This was the first or second RCN-UBE award made. The Introductory Biology Project (IBP) collaborated with the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) to link introductory biology instructors at the undergraduate level with high school AP Biology teachers. This RCN led to another RCN-UBE project led by Deborah Allen (FDN-UB - Faculty Development Network for Undergraduate Biology; Award #0840911) and other projects, including the development of the first Gordon Research Conference on Undergraduate Biology Education Research in 2015.