EAGER: Collaborative Research: Enhancing Asian American and Pacific Islander Participation and Belonging in the Geosciences

EAGER：合作研究：增强亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民对地球科学的参与和归属感

• 批准号: 2136143
• 负责人: Randye Rutberg
• 金额: $ 1.03万
• 依托单位: CUNY Hunter College
• 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 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2136143&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Collaborative; Research; Enhancing; Asian

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) represent one of the fastest growing demographics in the U.S. today and yet lag in participation and representation in geoscience graduate programs compared to other STEM fields. Thus, new programs are needed that specifically recruit AAPI STEM undergraduates to geoscience graduate programs and enhance belonging of AAPI geoscientists as a whole. The proposed activities will focus on Minority Serving institutions (MSIs) that serve AAPI. This project will expose as many as 1,000 undergraduates from MSIs in geoscience-adjacent STEM fields to geoscience research and careers, provide a new research internship opportunity and create national cross-career stage connections between AAPI geoscientists to produce a cohort of geoscience leaders from a group often left out of diversity discussions. AAPI scientists desire to relate their work to local populations and problems relevant to their communities; therefore, diversifying geoscience graduate programs with those identifying as AAPI will have a direct impact on communities facing important geoscience problems of the 21st century such as climate change, natural hazards, and resource scarcity.This project supports pilot programs to enhance participation and belonging for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in geosciences. The proposed activities include: 1) Establishing a researcher visit program to recruit undergraduate AAPI into geosciences via visits to AAPI-serving MSIs from geoscience researchers; 2) A pilot research internship program for undergraduates at these institutions to carry out research with AAPI mentors; 3) Organizing virtual and in-person events and a career development workshop to enhance belonging, identity, and leadership within the AAPI geoscience community across career stages and sectors. The outcomes of this combination of the proposed activities will help to develop geoscience programs, and create a cohort and community of Belonging, Access, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (BAJEDI) leaders of AAPI geoscientists.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.

亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民（AAPI）是当今美国增长最快的人口统计之一，但与其他STEM领域相比，与其他STEM领域相比，参与和代表地球科学研究生计划。因此，需要新的计划，这些计划专门招募了AAPI STEM的本科生到地球科学研究生课程，并增强了AAPI地球科学家的整体。拟议的活动将集中于为AAPI服务的少数民族服务机构（MSI）。该项目将使来自地球科学 - 染色的STEM领域的MSI到地球科学研究和职业，提供多达1,000名大学生，提供新的研究实习机会，并在AAPI地球科学家之间建立国家跨职业阶段的联系，从而产生来自多样性讨论的小组的一群地球科学领导者之间的同事。 AAPI科学家希望将他们的工作与当地人口和与社区相关的问题联系起来；因此，将地球科学研究生计划与识别为AAPI的人多样化，将直接影响面对21世纪重要的地球科学问题的社区，例如气候变化，自然危害和资源稀缺。该项目支持试验计划，以增强参与并属于亚洲美国和太平洋岛民（AAPI）地球科学中的社区。拟议的活动包括：1）建立一项研究人员访问计划，通过访问地球科学研究人员访问AAPI服务的MSI，以招募AAPI的本科AAPI招募地球科学； 2）针对这些机构的本科生的试点研究实习计划，以与AAPI导师进行研究； 3）组织虚拟和面对面的事件以及职业发展研讨会，以增强AAPI地球科学社区跨职业阶段和部门的归属，身份和领导力。拟议活动的这种结合的结果将有助于制定地球科学计划，并建立了AAPI地球科学家的归属，访问，正义，公平，多样性和包容性（Bajedi）领导者的归属和群体和社区，该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估基金会的智力效果，并通过评估了基金会和广泛的影响。