1. University of California Davis VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 Subra Muralidharan Molecular and Cellular Biology

2. VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 Numbers The Institution Enrollment34,415 Student bodyUndergraduate, graduate, and professional students DiversityHispanic = 19%; Asian = 46%; African American = 3.4%; White = 29% VIP (program started in March 2016 - spring quarter) First term students enrolled38 Number of teams3 (most recent term - Spring 2016 quarter) 6 - 8 (upcoming term - Fall 2016 quarter) Enrollment50 – 60 (anticipated) Diversity by ethnicityHispanic = 5; White = 16; Asian = 17 by genderMales = 18; Females = 20 by majorBiology & Biotechnology = 13; Engineering and Computer Science =6; Economics & Political Science = 2; Landscape Architecture = 7; Chemistry and Statistics = 4; Environmental Design & Environmental Toxicology = 6. by yearSophomore = 3; Junior = 11; Senior = 22; Masters = 2

3. VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 Success(es) UC Davis VIP program was funded in January 2016. Commitment from 12 research groups to join VIP program. Colleges in the VIP program: Biology Letters and Science Engineering Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Medical School 3 teams started in Spring 2016 quarter. Structure-guided Vaccine Designs. (Holland Cheng) Living Laboratory: Sustainable and Resilient Ecological Landscape Design. (Steve Greco) Practical Learning Analytics for Undergraduate Education. (Marco Molinaro)

4. VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 Key Factors to Success Several world renowned inter- and multidisciplinary research programs. Undergraduate Research Center (URC) and Honors Program. Special Transitional Enrichment Program (STEP) and First-Year Aggie Connections. California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP). Mentorships for Undergraduate Research Participants in Physical and Mathematical Sciences (MURPPS). Biology Undergraduate Scholars Program (BUSP). Mentorship for Undergraduate Research in Agriculture, Letters, and Science (MURALS). Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship (PUF) and Regents Scholarships.

5. VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 Challenges and Possible Strategies VIP program growth – managing existing programs, adding new programs, and student enrollment. URC, CAMP, MURPS, BUSP, MURALS, Honors college, PUF, Regents Scholarships. Maintaining vigor of VIP programs - quality of research, student performance, team environment. Integrate the weekly campus seminars by invited guests into VIP group activity. Semiannual VIP program meeting and presentations. Annual Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference conducted by the Undergraduate Research Center. Increasing URMs in the program. STEP, Aggie Connection, CAMP, BUSP, MURALS Sustainability and institutionalization. Big Ideas Initiative through UC Davis Development and Alumni Relations.

6. VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016 Opportunities NSF INCLUDES – Inclusion Across Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science $300,000/2 years (Phase I - pilot) $12.5 million/5 years (Phase II – INCLUDES Alliance) UC Davis and community college partnership Stem Understanding through Research Experiences (SURE) pilot. VIP incubators in community colleges in collaboration with UC Davis VIP groups. Shasta – Tehama – Trinity Joint Community College District Los Rios Community College District. Koret Foundation McConnell Foundation Early recruitment of URMs for STEM through Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) in high schools and Transfer Admissions Guarantee (TAG) in community colleges.