FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A government-funded program aims to prepare a new generation of U.S. biologists and mathematicians to be capable of interdisciplinary collaboration.
The Colorado State University undergraduate research program, funded by a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, provides scholarships and stipends to support students and faculty in multiple academic department research.
The Flexible and Extendable Scientific Undergraduate Experience allows participants to become involved in several programs, including mathematics, biology, biochemistry, statistics, and computer science. Students will learn through team-based, interdisciplinary research in the areas of ecology, bioinformatics, and structural biology, officials said.
The principal investigators of the university's project are Simon Tavener, Mike Antolin, Don Estep, John Moore and Colleen Webb.
"We want to ensure students enrolled in the program are immersed in the scientific language and culture of both life sciences and mathematical disciplines," said Tavener, chairman of the university's Department of Mathematics. "I hope to show the next generation of mathematicians the role they can play in the ongoing revolution in the biological sciences."
