Resources for Faculty: Partnering with Industry and Proposal Writing
This page is (admittedly) a hodge-podge of web-based resources for faculty interested in industry partnerships, developing industry-responsive curriculum, and crafting grant proposals.
Find below links to funding agency databases and three sets of publications relating to life science workforce development, impacts of undergraduate research, and the Professional Science Masters programs. We'll try to keep these links relatively up to date as a resource for proposal writers and policy makers.
Biotechnology Industry Associations
- BayBio - Northern California’s life sciences organization and BIO affiliate
- BioSpace Biotech Work Portal - a compendium of biotech career information, labor market reports, and educational training links (see links to CSU programs here!)
- Biotechnology Industry Organization - BIO, the national biotechnology industry association
- BIOCOM - BIO affiliate organization serving southern California
- California Healthcare Institute (CHI) - California based association aimed at advancing biomedical research and innovation
- SoCalBio - BIO affiliate serving greater Los Angeles
Biotechnology Resources & News
- BIOtechNOW e-Newsletter
- GenomeWeb
- FierceBiotech (see sister publications list also - FierceBioResearch, etc.)
Curriculum-Related Initiatives, Grant Programs, and STEM-focused Programs
- CSU Professional Science Master's Degree Programs and ScienceMasters.com
- Project Kaleidoscope - An AAC&U affiliated project to understand and disseminate best practices related to engaging undergraduates in STEM fields.
- Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) - CUR supports and promotes high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship.
- The Teagle Foundation Grants Programs
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Programs
Federal Research Awards and Funding (what are they funding these days?)
- National Institutes of Health (rePORT) - reports, data, analyses
- National Science Foundation (Award Search)
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Grants Search)
- Department of Energy - Biological Sciences and Energy Biosciences
References for Proposal Writers
Life Science Industry, Workforce Development & Competitiveness
- California Healthcare Institute/PriceWaterhouseCoopers/BayBio 2011 California Biomedical Industry Report
- Fuhrmann, Halme, O'Sullivan & Lindstaedt (2011) Improving Graduate Education to Support a Branching Career Pipeline: Recommendations Based on a Survey of Doctoral Students in the Basic Biomedical Sciences. CBE - Life Sciences Education. Vol.10, 239-249.
- The Scientist's Life Sciences Salary Survey
- Degrees for What Jobs? (2011) National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices.
- Rebuttal commentary: Schneider (2011) Degrees for What Jobs? Wrong Question, Wrong Answers. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Measuring Diversity: An Evaluation Guide for STEM Graduate Program Leaders (2011). AAAS.
- Baxter, S.M. (2010) CSU Strategies and Programs for Life Sciences Workforce Development. Testimony to the California Senate Select Committee on Biotechnology.
- Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited (2010). National Academies Press. (Free PDF available).
- Offenstein, J. & Shulock, N. (2009) Technical Difficulties: Meeting
California’s Workforce Needs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Fields. Institute for Higher Education Leadership &
Policy, CSU Sacramento.
Undergraduate Education and Research
- AAC&U Peer Review (Spring 2011) Undergraduate Education issue (Vol. 13., No. 3)
- Diehl et al. (2011) Maintaining Excellence and Efficiency at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Wei & Woodin (2011) Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biology: Alternatives to the Apprenticeship Model. CBE Life Sci Educ 10: 123-131.
- Vision & Change in Undergraduate Biology Education (2011). AAAS & National Science Foundation. Electronic version freely available online.
- Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads. (2011) National Academies Press. Electronic version freely available online.
- Anderson et al (2011) Changing the Culture of Science Education at
Research Universities. Science 331: 152-153 - CNN (May 22, 2011): Why would-be engineering end up as English majors.
- AAC&U Peer Review (Spring 2010) Undergraduate Education issue (Vol. 12, No. 2)
- National Science Board (2010) Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators: Identifying and Developing Our Nation's Human Capital.
- Junge et al. (2010) Promoting Undergraduate Interest, Preparedness, and Professional Pursuit in the Sciences: An Outcomes Evaluation of the SURE Program at Emory University. CBE Life Sciences Education 9: 119-132.
- Strayhorn (2010) Undergraduate Research Participation and STEM Graduate Degree Aspirations Among Students of Color. New Directions for Institutional Research 148: 85-93.
- Shaffer et al (2010). The genomics education partnership: successful
integration of research into laboratory classes at a diverse group of
undergraduate institutions. CBE Life Sci Educ. 9: 55-69. - 20th Anniversary of PKAL - essays from CUR
- The National Academies, "A New Biology for the 21st Century" report (2009)
- AAC&U Liberal Education, "The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Liberal Education," Spring 2009
- Kuh, G. D. (2008) High-impact educational practices: What they are, who
has access to them, and why they matter. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities. - Fairweather, J (2008) Linking Evidence and Promising Practices in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduate Education - Villarejo et al. (2008) Encouraging Minority Undergraduates to Choose Science Careers: Career Paths Survey Results. CBE Life Sci Educ 7: 394-409.
- Guterman, L. (2007) What good is undergraduate research anyway? The
Chronicle of Higher Education Vol. LIII, Number 50. - Nagda, B. A., S. R. Gregerman, J. Jonides, W. von Hippel, and J. S.
Lerner. (1998) Undergraduate student-faculty partnerships affect student retention. The Review of Higher Education 22, 55–72. - Russell, S. H., M. P. Hancock, and J. McCullough (2007) Benefits of
undergraduate research experiences. Science 316: 548–549. (It is also interesting to read the 1919 Science article, page 309-311, by Starr, Stokes and West titled, " The Progress of Undergraduate Research in Medical Schools;" available online via books.google.com)
Professional Science Masters
- Outcomes for PSM Alumni: 2010/2011. Council of Graduate Schools.
- Borbye and Strausbaugh (2008) PSM Program Assessment from All Perspectives. Communicator. Council of Graduate Schools (starting on page 4).
- National Academy of Science Report "Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World," 2008