We are creating the first national network of undergraduate biology entrepreneurship education stakeholders: The CONNECT network - Community of Neighboring and National Entrepreneurial Centers and Trainees.
We invite educators, entrepreneurs, scientists, and students to share expectations, experiences, and best practices in the field of biosciences entrepreneurship, and shape the training our future entrepreneurial leaders will receive. We are particularly excited to build this network in service of BIPOC women in biosciences entrepreneurship.
Join us as an undergraduate biology educator to support the expansion of entrepreneurial training in biology curricula. By becoming a CONNECT network member, you will benefit from the following opportunities and have the following expectations:
Opportunity: Represent your institution in the CONNECT network. Contribute to our grant writing team to shape CONNECT network priorities for the next NSF funding opportunities (Research Coordination Network grant [RCN] and Improving Undergraduate STEM Education [IUSE]). If the current funding application is awarded, you will receive a stipend of $1,000 to start a mentor-student hub. Your lead-student in the hub will receive an additional $500 to initiate the hub's activities.
Expectations: Help with a needs assessment survey to assess entrepreneurship training in undergraduate biology at your institution and explore ways to implement entrepreneurship in biosciences education at your institution.
Reward: participation in peer-reviewed publications, and - if our current funding application to the NSF gets awarded - $1,500 in total stipend funding to build and activate a mentor-student hub at your institution!
Join us today to make a difference in undergraduate biology education!
Selection Criteria:
Please note that we will be selecting network members who provide the greatest representation to a national network for CONNECT. As part of the incubator funding for this network, we will prioritize membership from different states and institutions, with a limit of no more than 2 undergraduate educators from a single college or university. We will also prioritize those educators who are best-positioned to assess the needs and interests of BIPOC women in the undergraduate biology curricula. We highly encourage applications from biology faculty at women's colleges, minority-serving institutions, and historically black colleges and universities.
