An Iowa State University (ISU) student-focused research project led by three Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) faculty and other ISU faculty received $19,191 in funding from the F. Wendell Miller Faculty Fellowship Awards program for the 2022-23 academic year. This project is one of 13 ISU projects that received funding this year.

The faculty team includes Clark Coffman, Mohan Gupta and Hua Bai, GDCB; Corinna Most and John Pleasants, EEOB; Mollie Appelgate, School of Education; and Tom Neppl, landscape architecture.

The project aims to increase student success through peer mentors and structured activities to promote students' overall well-being and sense of self-efficacy. The proposed courses are aimed primarily at biology and genetics majors in their second and third semesters, but courses will be open to all students interested in STEM.

The F. Wendell Miller Faculty Fellowship Awards program has awarded $4,012,639 to 222 faculty-led research projects aimed at improving student learning since 1996. The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching's advisory board, made up of faculty across the university, reviewed the proposals.

Learn about the 12 other research projects at ISU that received funding from the F. Wendell Miller Faculty Fellowship Awards program in Inside Iowa State.