RAPID: The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP), a Virtual Platform for Engaging Underrepresented Minorities in STEM

RAPID：国家暑期本科生研究项目 (NSURP)，一个让代表性不足的少数群体参与 STEM 的虚拟平台

• 批准号: 2128247
• 负责人: Michael Johnson
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 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: 2021-04-15 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2128247&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; National; Summer; Undergraduate; Research

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to the REU Sites program. During summer 2021, very few REU programs will be able to offer the typical in-person lab- or field-based REU research experience. This RAPID award to the University of Arizona will help mitigate the impact of the pandemic by offering a completely virtual REU program to undergraduates. Summer research is vital to retention of students in STEM and an important activity for students applying to graduate school. The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) at the University of Arizona will engage approximately 40 undergraduates in an REU program for 8 weeks during summer of 2021. NSURP is a virtual program so students will conduct research remotely (i.e., not in a wet lab setting at an institution). Students will be matched to one of many laboratories around the country, based on their interest. There is no travel required to participate in the program, and students will get the full suite of research training under the mentorship of faculty and/or scientists who have volunteered to host an undergraduate. REU participants are expected to work full time on a project they will develop with their mentor. Students will learn how research is conducted, gain professional skills, and have the opportunity to present the results of their work at a national scientific conference. NSURP will recruit underrepresented minorities in STEM, students attending Minority Serving Institutions and community colleges, and students who have been accepted to an REU but denied the program due to cancellation. The effectiveness of the program will be assessed using the online SALG URSSA tool as well as an assessment to be done by the University of Arizona College of Education. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.NSURP is focused on all fields of microbiology (host-microbe interactions, environmental microbiology, physiological mechanisms, symbiosis, signaling pathways, etc.) and computational immunology. Student research projects encompass biological research from various departments around the country. Participants will be required to attend weekly seminars, professional development talks and ethics training, complete program assessments in a timely manner, and attend all events deemed necessary by the laboratory in which they are doing the work. Student selection for program participation will be made by the NSURP board of directors and will be based on student career goals and their ability to work remotely. Students, who must be a US citizen, US national or permanent resident to be eligible, will be provided stipends. More information, including a list and presentations of previous NSURP projects, can be found at https://nsurp.org. Additional details can be obtained by contacting the PI (Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson) or program administrators at [e-mail]. This project is supported by the Divisions of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB), Integrative and Organismal Systems (IOS), Environmental Biology (DEB), and Biological Infrastructure (DBI), all within the Directorate for Biological Sciences.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.

COVID-19大流行对REU站点计划造成了前所未有的破坏。在2021年夏季，很少有REU计划能够提供典型的基于实验室或现场的REU研究经验。亚利桑那大学的快速奖项将通过提供完全虚拟的REU计划来大学生，从而有助于减轻大流行的影响。夏季研究对于留在STEM中的学生至关重要，对于申请研究生院的学生来说，这是一项重要的活动。亚利桑那大学的全国夏季本科研究项目（NSURP）将在2021年夏季在REU计划中与大约40名本科生合作8周。NSURP是一项虚拟计划，因此学生将远程进行研究（即不在机构的湿实验室设置中）。根据他们的兴趣，学生将与全国众多实验室之一相匹配。参加该计划无需旅行，学生将在自愿主持本科生的教职员工和/或科学家的指导下获得完整的研究培训。预计REU参与者将全职从事他们将与导师一起开发的项目。学生将学习如何进行研究，获得专业技能，并有机会在国家科学会议上介绍他们的工作结果。 NSURP将在STEM中招募人数不足的少数族裔，参加少数派服务机构和社区大学的学生以及已被REU录取的学生，但由于取消而否认该计划。该计划的有效性将使用在线Salg Urssa工具以及亚利桑那大学教育学院进行的评估进行评估。将在计划之后跟踪学生以确定自己的职业道路。NSURP专注于微生物学领域（宿主微生物相互作用，环境微生物学，生理机制，共生，信号通路等）和计算免疫学。学生研究项目包括来自全国各个部门的生物学研究。参与者将被要求参加每周的研讨会，专业发展谈判和道德培训，及时完成计划评估，并参加他们从事这项工作的实验室所必需的所有活动。 NSURP董事会将根据学生的职业目标及其远程工作能力进行课程参与的选择。必须为美国公民，美国国家或永久居民符合资格的学生，他们将获得津贴。可以在https://nsurp.org上找到更多信息，包括以前的NSURP项目的列表和演示。可以通过与pi（Michael D. L. Johnson博士）或计划管理员联系[e-mail]获得其他详细信息。该项目得到了分子和细胞生物科学（MCB），整合性和有机系统（IOS），环境生物学（DEB）和生物基础架构（DBI）的划分的支持，所有这些项目均在生物科学局内，这些奖项均在生物科学局内部。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估委员会进行了评估，并已被认为是宽广的构成者的构成师，并受到了构成的影响。