A PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY TRAINING IN APPLICATIONS OF LTER AND NEON DATA AT SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

支持西南印度理工学院 LTER 和 NEON 数据应用本科生研究和社区培训的提案

• 批准号: 1441171
• 负责人: Margaret Porter
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute - Board of Regents
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1441171&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PROPOSAL; SUPPORT; UNDERGRADUATE; RESEARCH; COMMUNITY

This award will expand the capacity of Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) to 1) provide comprehensive geospatial training to tribal students and tribal members across the region and the country by supporting summer training of Tribal College and University students for careers in sciences with a foundation in geospatial information technology, 2) provide geospatial technology professional development for tribal natural resource professionals, and 3) engage tribal college and tribal professionals in national research and technology efforts such as the NSF Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program and the National Ecological Observation Network (NEON). Founded in 1971, and acquiring Land Grant status in 1994, SIPI provides higher education opportunities for indigenous people from over 100 different tribes across the United States. The overall objectives of the workshops are to expand SIPI's capacity to provide geospatial training, to expand opportunities for Tribal College and University undergraduate students to engage in scientific research, and to develop an understanding of long-term and large scale ecological research provided by LTER and NEON. The workshops will bring in guest speakers from NEON, and provide training from LTER scientists. Other activities include a visit to NEON HQ and using NEON data in summer courses at SIPI. The summer courses will serve an estimated 80 students from American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. The effort will occur as part of the SIPI Geospatial Information Technology Summer Institute, which has been held since 2000, and was institutionalized in 2004. This summer program will expand science education through this minority serving institution with cutting edge ecological research. Courses held this summer are estimated to serve eighty students from American Indian and Alaska Native tribes with potential for more enrollments in several classes. This effort will expand the number of underrepresented groups engaged in science and technology education and research.

该奖项将扩大西南印度理工学院 (SIPI) 的能力，以：1) 通过支持部落学院和大学学生从事科学职业的暑期培训，为整个地区和全国的部落学生和部落成员提供全面的地理空间培训地理空间信息技术领域，2）为部落自然资源专业人员提供地理空间技术专业发展，3）让部落学院和部落专业人员参与国家研究和技术工作，例如 NSF 长期生态研究（LTER）计划和国家生态观测网络（NEON）。 SIPI 成立于 1971 年，并于 1994 年获得土地授予地位，为来自美国 100 多个不同部落的原住民提供高等教育机会。研讨会的总体目标是扩大 SIPI 提供地理空间培训的能力，扩大部落学院和大学本科生从事科学研究的机会，并加深对 LTER 和氖。这些研讨会将邀请来自 NEON 的演讲嘉宾，并由 LTER 科学家提供培训。其他活动包括参观 NEON 总部以及在 SIPI 的夏季课程中使用 NEON 数据。暑期课程将为大约 80 名来自美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民部落的学生提供服务。这项工作将作为 SIPI 地理空间信息技术暑期学院的一部分进行，该暑期学院自 2000 年开始举办，并于 2004 年制度化。该暑期计划将通过这个具有前沿生态研究的少数服务机构扩大科学教育。今年夏天举办的课程预计将为来自美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民部落的 80 名学生提供服务，并且有可能在多个班级中招收更多学生。这项努力将扩大从事科技教育和研究的代表性不足的群体的数量。