GP-EXTRA: Connecting Links to Ocean Science and Earth Science Graduate Academic Programs (CLOSES-GAP)

GP-EXTRA：连接海洋科学和地球科学研究生学术项目的链接 (CLOSES-GAP)

• 批准号: 1801420
• 负责人: Ruth Varner
• 金额: $ 39.43万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-15 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1801420&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; EXTRA; Connecting; Links; Ocean

The Collaborative Links to Ocean Science and Earth Science Graduate Academic Programs (CLOSES-GAP) provides a pathway for undergraduate students at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities and an institution with the highest campus diversity (as identified in 2015 by U.S. News and World Report) to engage in an academic bridge program in the geosciences. According to the NSES 2015 statistics, Hispanics, African Americans, and American Indians or Alaska Natives are disproportionately represented in all STEM fields. The representation in geoscience fields, however, is the lowest of all surveyed disciplines. CLOSES-GAP is a comprehensive partnership between University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Delaware State University and Rutgers University Newark and a research university (University of New Hampshire) to enhance mechanisms to recruit under-represented students into the geosciences. Taken in concert, program elements allow CLOSES-GAP student participants to build skills important for graduate program matriculation and success. Additionally through this project the participating institutions will strengthen collaborative working relationships for engaging together in sustained research and student mentoring activities.CLOSES-GAP is a comprehensive program consisting of several interconnected components that offer a suite of supports and opportunities. Specifically, students will be recruited during their junior year and receive research training and mentoring during the following summer and throughout their senior year. The organizers will address two major priorities of the GEOPATHS program by 1) offering students in biological oceanography, or other related non-geoscience programs, opportunities to explore research opportunities available in physical oceanography and near-shore geoscience; and 2) providing participants with foundational skills in basic geoscience research and science communication skills. The goal will be to provide CLOSES-GAP fellows with experiences that give insight into the diversity of research options in marine geosciences, and to provide research opportunities that leverage UNH's world-class ocean mapping facilities and personnel, including the residential facility at the Shoals Marine Laboratory, 6 miles off the coast of New Hampshire. Additional mini-courses, facilitated or created by the project team, will coach fellows on research skills, graduate admission and fellowship applications. Students will enter the program in the summer following their junior year, and be supported through the following academic year by pairs of advisors at both their home institution and UNH. Their participation will culminate in presenting their work at a national or regional science conference. Equally important to the summer research camp are the mentoring expertise and comfort that comes with familiarity of the fellows' home institutions. Before and after attending the UNH research camp, participants will complete online mini-courses in basic research skills such as statistical analysis, as well as often overlooked competencies such as data management and academic/research ethics. We will also focus on developing a "research community" in each participant cohort, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary research groups in contemporary geosciences and marine sciences. Upon returning to their home institutions after the research camp, the focus will shift to data analysis and communicating their findings to a variety of audiences, in a range of media - from traditional professional conferences and publications to social media. At the core of the program is a holistic approach to participant support that combines unique research opportunities with highly-supportive mentoring at both UNH and their home institution. The CLOSES-GAP program will strengthen an alliance between four institutions and will recruit 30 undergraduates from underrepresented groups to participate in a program focused on preparation for graduate school and, ultimately, careers in the geosciences. Across the alliance, this program will also improve the capacity of geoscience faculty, and their respective departmental and institutional affiliations, to tailor recruitment approaches to non-majority audiences, and to support underrepresented students in successfully applying to graduate programs. In addition to these direct and immediate impacts, the CLOSES-GAP team will disseminate their findings to the larger geoscience community through traditional, academic means (publication and conference presentation), as well as through the creation of guiding resources for future partnerships.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

与海洋科学与地球科学研究生学术课程（Closes-GAP）的合作联系为两所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的本科生提供了途径，以及一个具有最高校园多样性的机构（如2015年，美国新闻和世界报道所确定的），从事地球科学的学术桥梁计划。 根据NSES 2015年统计数据，西班牙裔，非裔美国人，美国印第安人或阿拉斯加本地人在所有STEM领域中均表示不成比例。但是，地球科学领域的表示是所有被调查学科中最低的。 CLASES-GAP是马里兰州东海岸大学，特拉华州立大学和罗格斯大学纽瓦克大学和研究大学（新罕布什尔大学）之间的综合伙伴关系，以增强机制，以招募不足的学生进入地球科学。在音乐会上，计划元素允许闭合差距学生参与者建立对于研究生课程的入学和成功的重要技能。此外，通过该项目，参与的机构将加强协作工作关系，以共同参与持续的研究和学生指导活动。Closes-GAP是一个全面的计划，由几个相互联系的组件组成，提供了一套支持和机会。具体来说，学生将在大三期间招募学生，并在下夏天和整个高中接受研究培训和指导。组织者将通过1）为学生提供生物海洋学或其他相关的非地球科学计划的学生的两个主要优先事项，以探索物理海洋学和近岸地球科学的研究机会的机会； 2）为参与者提供基本地球科学研究和科学沟通技巧的基础技能。目的是为封闭差距提供经验，以深入了解海洋地球科学中的研究选择的多样性，并提供研究机会，以利用UNH的世界一流的海洋映射设施和人员，包括在新罕布什尔州沿海6英里处的Shoals Marine Laboratory的住宅设施。由项目团队促进或创建的其他小型演出将教练研究员的研究技能，研究生入学和奖学金申请。学生大三后的夏天将进入该计划，并在下一学年的支持下，由他们的家庭机构和UNH的成对顾问提供支持。他们的参与将最终在国家或地区科学会议上展示他们的作品。对夏季研究营的训练营同样重要的是，熟悉家族机构的指导专业知识和舒适感。参加UNH研究训练营之前和之后，参与者将完成基础研究技能（例如统计分析）以及经常被忽视的能力，例如数据管理和学术/研究道德等能力。我们还将专注于在每个参与者队列中建立一个“研究界”，强调跨学科研究小组在当代地球科学和海洋科学中的重要性。研究训练营回到他们的家庭机构后，重点将转移到数据分析并将其发现传达给各种媒体的观众 - 从传统的专业会议和出版物到社交媒体。该计划的核心是一种全面的参与者支持方法，它将独特的研究机会与UNH及其家庭机构的高度支持指导相结合。 CLASES-GAP计划将加强四个机构之间的联盟，并将招募有代表性不足的团体的30名大学生，以参加一项计划，专注于为研究生院做准备，并最终从事地球科学的职业。 在整个联盟中，该计划还将提高地球科学教师的能力及其各自的部门和机构隶属关系，以量身定制招聘方法对非多数受众群体，并支持代表性不足的学生成功地申请研究生课程。除了这些直接和直接的影响外，封闭式差距团队还将通过传统的学术手段（出版和会议演讲）以及为未来的合作伙伴关系创建指导资源来将他们的发现传播给更大的地球科学界。这奖反映了NSF的立法使命，并认为通过基金会的智力优点和广泛的评估，可以通过评估来进行评估，并具有宽广的评论。