StEM: Stimulate, Engage and Motivate student research by enhancing the research capacity (CISE-MSI: RCBP-ED: IIS – III)

StEM：通过提高研究能力刺激、参与和激励学生研究（CISE-MSI：RCBP-ED：IIS – III）

• 批准号: 2131052
• 负责人: Renu Balyan
• 金额: $ 29.95万
• 依托单位: SUNY College at Old Westbury
• 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: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2131052&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: StEM; Stimulate; Engage; Motivate; student

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Exposure to research is one of the best predictors of degree completion and success in postgraduate education among students pursuing degrees/careers in STEM fields. However, only a small percentage of undergraduate students are engaged in research. This lack of participation has been attributed to factors such as interest in more applied experience, lack of awareness about research opportunities and their benefits, lack of time, lack of interest, perceived barriers to interactions with the faculty, and personal and financial barriers. The problem further aggravates with little participation from underrepresented minority groups. Additionally, biases in several sectors of computer science are evident due to the historical underrepresentation of researchers. Significant evidence shows that engaging undergraduate students in research builds confidence and efficacy, motivates them to pursue advanced graduate level STEM courses, increases retention in majors having high attrition rates, and acclimates them to the demands of a research environment. In addition, underrepresented minority groups students’ participation in research is beneficial to the field as it enhances diversity in the STEM workforce.The goal of this project is to stimulate, engage, and motivate graduate and undergraduate STEM students, including from underrepresented minority groups to conduct data research in different domains, while supporting expansion and enhancement of research capacity to provide more research opportunities to the diverse student population and the faculty. This goal will be achieved by following a three-pronged approach to 1) enhance and expand the technological infrastructure by acquiring new equipment to facilitate computational processing and big data analyses; 2) embed research within the curriculum for existing courses via CURE and introduce new research-focused programs and courses; and 3) motivate and engage students in research activities and provide hands-on experience via research projects, training, seminars, and workshops through guidance and mentoring by academia and industry experts. The award will improve the academic and professional skills of STEM students, in particular female and other underrepresented minority students, provide an opportunity to work with experienced research mentors and present/publish their work, create educational materials for long-term enhancement of academic curricula, and foster knowledge and promote the developmental skills to prepare students for data science and big data careers.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）。研究是在攻读STEM领域的学位/职业的学生中获得学位完成和研究生教育成功的最佳预测指标之一。但是，只有一小部分的本科生从事研究。缺乏参与的归因于诸如对更多应用经验的兴趣，对研究机会的认识及其利益，缺乏时间，缺乏兴趣，感知到与教师互动的障碍以及个人和财务障碍的因素。该问题进一步汇总，几乎没有代表性不足的少数群体的参与。此外，由于研究人员的历史人数不足，计算机科学几个领域的偏见得到了证明。大量证据表明，吸引本科生的研究建立了信心和效率，促使他们继续学习高级研究生水平的STEM课程，增加具有高属性率的专业的保留率，并适应研究环境的需求。此外，代表性不足的少数群体学生参与研究对该领域是有益的，因为它增强了STEM劳动力的多样性。该项目的目标是刺激，互动和动机的毕业生和本科STEM学生，包括来自代表性不足的少数群体，以在不同领域的研究中进行不同领域的研究，同时支持扩大研究能力，以增强研究生的研究机会，以增强研究生的机会和多样化的研究机会和多样化的研究机会。通过遵循三方面的方法来实现此目标1）增强并通过获取新设备来促进计算处理和大数据分析来扩展技术基础架构； 2）通过治疗将研究嵌入到现有课程的课程中，并引入新的以研究为中心的课程和课程； 3）动机并吸引学生从事研究活动，并通过学术界和行业专家的指导和心理通过研究项目，培训，半岛和讲习班提供动手经验。该奖项将提高STEM学生的学术和专业技能，尤其是女性和其他代表性不足的少数族裔学生，提供了与经验研究员合作的机会，并提供/发表他们的工作，创建教育材料，以长期增强学术课程，并培养知识，并促进发展技能，以促进通过Infortain Indervition Internition deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem deem the deem deem。更广泛的影响审查标准。