GP-UP: Applied Geosciences at the Soil, Water and Energy Nexus

GP-UP：土壤、水和能源关系中的应用地球科学

基本信息

批准号：
2023154
负责人：
Meagen Pollock
金额：
$ 29.59万
依托单位：
College of Wooster
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-09-01 至 2024-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2023154&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
GP UP Applied Geosciences Soil

项目摘要

Some of the most critical issues facing society are related to the geosciences, yet the future U.S. geoscience workforce is expected to be insufficient to meet demand and not representative of the Nation’s diverse talent pool. Individuals from racially and ethnically diverse groups face barriers to entering and remaining in the geosciences; this, in part, is due to a lack of mentoring and knowledge of geoscience careers. This program addresses these barriers by providing undergraduate students with authentic, career-based experiences that address local, community-oriented geoscience problems. The College of Wooster Department of Earth Sciences is partnering with regional government agencies, non-profit organizations, and employers in the environmental geoscience industry to provide students with hands-on summer internships and professional development opportunities. The primary goal is to build a bridge from the first year of college to a geoscience major. The PIs hope to establish a program that can be readily transferred to other colleges and increase the numbers students from underrepresented groups majoring in the geosciences.This project will establish a geoscience learning ecosystem (GLE) that addresses local community-oriented problems and increases the number of underrepresented students earning Earth Science degrees at The College of Wooster. The GLE focuses on local needs at the nexus of soil, water, and energy within our rural, agricultural community. This framework provides a societally-relevant driver for community-oriented student research projects while supplying relevant workforce experience for our students. As students interact with the GLE at critical points in their educational development, they can begin to imagine themselves in successful careers as geoscientists.Students will participate in a coordinated program of summer internships, geoscience career exploration experiences, and peer mentoring that provides an intentional pathway to the major, develops students’ geo-STEM identities, increases students’ awareness of geoscience careers, and equips students with skills and professional networks that are directly transferrable to the geoscience workforce. By integrating evidence-based strategies for broadening participation with a framework that leverages many structures existing at predominantly white and primarily undergraduate institutions, our transferable program has the potential to transform how these institutions approach broadening participation of racial and ethnic minorities in the geosciences.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.

社会面临的一些最关键的问题与地球科学有关，但预计未来的美国地球科学劳动力将不足以满足需求，而不代表该国多样化的人才库。来自大致和种族多元化群体的个人面临进入地球科学的障碍；这部分是由于缺乏对地球科学职业的心理和知识。该计划通过为本科生提供基于职业的真实经验来解决这些障碍，以解决本地，面向社区的地球科学问题。伍斯特地球科学系正在与区域政府机构，非营利组织和环境地球科学行业的员工合作，为学生提供动手实践的暑期实习和专业发展机会。主要目标是建造从大学第一年到地球科学专业的桥梁。 PI希望建立一个可以轻松转移到其他学院的计划，并增加地球科学专业的学生的学生人数。该项目将建立一个地球科学学习生态系统（GLE），以解决当地的面向社区的问题，以解决以社区为导向的问题，并增加了代表性不足的学生在Wooster ost ost wooster of wooster collect of wooster collect of wooster of wooster college collect of wooster of wooster of wooster of wo oster的学生的数量。 GLE专注于我们农村，农业社区中土壤，水和能源联系的当地需求。该框架为社区为导向的学生研究项目提供了与社会相关的驱动力，同时为我们的学生提供相关的劳动力经验。 As students interact with the GLE at critical points in their educational development, they can begin to imagine themselves in successful careers as geoscientists.Students will participate in a coordinated program of summer internships, geoscience career exploration experiences, and peer mentality that provides an intentional pathway to the major, develops students’ geo-STEM identities, increases students’ awareness of geoscience careers, and equips students with skills and professional networks that are directly transferred to the地球科学劳动力。通过将基于循证的策略进行整合，以扩大参与的框架，该框架利用了主要是白人和初级本科机构的许多结构，我们的转让计划有可能改变这些机构在地球科学中拓宽种族和少数民族参与的方式，这反映了NSF的法定任务和促进者的范围，这是通过评估良好的支持者的支持。