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A major new grant to 主要研究 aims to develop an effective workforce for New Hampshire’s expanding regenerative medicine and biotechnology industries. 这个项目, called NH CREATES the Future: the NH Collaborative for Regenerative Medicine Education and Training for Engineers and Scientists of the Future (NH CREATES), 会吸引曼彻斯特的初高中教师和学生吗, 纳舒厄, 朴茨茅斯, 多佛和巴林顿，还有劳伦斯, 质量., to develop a pipeline to support the state’s biotechnology workforce needs.

NH CREATES is funded by a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of 健康.

“NH CREATES is a training mechanism to supply the regenerative medicine and biotechnology industry with an educated workforce pipeline so that, 反过来, 这一新兴产业可以发挥其治疗疾病的潜力.”

“NH CREATES is a training mechanism to supply the regenerative medicine and biotechnology industry with an educated workforce pipeline so that, 反过来, 这一新兴产业可以发挥其治疗疾病的潜力,” 卡梅拉Amato-Wierda, associate professor of materials science at 主要研究 and principal investigator on the grant. “We want to educate middle and high school students about regenerative medicine and instill excitement about how we need their future contributions to propel this field forward in the years to come.” Amato-Wierda notes that 78% of New Hampshire’s biotechnology industry reports a shortage of skilled workers, 目前25%的生物技术劳动力年龄在55岁以上.

“New Hampshire is a leader in technology and innovation because we know how important it is to invest in 阀杆 learning from an early age. This grant is a testament to the diligence of our higher education institutions to make good on that effort and build out a 21st century workforce,新罕布什尔州国会代表团说. “We are excited to see the University of New Hampshire receive this award and are thrilled for students and their educators in Manchester, 纳舒厄, 朴茨茅斯, Dover and Barrington who will have the opportunity to participate in this program. We will continue to advocate for federal funding that boosts our state profile in technological discovery and empowers the next generation of New Hampshire scientists and engineers.”

NH CREATES will facilitate collaboration action among middle and high schools, 高等教育和该地区的生物技术产业——包括农业 先进再生制造研究所(ARMI), the Manchester-based national hub for the regenerative medicine and biotechnology industry — to enhance 阀杆 learning and career pathways with several initiatives.  

A two-week summer institute will provide teacher training to middle and high school teachers to develop and deliver formal curriculum about core biomedical concepts relevant to regenerative medicine and biotechnology. “The best way to educate students is to invite their teachers into the conversation and collaboratively work with them,阿马托-维尔达说.

此外，NH create将建立在 联合国大学科技营, 这是一套旨在提高阀杆素养的青少年暑期项目 that have been directed by Amato-Wierda since 2015. 新的助学金将为40名代表性不足的学生提供奖学金, 农村或经济上处于不利地位的青年.

最后, 该基金旨在创建一个生物技术阀杆生态系统, higher education and K-12 partners work collaboratively to assist students as they work their way from middle school to high school to college to biotechnology careers.

五年环保局拨款，1美元.200万年, 将提高阀杆教育的人数增至1,400 students each year from the state’s most ethnically diverse school districts. NH CREATES还将从马萨诸塞州劳伦斯市招募人才.)家庭发展特许学校, 这家公司100%是拉丁裔，与主要研究科技营有多年的合作关系.

NH CREATES will engage faculty and staff from higher education institutions across the state to advise teachers participating in the summer institute. 凯利•托马斯, the Hubbard Professor of Genomics at 主要研究 and director of 主要研究’s Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, 他是联合首席研究员. 托马斯还指导生物信息学和基因组学核心 NH-INBRE (IDeA生物医学研究卓越网络), a NIGMS-sponsored network of biomedical research and research training in New Hampshire. 来自全国各地NH-INBRE机构的教师都参与其中, 包括澳门葡京网赌游戏达勒姆分校和曼彻斯特分校的教员, 基恩州立大学, 达特茅斯学院, 和富兰克林皮尔斯大学.