REU Site: Chemical Science Leadership Initiative (CSLI)

REU 网站：化学科学领导力倡议 (CSLI)

• 批准号: 1263018
• 负责人: Karl Booksh
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263018&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Chemical; Science; Leadership

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the EPSCoR Office at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site led by professors Karl S. Booksh and Sharon Rozovsky at the University of Delaware. The research projects supported at this Site entitled "Chemical Sciences Leadership Initiative" (CSLI), is dedicated to preparing students with disabilities to become tomorrow's leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The activities of CSLI address psychological and sociological studies on "solo status" and "stereotype threat" that identify the negative consequences of being a minority group member within a large organization and how the negative consequences manifest as decreased performance and persistence in post-secondary education. The goal of the REU is to provide the students with a positive learning experience that delivers the knowledge and skills required to succeed in graduate school despite added pressures derived from external factors. CSLI combines a research experience for undergraduates in a state-of-the-art laboratory with classroom material designed to prepare students for success in graduate school. Available research opportunities span all five sub-disciplines of Chemistry. Additionally, a seminar series and field trips will provide participants with a broader context from which to plan careers and make decisions on graduate school selection options. Following the 10-week summer session, students will present their research at the following spring American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition and will be invited to participate in the meeting and activities with the ACS Committee on Chemists with Disabilities.People with disabilities are a significantly underrepresented minority in STEM. Graduate school has become a critical juncture where STEM students with disabilities disproportionately abandon educational advancement. Although 10% of STEM undergraduate majors and 6% of STEM graduate students have disabilities, only 1% of STEM doctorates are earned by students with disabilities. The REU Site also focuses on mentoring assistant professors in working with coordinated outreach programs in general and mentoring students with disabilities in specific. Of the nine core mentors, seven are assistant professors and two are full professors who will serve dual roles as mentors-to-students and mentors-to-mentors. Assessment will be performed through the Delaware Education Research and Development Center.

该奖项获得了国家科学基金会（CHE）和EPSCOR办公室的奖项，该奖项由特拉华大学的Karl S. Booksh和Sharon Rozovsky教授领导的本科生（REU）网站的研究经验。该网站支持的研究项目标题为“化学科学领导力倡议”（CSLI），致力于使残疾学生成为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的明天领导者。 CSLI的活动涉及有关“独奏地位”和“刻板印象威胁”的心理和社会学研究，这些研究确定了在大型组织中成为少数群体成员的负面后果，以及负面后果如何表现为绩效下降和上课后教育的持久性。 REU的目的是为学生提供积极的学习经验，尽管外部因素造成了增加的压力，但仍能在研究生院取得成功所需的知识和技能。 CSLI结合了在最先进的实验室中的本科生的研究经验，并旨在为学生在研究生院取得成功做好准备。可用的研究机会涵盖了化学的所有五个子学科。此外，研讨会系列和实地考察将为参与者提供更广泛的背景，以计划职业并就研究生院的选择选择做出决定。在为期10周的夏季会议之后，学生将在第二个春季美国化学学会全国会议和博览会上介绍他们的研究，并将邀请参加与ACS残疾化学委员会的会议和活动。研究生院已成为一个关键的关键时刻，在这种关键时刻，残疾人的茎学生不成比例地放弃教育进步。尽管有10％的STEM本科专业和6％的STEM研究生患有残疾，但只有1％的STEM博士学位是由残疾学生获得的。 REU网站还专注于指导助理教授与一般的协调外展计划合作，并指导特定的残疾学生。在九位核心导师中，有七名是助理教授，两名是全部教授，他们将担任导师和导师的双重角色。评估将通过特拉华州教育研发中心进行。