REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the National Weather Center

REU 网站：国家气象中心本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 1062932
• 负责人: Daphne LaDue
• 金额: $ 82.26万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-04-15 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1062932&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Undergraduates; REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Undergraduates

Through participation in the National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, fifty undergraduate students over a five-year period will participate in a unique career exploration experience. Each student will collaborate with scientists to conduct research and live the life of a scientist through: attending lectures, participating in workshops to build skills and knowledge relevant to the job, learning and practicing a variety of research methods, and presenting their research in both written and oral formats. Recruitment will seek a wide range of competitive applications from undergraduate students who are capable, but have not had an opportunity to participate in research. Intellectual Merit: Participants will contribute knowledge and understanding in basic science as well as applied research. Past research results have been used for training, emergency management operations, and risk planning. This program has matured sufficiently that recent participants have produced about five conference presentations and 1-2 formal scientific publications each year. This REU program has proven to effectively nurture the next generation of scientists. A combination of individual and entrepreneurial team activities serve to build participants' metacognitive research skills and prepare them for changing career opportunities. This REU site contributes to NSF's goal to create an internationally competitive, globally engaged public, private, and academic scientific workforce. Broader Impacts: Past participants report experiencing scientific discovery while learning skills they report as invaluable to later graduate school and career experiences. The scientific workforce is more diverse because of this program, with 60 percent of prior participants being female and 10-20 percent members of racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in atmospheric sciences. Finally, this program serves to increase collaboration among the academic, public and private sectors.

通过参加本科生的国家气象中心研究经验，在五年内，五十名本科生将参加独特的职业探索经验。 每个学生将与科学家合作，通过：参加讲座，参加与工作相关的技能和知识，学习和实践各种研究方法，并以书面和口头形式介绍他们的研究。 招聘将向有能力但没有机会参加研究的本科生寻求广泛的竞争应用程序。智力优点：参与者将在基础科学以及应用研究中贡献知识和理解。 过去的研究结果已用于培训，紧急管理操作和风险规划。 该计划已经足够成熟，即最近的参与者每年都会制作大约五个会议演讲和1-2个正式科学出版物。 该REU计划已被证明可以有效培养下一代科学家。 个人和企业家团队活动的结合有助于建立参与者的元认知研究技能，并为改变职业机会做好准备。 该REU网站有助于NSF创建国际竞争性，全球参与的公共，私人和学术科学劳动力的目标。更广泛的影响：过去的参与者报告了经历科学发现的同时学习技能，他们报告的技能对后来的研究生院和职业经验是无价的。 由于这个计划，科学的劳动力更加多样化，有60％的先前参与者是女性，而种族和族裔的10％至20％的成员在大气科学中的人数不足。 最后，该计划有助于增加学术，公共和私营部门之间的协作。