Grants
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Undergraduate Science Education Program:
Emory University is one of 50 research universities in the nation to receive a share
of $86.4 million for undergraduate science education from the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute (HHMI).
Emory's four-year, $1.9 million grant marks the fifth consecutive
time since 1989 the university has received the HHMI education grant, one
of only a few universities to do so. The CSE will use the grant to support ongoing
student research, mentoring and education initiatives as well as new program
development and community outreach.
National Science Foundation
Division of Graduate Education:
On January 13, 2006, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year $1.99 million award to the Problems
and Research to Integrate Science and Mathematics (PRISM) program, renewing
Emory University's highly successful graduate fellowship initiative.
PRISM was initially funded
by NSF in 2003, and this successful grant renewal attests to the merits of the program. The renewal includes institutional
support from the Emory Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Office of the Provost, and College to sustain the program
as NSF funding wanes over the 5-year term.
Arthur Blank Family Foundation
Pathways To Success:
Emory University was awarded $900,000 (over two and a half years) to provide mentoring, tutoring, and postsecondary
preparation for students at the New Schools at Carver; to create specialized career readiness opportunities for students
in the School of Health Sciences and Research; and to provide professional development support for teachers.
The Blank Family Foundation supports early childhood, education, the environment and the arts,
primarily in Atlanta. Foundation Chairman Arthur M. Blank is owner & CEO of the Atlanta Falcons
and Georgia Force. He co-founded The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer,
in 1978 and retired from the company as co-chairman in 2001. Through the foundation and personal
giving, Blank's lifetime charitable giving now exceeds $220 million.
Pathways to Success was created in 2004 to expand educational opportunities by providing high school students
the support they need to pursue postsecondary education. In Atlanta, the Pathways to Success partnership provides
in-school and out-of-school support programs for students who attend Atlanta's New Schools at Carver - the Southeast's
first "small high school" campus. The Carver campus is composed of five small academies: the School of the Arts;
Technology; Health Sciences and Research; Entrepreneurship; and Early College.
Programs
SURE:
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience offers a 10-week residential
research experience. Students present their research in a symposium
at the end of the program. The program has a research ethics training
component.
PREP:
This residential program for outstanding sophomores and juniors
in Atlanta-area high schools targets students who have completed
advanced mathematics and science coursework. Participants are nominated
by their academic counselors and spend 6 weeks on the Emory campus
honing critical thinking skills and studying biology, chemistry
and physics.
Summer Institute:
First-year underrepresented minority students with an interest in
science are invited to participate in this week-long program. Participants
receive an in-depth introduction to our campus and facilities, as
well as advice on how to succeed in their intended science majors.
Activities include pre-tests that help student determine how prepared
they are for introductory coursework and to evaluate their time
management skills.
Hughes Scholars:
During their first year, Summer Institute students participate
in weekly meetings that are also open to the Emory community. Guest
speakers and science career orientation resources are featured.
GIFT:
The Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers program is based at
Georgia Tech, and our Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant supports
the participation of ~10 teachers, who work with mentors at Emory
research laboratories. Each teacher receives funds to purchase materials
and equipment to translate the GIFT summer experience into an educational
project for his or her classroom.
PRISM:
Problems and Research to Integrate Science and Mathematics (PRISM)
is a program designed to transform the next generation of scientists by providing an
opportunity for graduate students to practice teaching, communication, and research dissemination skills, and by
engaging K-12 students in inquiry-based science education. PRISM selects graduate fellows from a variety of
mathematics and science doctoral programs at Emory and Clark Atlanta University. Graduate Fellows are matched
with middle and high school teachers to develop and implement compelling, inquiry-based science and math lessons
using problem-based learning (PBL) and investigative case-based learning (ICBL) pedagogy.
CFNM:
ECCSE has partnered with Clark Atlanta University's NSF CREST Center for Functional
Nanoscale Materials (CFNM) to offer Teacher Fellowships in nanoscience research and
problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum development. Four high school teachers and one community
college instructor were recruited to participate in the ECCSE's PRISM program and in guided
research experiences in CFNM nanoscience labs, and ultimately to translate the nanoscience research
into problem-based learning curriculum materials.
Workshops:
The CSE is a resource for instructors
interested in curriculum development. Each year we host workshops
on hands-on learning for high school and college instructors.
Curriculum Projects
National studies contend that we need better integration across the biological and physical science
disciplines, practice with experimental design, and improved quantitative and communications skills,
to motivate and develop the teachers and researchers of tomorrow.
We believe that capturing the
excitement and enthusiasm of faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral associates, to design
courses and modules using their own research expertise, best employs the strengths of a research
university.
Our curriculum and laboratory developments focus on integrating research-based modules
and cases into introductory courses and on building courses for interdisciplinary science certificate programs
in emerging disciplines, as well as integrating genetics
and informatics in the introductory biology course series and developing increasingly independent research
based laboratory modules.
HHMI curriculum development fellows work with faculty on projects and assist
in preparing publications and grants to extend the projects.
Browse Projects
Browse through detailed summaries of more than 150 curriculum development projects in 16 key subject areas and
featuring the efforts of
more than 100 HHMI curriculum development fellows, Emory faculty, graduate students, undergraduates and staff.
Each project is cross listed by topic, title and by fellow.
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