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Funding is provided by:
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Nalco Foundation
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HHMI Executive
Summary
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Funding history
- 1991 Grant - Benedictine University received its first
HHMI grant in 1991 to strengthen its student and faculty
research program, create a molecular biology teaching
and research laboratory, and develop an access program
for students who have been traditionally underrepresented
in the sciences.
- 1996 Grant - The second HHMI grant was awarded in 1996.
It supported the development of an intergrated introductory
laboratory curriculum which replaced traditional introductory
laboratories in biology, chemistry and physics; laboratory
renovation to facilitate the collaborative learning taking
place in the integrated laboratories; and the continued
expansion of undergraduate research program.
- 2000 Grant - The third HHMI grant was awarded in 2000.
It supported the expansion of a collaborative interdisciplinary
student and faculty research program, development of interdisciplinary
faculty teams from science and education to develop and
pilot integration problem-based science curriculum for
elementary education majors, equipment for a dedicated
laboratory to support this science curriculum for elementary
majors and in-service teacher workshops, and summer workshops
to increase the effectiveness of elementary educators
by enabling them to model effective sceince teaching/learning
practices in their own classrooms.
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