COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Upper Delta Region Biodiversity Scholarship

合作研究：上三角洲地区生物多样性奖学金

• 批准号: 1564969
• 负责人: Kurt Neubig
• 金额: $ 172.7万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-15 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1564969&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COLLABORATIVE; RESEARCH; Upper; Delta; Region

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project is a collaborative effort between Arkansas State University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. The Upper Delta Region Biodiversity program will provide scholarships and other support to 44 graduate students and 68 undergraduate students from these institutions. These academically talented and low-income students will participate in scientific research efforts involving the Upper Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Activities will include the collection and maintenance of natural history specimens and the use of these in ecological research for species discovery, patterns of genetic diversity and isolation, and impacts of habitat degradation and other environmental change. Student participation in this type of research and associated academic collaborations with peers are known to improve retention and persistence. This project will seek to improve student success through scholarship-associated supports in a program focused on biodiversity and biodiversity collections. The project will also study how student identification with a research community and other groups, along with the development of academic peer networks contribute to student success. Scholarships and support for low-income and academically talented students, who may not otherwise be able to obtain STEM degrees, will help to produce a well-trained workforce that will contribute to the economic well being of the nation.In addition to scholarships, the Upper Delta Region Biodiversity program will provide support in the form of a cohort curriculum, peer mentoring, faculty mentoring, professional development seminars, research participation and support, participation in professional society meetings, and summer opportunities including specialized coursework and participation in summer institutes. Network analysis will be used to map the extensity and density of student academic networks. A matched control group will be used. The study will help determine the characteristics of student academic networks and group identification associated with retention and degree completion. Participating institutions are members of the Delta Research Consortium, and this project will help to establish a model for multi-institutional research collaboration helping to promote STEM degree attainment. The findings from the program will be disseminated to the nation's STEM education community and will help to increase understanding of the attributes and practices of successful student scholarship and support programs for academically talented, low-income students.

该国家科学基金会 (NSF) 科学、技术、工程和数学 (S-STEM) 奖学金项目是阿肯色州立大学、南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校和肯塔基州默里市默里州立大学之间的合作项目。上三角洲地区生物多样性计划将为这些机构的 44 名研究生和 68 名本科生提供奖学金和其他支持。这些具有学术才华和低收入的学生将参与涉及密西西比河上游冲积平原的科学研究工作。活动将包括收集和维护自然历史标本，并将其用于物种发现、遗传多样性和隔离模式以及栖息地退化和其他环境变化的影响的生态研究。 众所周知，学生参与此类研究以及与同行的相关学术合作可以提高记忆力和持久性。该项目将寻求通过针对生物多样性和生物多样性收藏的项目提供与奖学金相关的支持来提高学生的成功。该项目还将研究学生对研究团体和其他团体的认同以及学术同伴网络的发展如何有助于学生的成功。为低收入和有学术才华的学生提供奖学金和支持，否则他们可能无法获得 STEM 学位，这将有助于培养训练有素的劳动力，为国家的经济福祉做出贡献。上三角洲地区生物多样性计划将以队列课程、同伴指导、教师指导、专业发展研讨会、研究参与和支持、参加专业协会会议以及暑期机会（包括专业课程和参加暑期学院）的形式提供支持。网络分析将用于绘制学生学术网络的广度和密度。将使用匹配的对照组。 该研究将有助于确定学生学术网络的特征以及与保留和学位完成相关的群体认同。参与机构均为三角洲研究联盟成员，该项目将有助于建立多机构研究合作模式，有助于促进 STEM 学位的获得。 该计划的研究结果将传播给全国的 STEM 教育界，并将有助于加深对成功学生奖学金的属性和实践的理解，以及针对学术天才、低收入学生的支持计划。