Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Assistant Dean and Professor of Biology Julie Hall, PhD, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant as a co-principal investigator.
The three-year grant, part of the NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiative, will fund the development of a toolkit for laboratory courses. "StressCURE: A Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience Toolkit for Creating Laboratory Courses That Investigate Biological Stress in the Roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans," aims to design modules that use the model organism C. elegans to study stressors. The toolkit will provide faculty with ready-to-use materials to incorporate course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) into their courses.
CUREs allow students to experience research in the classroom without seeking formal research opportunities. Hall and colleagues from four institutions hope these modules will help faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) integrate research-based learning into their courses.
“I am excited to work with the other investigators on this project and to share the modules and designs with other faculty,” said Hall.
Hall is collaborating with
Principal Investigator: Joshua P Gray, United States Coast Guard Academy Sponsored Programs and Research, Inc.
Co-Principal Investigator: Mindy Reynolds, Washington College
Co-Principal Investigator: Jennifer L Newell-Caito, University of Maine System
Co-Principal Investigator: Sam W Caito, Husson University
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