REU Site: Beyond Basic Science – Connecting Climate to Communities

REU 网站：超越基础科学 — 将气候与社区联系起来

• 批准号: 2051024
• 负责人: Joshua Fisher
• 金额: $ 33.86万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051024&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Beyond; Basic; Science

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits in addition to integrating research and education. The Beyond Basic Science REU program will immerse participants in the transdisciplinary science being done at the Earth Institute (EI) of Columbia University. Our overarching goals include: 1) enhancing participant interest and experience in participatory action research in climate science, 2) building confidence and competence in research, 3) gaining fluency and insights into scientific processes and practices, 4) connecting participants to layered mentoring structures, and 5) providing learners with opportunities for engagement with stakeholders on real-world challenges. This project will embed participants in the scientific process and provide them with a window into research in individual and team settings. In these experiences, participants will have the latitude that is appropriate to their level of understanding in order to gain comfort with the research process. The core foundations of each research project are grounded in basic science that will introduce participants to the scientific process. Additionally, all projects will have a strong practice and participatory aspect that involves a range of partners, which will introduce participants to how mentors design and conduct their research in order to develop shared knowledge that is practical and can be used by stakeholders in decision and policy-making processes.This 3-year project will involve 10-week research experiences annually that will embed students and educators in the process and application of transdisciplinary science. The Beyond Basic Science REU program demonstrates a powerful strategy for how organizations such as the Earth Institute can transform the relationship between science and the public, by ensuring that the knowledge we produce through our research is jointly created, shared, and disseminated in a way that has meaningful impacts on the people and communities that climate change is going to impact the most. The Beyond Basic Science REU site will provide opportunities for undergraduate students and educators in transdisciplinary research rooted in climate science and participatory action. The activities proposed in this project are strategically aligned with NSF’s goals of broader impacts and supports a diverse group of participants in immersive research experiences. The project framework supports participants to engage in team learning around a meaningful project, participate in professional development activities beyond direct research, and build learning and professional relationships through layered mentoring in a world-renowned research environment. The pool of students targeted by this program (i.e., community colleges and state schools) are substantially more likely to be first generation college students and to identify as underrepresented minorities in STEM. The project will likewise produce a cohort of scientists and educators trained in participatory research approaches to science that integrate basic research methods with meaningful stakeholder participation. Our REU site has an opportunity to demonstrate that research programs grounded in evidence-based practices that provide strong educational and professional infrastructures for learners have an important role to play in bringing diversity into our research communities and promoting inclusive excellence.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.

该项目由 SBE 理事会的本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目资助，除了整合研究和教育之外，它还具有科学和社会效益。 REU 项目将使参与者沉浸在正在进行的跨学科科学中。我们的总体目标包括：1）提高参与者对气候科学参与性行动研究的兴趣和经验，2）建立研究的信心和能力，3）获得对气候科学的流畅性和洞察力。科学过程和实践，4）将参与者与分层的指导结构联系起来，5）为学习者提供与利益相关者参与现实世界挑战的机会。该项目将让参与者融入科学过程，并为他们提供了解个人研究的窗口。在这些体验中，参与者将拥有适合其理解水平的自由度，以便熟悉研究过程。每个研究项目的核心基础都以基础科学为基础，向参与者介绍科学。此外，所有项目都会有一个流程。涉及一系列合作伙伴的强有力的实践和参与方面，这将向参与者介绍导师如何设计和开展他们的研究，以开发实用的共享知识，并可供利益相关者在决策和政策制定过程中使用。这3-年度项目将包括每年为期 10 周的研究经验，让学生和教育工作者融入跨学科科学的过程和应用中。超越基础科学 REU 项目展示了地球研究所等组织如何改变科学与科学之间关系的强大战略。公众，通过确保我们通过研究产生的知识是共同创建、共享和传播的，其方式对气候变化影响最大的人民和社区产生有意义的影响。超越基础科学 REU 网站将为本科生和教育工作者提供机会。该项目拟议的活动在战略上与 NSF 的更广泛影响的目标保持一致，并支持不同的参与者群体参与沉浸式研究体验。有意义的项目，参与直接研究之外的专业发展活动，并通过在世界著名的研究环境中的分层指导建立学习和专业关系。该计划的学生群体（即社区学院和公立学校）更有针对性。该项目还将培养一批接受过参与式科学方法培训的科学家和教育工作者，这些方法将基础研究方法与有意义的利益相关者参与相结合。研究计划立足于为学习者提供强大的教育和专业基础设施的循证实践，在将多样性带入我们的研究社区和促进包容性卓越方面发挥着重要作用。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。