Empowering Financially Disadvantaged Students with Talents in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, and Physics

为经济困难的学生提供生物、化学、计算机科学、信息技术、数学和物理方面的人才

• 批准号: 0727716
• 负责人: Suzanne Carpenter
• 金额: $ 48.38万
• 依托单位: ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0727716&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Empowering; Financially; Disadvantaged; Students; Talents

Thirty-seven academically talented students with financial need are being awarded scholarships of varying lengths. The scholarships are being distributed among several cohorts majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics or Physics. Potential awardees are being informed about the scholarship availability through high school visits, university open houses, regional college fairs, science fairs and conferences. Qualified university students are being identified and contacted by e-mail and postal mail. An emphasis is being placed on increasing the diversity of students entering studies in STEM disciplines.Many student support services are being made available to the scholars including peer-tutoring services, faculty mentoring, and opportunities to attend local and regional professional meetings, career counseling, and participation in an internship program with local industry. This project is building on a previous CSEMS scholarship program that raised the retention rate of scholarship recipients to 88 percent, considerably higher than the retention rate of all students majoring in the same disciplines.

有37名具有财务需求的学术才华的学生将获得不同长度的奖学金。 这些奖学金分配在生物学，化学，计算机科学，信息技术，数学或物理学主修的几个人群中。 通过高中访问，大学开放式房屋，区域大学博览会，科学博览会和会议，正在告知潜在获奖者奖学金的可用性。 合格的大学生正在通过电子邮件和邮寄邮件进行识别和联系。 重点是增加进入STEM学科学习的学生的多样性。正在为包括同行服务服务，教职员工指导以及参加本地和地区专业会议，职业咨询以及与当地行业的实习计划一起参加包括同行服务，教职员工指导，以及参加当地和地区专业会议的机会。 该项目基于以前的CSEMS奖学金计划，该计划将奖学金获得者的保留率提高到了88％，高于同一学科的所有学生的保留率。