  Costa Rica Ø  Czech Republic Ø  Ghana Ø  Malaysia

Ø  Mexico Ø  Panama Ø Turkey

6/12/14  

3  

Supplements  

Ø  RAHSS  –  Research  Assistantship  for  High  School  Students  (~$3-‐6k)  

Ø  RET  –  Research  Experience  for  Teachers  (~$10k)  

Ø  ROA  –  Research  Opportunity  Award  (faculty)  

Ø  InternaUonal  supplement  

Ø  REU  extension  (limited  and  must  be  strongly  jusUfied)  

Biology REU Leadership Council

2013 – 15 Strategic Priorities

•  Maintain and expand the Travel Scholarship program. •  Complete development of the Ethics Training

Modules. Promote and monitor use in Bio REU programs.

•  Establish a stable platform for the Bio REU common

assessment tool that will provide a secure environment for the data that is collected.

•  Develop a common tracking tool for Bio REU PIs.

Link the data collected with the common assessment tool to generate a more comprehensive profile of program outcomes.

•  Assess use of the newly established Just-in-Time

Review resource for students. •  Plan a Bio REU PI meeting for spring 2014.