RCMS: RESEARCH CAREERS FOR MINORITY SCHOLARS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

RCMS：德克萨斯州少数族裔学者的研究生涯

• 批准号: 9450300
• 负责人: Karan Watson
• 金额: $ 99.4万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-15 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9450300&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCMS; RESEARCH; CAREERS; MINORITY; SCHOLARS

9450300 Watson Research Careers for Minority Scholarsat Texas A&M University The primary focus of the Research Careers for Minority Scholars (RCMS) Program at Texas A&M University (TAMU) is to increase the number of minority students in science, engineering and math (SEM) and in the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) disciplines who graduate at the B.S. level with strong, comprehensive research experience and enter graduate programs leading to careers in academic, government or industry. Far too few minorities attend graduate school in most fields, but especially in SEM fields. National data shows that approximately 20% of SEM students attend graduate school immediately following the reception of their Bachelor Degree each year, but because minority enrollments in graduate school are so low we would like to at least double that percentage. The proposed five-year funding will support 70 RCMS students, 60 will be supported in the SEM disciplines and 10 in the NSF supported SBS disciplines. Participants in the RCMS program at TAMU are selected from undergraduate under-represented minority students at Texas A&M University who have a GPA of 3.0 or greater. Half of the students in the program over the past five years have been minority women. Junior and Senior students are actively involved in research projects with faculty mentors. They also service as role models through their involvement in RCMS outreach activities to public schools with high minority enrollments. Freshmen and sophomore participants attend a variety of seminars designed to introduce them to the research opportunities available nationally and at TAMU. These seminars are hosted by faculty research mentors, senior minority scholars, representatives from other research institutions, and professional from private sectors. Other core activities of the RCMS program include participation in faculty mentorship, presentations at the RCMS/AMP Research Symposium. special Research Problem Courses, AS URT ( A Seminar in University Research and Teaching), RCMS Meetings (GRE Preparations, Summer Internships, Fellowships), RCMS/AMP Student Teaming in Research, and Ph.D. Pipeline Bridging. TEES will be matching funds with PI, Co-PI, Graduate Student and program Coordinator salaries and fringe benefits. TEES will also match 45% of the modified total direct cost. We propose to get more undergraduate who are under-represented minorities to graduate with a B.S. and enter graduate school in one of the SEM/SBS disciplines. This RCMS program will be a continuation of a five year program that was implemented in 1989. 130 students participated in that program and 52% have graduated with a B.S. with 44% of them currently enrolled in a graduate program and 13% are currently working on a Ph.D. Participants will present their research project findings at a conference/symposium to faculty, administrators, industry supports and program directors. The program coordinator and PI's will also present the RCMS program at conferences such as ASEE, NAMEPA.

9450300 德克萨斯 A&M 大学少数族裔学者的 Watson 研究职业 德克萨斯 A&M 大学 (TAMU) 少数族裔学者研究职业 (RCMS) 计划的主要重点是增加科学、工程和数学 (SEM) 以及其他领域的少数族裔学生数量社会与行为科学 (SBS) 学科的理学士学位毕业生具有丰富、全面的研究经验，并进入研究生课程，进入学术、政府或行业职业生涯。 在大多数领域，尤其是在 SEM 领域，进入研究生院的少数族裔人数太少。 国家数据显示，每年大约 20% 的 SEM 学生在获得学士学位后立即进入研究生院，但由于研究生院的少数族裔入学率如此之低，我们希望这一比例至少增加一倍。 拟议的五年资金将支持 70 名 RCMS 学生，其中 60 名学生将获得 SEM 学科的支持，10 名学生将获得 NSF 支持的 SBS 学科的支持。 TAMU RCMS 项目的参与者是从德克萨斯 A&M 大学的 GPA 为 3.0 或更高的本科少数族裔学生中选出的。 过去五年，该项目的一半学生是少数族裔女性。 大三和大四的学生与教师导师一起积极参与研究项目。 他们还通过参与 RCMS 向少数族裔入学率较高的公立学校开展外展活动，发挥榜样作用。 新生和大二的参与者参加各种研讨会，旨在向他们介绍全国和 TAMU 提供的研究机会。 这些研讨会由教师研究导师、资深少数民族学者、其他研究机构的代表以及私营部门的专业人士主持。 RCMS 计划的其他核心活动包括参与教师指导、在 RCMS/AMP 研究研讨会上发表演讲。特别研究问题课程、AS URT（大学研究和教学研讨会）、RCMS 会议（GRE 准备、暑期实习、奖学金）、RCMS/AMP 学生研究团队和博士课程。管道桥接。 TEES 将为 PI、Co-PI、研究生和项目协调员的工资和附加福利提供资金匹配。 TEES 还将匹配修改后的总直接成本的 45%。 我们建议让更多少数族裔的本科生毕业并获得学士学位。 并进入 SEM/SBS 学科之一的研究生院。 该 RCMS 计划将是 1989 年实施的五年计划的延续。 130 名学生参加了该计划，其中 52% 的学生毕业并获得了理学士学位。其中 44% 目前正在攻读研究生课程，13% 目前正在攻读博士学位。 参与者将在会议/研讨会上向教师、管理人员、行业支持​​和项目主管展示他们的研究项目成果。 项目协调员和 PI 还将在 ASEE、NAMEPA 等会议上介绍 RCMS 项目。