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Enhancing Secondary School STEM Education for Students and Teachers through Biomedical Engineering Design

Award Number: R25GM129217
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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¿ DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The continued emergence of STEM-focused careers spurs the need for an engineering-adept workforce. This trend is particularly relevant in New York City, which is experiencing a burgeoning technology, engineering, and life-science economy while hosting large numbers of highly promising students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in technology careers. An integral part of developing this workforce will be early (P-12) education in STEM. However there are persistent deficits in STEM education, particularly in underrepresented minority groups and in lower-resource schools. To address these deficits, the project team is creating programs focused on enhancing STEM education by emphasizing biomedical engineering design for both students and secondary school teachers. Biomedical engineering design, or biodesign, is an appealing mode of instruction because it entails the practical utilization of science, mathematics and technology knowledge that students have accrued throughout their education, giving them a real-world appreciation for these skills and fostering continued interest in STEM fields. Accordingly, the program described here proposes the HYPOTHEkids (Hk) Maker Lab, an intensive summer program in engineering design held at Columbia University. The Hk Maker Lab will facilitate engineering design training for both teachers and students from underserved communities. Furthermore, the Hk Maker Lab provides STEM workforce preparation for its participants by facilitating mentorships and internship opportunities in New York's evolving biotech industry space. The Specific Aims of the proposed program are to: 1. Develop and sustain a program in biomedical engineering design for high school students, particularly for minorities underrepresented in STEM; 2. Create a co-learning program with the Hk Maker Lab to train high school teachers in biodesign for the development of novel high school engineering courses and curricula; 3. Provide biotech industry mentorship and internships for participants in the Hk Maker Lab. The Hk Maker Lab will give both teachers and students a hands-on design experience. The student participants will have the opportunity to devise solutions to engineering problems of their own design and interact with professionals and entrepreneurs from New York's burgeoning biotech sector. The participating teachers will receive an innovative professional development experience, which they can subsequently use to integrate engineering design into their school curricula. The long term goal is to upscale this model, utilizing the resultant instructional tools and findings in high schools to augment upcoming generations' knowledge of and appreciation for STEM fields.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = -$265 )
2023	2020	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	615 W 131ST ST	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	5	10/26/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$265
														Subtotal = -$265

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $257,598 )
2020	2020	TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE	116TH AND BDWY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	5	5/21/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$257,598
														Subtotal = $257,598

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $260,588 )
2019	2019	TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE	116TH AND BDWY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	4	5/30/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$260,588
														Subtotal = $260,588

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $260,240 )
2018	2018	TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE	116TH AND BDWY	NEW YORK	NY	10027	NEW YORK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	6/1/2018	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$260,240
														Subtotal = $260,240

Grand Total All Awards = $778,161

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Enhancing Secondary School STEM Education for Students and Teachers through Biomedical Engineering Design

Award Number: R25GM129217

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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