biostudies-literatureHanauer DIHoward Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHSNIGMS NIH HHSNational Science Foundation13531-13536https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5754813biostudies-literatureUnknown114(51)Engaging undergraduate students in scientific research promises substantial benefits, but it is not accessible to all students and is rarely implemented early in college education, when it will have the greatest impact. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) provides a centralized scientific and administrative infrastructure enabling engagement of large numbers of students at different types of institutions. The Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) is an iREC that promotes engagement and continued involvement in science among beginning undergraduate students. The SEA-PHAGES students show strong gains correlated with persistence relative to those in traditional laboratory courses regardless of academic, ethnic, gender, aProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaAn inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.PMC575481354308198 and 52008197DUE-1524575P20 GM10342352008197R37 AI02617054308198Zegers GPBarekzi NKrukonis GTaylor SWestover KCaruso SDeCourcy KRubin MLittle JFrost VKing-Smith CGainey MBlumer LRinehart CLeBlanc-Straceski JDickson LErb MValle-Rivera AMCarson SFisher ESasek TConnors BAdair TGuild NPreuss MBarrera ABricker JSByrum CD'Angelo WZimmerman AFurbee ETemple LAyuk MLopez JWallen JBerkes CReyna NAsai DJMcLean JRoss JCain DMiller EBetancur LTobiason DDelaney-Nguyen KStowe EKaufmann NGarlena RADaniels CJJanssen GRodriguez-Lanetty MD'Elia TPaige-Anderson CGrose JErill IBreton TClement BSadana RButela KBreitenberger CCoomans RFrederick GMoyer ASaunders LCaslake LBaliraine FKirkpatrick BFillman CKoch HParker JBrooks TDDavis BAntoniacci LAlvey RBroderick ELewis LEckardt MFast KNelson PJarvik JMonti DShanks RElgin SWashington JJones NDelesalle VBall SFogarty MSunnen CNJacobs WRPfaffle PRosas-Acosta GWeston-Hafer KDoty JWarner MWolyniak MBalish MSmith-Caldas MKurt BKlyczek KJohnson ATwichell CDoyle EMcGuier NEasterwood JPirino GClase KJacobs-Sera DHanauer DIOspina-Giraldo MAnderson WARowland NMakemson JHerren CCresawn SGZhang DSeegulam MBortz BHatfull GFHughes LLimeri LPeister AMacLaren CKorey CSegura-Totten MPogliano JBreakwell DPogliano KOlapade OSandel MMartin SShaffer CNewman RLeadon SMonsen-Collar KPage SScherer AVoshell SMavrodi DSlowan-Pomeroy THutchison KAnders KBarbazuk BHatherill JRSmith MABriggs LConant SBollivar DHauser CStukey JGrubb SWeir SSaville KLee-Soety JBest ATorres MRussell DAGissendanner CLee JSchroeder SDeJong RPowell ARoyer DWestholm DHinz JBrey CVillagomez JMerkhofer EKenna MBuckholt MTimmerman MRickus JWertz JBobrownicki APoxleitner MChung HMSchildbach JHendrickson HSaha SAdams SSaha MNeitzel JChia CMichael STarbox BBonilla JAGallegos IWhitefleet-Smith JWare VPape-Zambito DMohan SPizzorno MDaniels LKeener TMolloy STolsma SGraham MJPlymale RHope SSipprell APope WHPark PSivanathan VHo EMcKinney ASchwebach JRActis LKoga ABhalla SDiaz ALlano MGurney SNoordewier BGolebiewska UHartzog GStockwell SFindley AHull AWard RSEA-PHAGESEdgington NKagey JPedulla MKatsanos JKing RIsern SKart MDunbar DStamm JSmith KYan WBrown-Kennerly VFleischacker CVazquez ERobinson CWiedemeier ABorges KfalseAn inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.Engaging undergraduate students in scientific research promises substantial benefits, but it is not accessible to all students and is rarely implemented early in college education, when it will have the greatest impact. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) provides a centralized scientific and administrative infrastructure enabling engagement of large numbers of students at different types of institutions. The Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) is an iREC that promotes engagement and continued involvement in science among beginning undergraduate students. The SEA-PHAGES students show strong gains correlated with persistence relative to those in traditional laboratory courses regardless of academic, ethnic, gender, a2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017 Dec2026-05-05T20:47:28.86Z2019-03-27T03:06:24ZS-EPMC57548132920871810.1073/pnas.1718188115