GP-UP: Collaborative Research: Developing a diverse hydrology workforce through an undergraduate hydrological research experience in a coastal California watershed

GP-UP：合作研究：通过加州沿海流域的本科生水文学研究经验培养多元化的水文学队伍

• 批准号: 2119296
• 负责人: Hilary McMillan
• 金额: $ 8.21万
• 依托单位: San Diego State University Foundation
• 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: 2022-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2119296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; UP; Collaborative; Research; Developing

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project will boost recruitment and retention of Sophomore and transfer students in hydrology and geoscience programs across three campuses of the California State University (CSU). Our program will engage with and support these students in the summer between their first and second year, or at the outset of their transfer, and provide pathways for them to succeed in hydrology and the geosciences. The CSU student body is ethnically, economically and academically diverse. Increasing participation of CSU students in hydrology and water resources science is critical to training a skilled workforce in this area, and therefore to securing California’s water future. The project offers a dual experience - a year-long learning community model where students work in small groups to complete research projects and gain transferable and subject-based research skills, supplemented by an immersive 10-day field experience at a hydrology research facility. During the field experience, students will contribute to cutting-edge research in coastal Californian watersheds, where rich habitat and summer baseflows sustain federally-protected salmonid fish species. Students who complete the program should have the motivation and skillset to pursue a geoscience career, and have strong resumes to apply to jobs, Masters programs and research internships in their home institutions or beyond as they reach their senior year.The program will recruit cohorts of students from San Diego State University, Sacramento State University, and Humboldt State University, all of which are minority serving institutions. The recruitment plan includes leveraging existing programs at each campus that engage students from diverse backgrounds in STEM disciplines. Students will participate in the experience in three stages: (1) Spring research preparation seminar series and cross-CSU webinars, (2) Intensive 10-day summer field experience with a cross-CSU cohort, and (3) Fall class for a sustained learning experience and presentation of results at a regional conference. Student research will be organized around three research themes: (1) Water held within and moving through the critical zone, (2) Water quality and aquatic habitat, and (3) Scaling up and human effects. Planned outcomes include development of research and professional skills, increased identities as members of the geoscience community, and increased student retention 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.

该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》的全部或部分资助的（公共法117-2）。该项目将在加利福尼亚州立大学（CSU）的三个校园内促进大二学生的招募和保留。我们的计划将在夏天或第二年或转学开始时与这些学生互动并支持这些学生，并为他们在水文学和地球科学方面取得成功的途径。 CSU学生团体在种族，经济和学术上是多样的。 CSU学生参与水文学和水资源科学的参与对于培训该领域的熟练劳动力至关重要，因此对于确保加利福尼亚的水的未来至关重要。该项目提供了双重体验 - 一个为期一年的学习社区模型，学生在小组中工作以完成研究项目并获得可转移和基于主题的研究技能，并在水文研究机构中获得了沉浸式10天的现场经验。在实地经验中，学生将在加利福尼亚沿海流域的尖端研究中做出贡献，在那里，丰富的栖息地和夏季基础群维持联邦保护的鲑鱼鱼类。完成该计划的学生应该具有从事地球科学事业的动力和技能，并有强大的简历申请工作，硕士课程和研究实习，他们到达他们的高年级。招聘计划包括利用每个校园中的现有计划，这些计划吸引来自潜水员背景的STEM学科的学生。学生将分为三个阶段参加体验：（1）春季研究准备程序系列和Cross-CSU网络研讨会，（2）与跨CSU队列的密集的10天夏季野外经验，以及（3）秋季课程，以持续学习和在区域会议上表现出结果。学生研究将围绕三个研究主题组织：（1）在关键区域内保持水，（2）水质和水生栖息地，以及（3）扩大和人类的影响。计划的结果包括研究和专业技能的发展，作为地球科学社区成员的身份提高，并增加了地球科学中的学生保留率。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子的优点和更广泛的影响来审查标准，被认为是通过评估来获得珍贵的支持。