Dr. Shainaz Landge

Award for Excellence in Collaboration

Rank: Associate Professor

Department: Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics

Campus: Statesboro

Years of Service: 14

VIP Team Mentors: 20 faculty mentors

2022 VIP Teams: 4 teams, 17 students

2023 VIP Teams: 13 teams, 44 students

Awards: 2024 Outstanding New Site Development Award presented by VIP Consortium. 2023 Innovation in Partnership Building by VIP.

VIP Program: The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is targeted to enhance high impact practices by engaging undergraduate students in long-term, large-scale, interdisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. The student scholars gain valuable research experience skills and academic credits.

FYE VIP: Introducing Freshman students to authentic research experiences and to explore the creative projects in different VIP teams so that scholars in the following semesters are ready to join the research team.

Comments from a letter of support:

“As an international development initiative aimed at improving the experience, interdisciplinarity, and sustainability of undergraduate research, the VIP is a model program to highlight the value of collaboration and sustainability.”