REU Site: Geosciences Program in Energy and Environmental Resource Sustainability (GeoPEERS)

REU 网站：能源和环境资源可持续性地球科学计划 (GeoPEERS)

• 批准号: 2050463
• 负责人: Maureen Feineman
• 金额: $ 37.7万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050463&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Geosciences; Program; Energy

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The goal of the Geosciences Program in Energy and Environmental Resource Sustainability (GeoPEERS) REU is to train the next generation geoscience workforce for industry and academia. While oil and gas jobs will likely continue to decline slowly over the next several decades, the industry will remain, and we must train geoscientists who can skillfully, ethically, and strategically locate and extract these resources. At the same time, demand for resources such as clean water, fertile soil, and renewable energy is increasing. Diversification of the global energy and resource portfolio is already underway, and new skill sets will be required of geoscientists entering academia and the workforce. The GeoPEERS REU program will train participants holistically to approach the industry of resource extraction and energy production from a sustainability perspective.The field of geosciences is also reckoning with a profound lack of diversity in its workforce. We will advertise broadly and draw upon existing partnerships with minority-serving institutions in order to find highly qualified applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds. Because simply recruiting a diverse cohort is not enough, we will strive to intentionally and explicitly create a supportive, inclusive, and equitable educational environment. By incorporating new skills sets and perspectives into our training program, and by intentionally building a diverse and inclusive participant community, GeoPEERS will prepare a new generation for the geosciences of the future.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.

该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》（公共法第117-2）的全部或部分资助的。能源和环境资源可持续性（Geoperers）的地球科学计划的目标是培训针对工业和学术界的下一代地球科学劳动力。尽管在接下来的几十年中，石油和天然气就业机会可能会继续缓慢下降，但该行业仍将保留，我们必须培训可以熟练，道德和战略性地定位和提取这些资源的地球科学家。同时，对清洁水，肥沃的土壤和可再生能源等资源的需求正在增加。全球能源和资源组合的多样化已经在进行中，进入学术界和劳动力的地球科学家将需要新的技能。 Geoperers REU计划将从可持续性的角度从整体上培训参与者，以接近资源提取和能源生产的产业。我们将广泛宣传并借鉴与少数派服务机构的现有合作伙伴关系，以便从各种背景中找到高素质的申请人。因为仅仅招募多样化的队列是不够的，所以我们将努力有意，明确地创造一个支持，包容和公平的教育环境。通过将新技能和观点纳入我们的培训计划，并有意建立一个多样化和包容的参与者社区，Geoperers将为未来的地球科学准备新一代。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估来审查审查的审查标准，可以通过评估来获得支持。