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Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education: PULSE

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has been awarded a grant (DBI-1241293) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project, which is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, is part of continuing efforts to implement Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education.

AIBS will work with the collaborating organizations in the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) initiative: [NSF, the National Institutes of Health-NIGMS (NIH-NIGMS), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the PULSE working partner, Knowinnovation (KI)] to achieve the goal of catalyzing systemic change in undergraduate life science education.

AIBS will work with PULSE throughout the lifespan of the project by: (1) working to raise awareness of and encourage participation in this project among the community; and (2) facilitating a peer-review process to inform the selection of Vision and Change Leadership Fellows in the initial phase.

AIBS' work will contribute to ensuring that top individuals in the country are poised to work with leaders who support of life science research and education (NSF, NIH-NIGMS, and HHMI) to move institutional reform efforts forward. The proposed activities are expected to make significant contributions to an unprecedented transformation of the undergraduate biology education community's understanding of institutional barriers to change and of strategies for overcoming them.

Those interested in participating in the project are encouraged to visit the PULSE project website at http://pulsecommunity.org and join the community.