GP-GO: Growing the number and diversity of non-geoscience undergraduates in Cornell's graduate programs in Atmospheric and Geological Sciences with a Geoscience Learning Ecosystem

GP-GO：通过地球科学学习生态系统增加康奈尔大学大气和地质科学研究生课程中非地球科学本科生的数量和多样性

• 批准号: 2119927
• 负责人: Matthew Pritchard
• 金额: $ 30.55万
• 依托单位: Cornell 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: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2119927&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; GO; Growing; number; diversity; GP; GO; Growing; number; diversity

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Graduate studies in the geosciences require diverse skills and have the potential to attract students from myriad undergraduate majors including chemistry, engineering, computer science, physics, biology, geography, mathematics and the social and behavioral sciences. Further, many geoscience graduate programs prepare students for careers in societally relevant fields such as natural hazards, energy, water, and mineral resources, and climate change, that should engage students from these diverse undergraduate majors. However, several studies have shown that student perceptions of careers in the geosciences do not match reality. PIs propose to develop a geoscience learning ecosystem that will increase the awareness of geoscience careers in students from diverse undergraduate majors at the critical juncture between undergraduate and graduate school. PIs seek to answer the question: Which strategies are most effective for increasing the number and diversity of non-geoscience undergraduate majors that pursue post-baccalaureate degrees in geoscience? The over-arching goal of the Cornell Geopaths Geoscience Learning Ecosystem (CorGGLE) program will be to design and test a novel summer bridge program that helps students from non-geoscience fields transition into geoscience graduate programs, specifically giving them exposure to myriad socially relevant careers in the geosciences. The key elements of the project include: (1) engaging diverse undergraduate institutions and students, (2) offering societally relevant summer research projects in geosciences at Cornell, (3) highlighting professional and social development across Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields facilitated by Cornell’s award-winning Diversity Programs in Engineering, and (4) providing career mentoring. To accomplish the creation of a connected geoscience learning ecosystem, PIs plan to develop and implement a nine-week summer bridge program, consisting of research and career mentoring for six students per summer from outside the geosciences. A novel aspect of the proposed program is that student research and experiences will span multiple disciplines of high societal relevance, including climate change, natural hazards, and water, energy and mineral resources. By the end of the experience and proposed activities, students will 1) become aware of scientific opportunities in geosciences in areas of high societal relevance, 2) be exposed to multiple career paths, 3) develop a cohort of peers, and 4) will have letters of recommendation from geoscientists that will enhance their chances for successful admission to a graduate program.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（公法117-2）。地球科学的研究生学习需要潜水员的技能，并有可能吸引来自化学，工程，计算机科学，物理学，生物学，生物学，地理，数学以及社会和社会和行为和行为和行为和行为科学，包括化学，计算机科学，物理学，生物学，生物学，生物学，生物学，生物学，生物学，生物学。此外，许多地球科学的研究生课程为学生准备在社会相关领域的职业，例如自然危害，能源，水和矿产资源以及气候变化，这应该吸引来自这些多样化本科专业的学生。但是，几项研究表明，学生对地球科学中职业的看法与现实不符。 PIS建议开发一个地球科学学习生态系统，以提高本科和研究生院至关重要的本科专业学生的地球科学职业的认识。 PI试图回答这个问题：哪些策略最有效地增加了在地球科学中购买后王位学位的非地理本科生的数量和多样性？康奈尔地球科学地球科学学习生态系统（Corggle）计划的整理目标是设计和测试一项新颖的夏季桥梁计划，该计划可帮助来自非地球科学领域的学生过渡到地球科学研究生课程，特别是使他们接触地球科学的各种社会相关职业。该项目的关键要素包括：（1）吸引潜水员的本科机构和学生，（2）在康奈尔大学提供与社会相关的夏季研究项目，（3）强调由科学，技术，工程和数学领域跨越科学，技术，工程和数学领域的专业和社会发展。为了实现连接的地球科学学习生态系统的创建，PIS计划开发和实施为期九周的夏季桥梁计划，其中包括每个夏天从地球科学外的六名学生进行研究和职业指导。该计划的一个新颖方面是，学生的研究和经验将涵盖高社会相关性的多个学科，包括气候变化，自然危害以及水，能源和矿产资源。在经验和拟议活动的结束之前，学生将1）意识到高度社会相关领域的地球科学的科学机会，2）受到多种职业途径的暴露，3）发展同龄人，4）4）将获得地球科学家的推荐信，将通过对研究生奖的成功进行评估，并在nsf nsf的奖项中获得了良好的支持。智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。