Current Grants

2016-2020:  An Institutional Model for Increasing Student Engagement through Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences.  NSF-IUSE: Division of Undergraduate Education, NSF Award ID 1623779.  Award: $1,629,924.  PIs: Judy Awong-Taylor (PI), Allison D’Costa, Tirza Leader, David Pursell, and Clay Runck.

2016-2019:  Improving P-16 STEM Performance via High Student Engagement Strategies.  University System of Georgia STEM Initiative III, STEM-Education Improvement Plan.  Annual BOR Award: $170,000 per year.  Annual GGC Match: $42,550 per year.  PIs: Thomas Mundie (PI), Judy Awong-Taylor, Cindy Achat-Mendes, Chantelle Anfuso, Allison D’Costa, Katherine Pinzon, David Pursell, Clay Runck, Tirza Leader, Bernadette Peiffer, David Wells.

 

Recent Publications

2016.  Awong-Taylor, J., A. D’Costa, G. Giles, T. Leader, D. Pursell, C. Runck, and T. Mundie.  Undergraduate research for all: addressing the elephant in the room.  Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly 37(1): 11-19.  DOI: 10.18833/curq/37/1/4.

2015.  Russell, J. E., A. R. D’Costa, C. Runck, D. W. Barnes, A. Barrera, J. Hurst-Kennedy, E. B. Sudduth, E. L. Quinlan, M. Schlueter, L.A. Iskhakova, and R. Haining.  Bridging the undergraduate curriculum using an integrated course-embedded undergraduate research experience (ICURE).  Cell Biology Education Life Sciences Education 14(1): 1-10.  DOI: 10.1187/cbe.14-09-0151.