Collaborative Research: Building a Team for EXtragalactic AStrophysics (TEXAS) in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

合作研究：在达拉斯-沃斯堡大都会建立河外天体物理学（德克萨斯州）团队

• 批准号: 2219686
• 负责人: Yuan Li
• 金额: $ 18.53万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 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: 2022-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2219686&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Building; Team; EXtragalactic

This award is funded in whole under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The foundations of a new partnership will be established between the University of North Texas, an R1 Minority-Serving Institution / Hispanic-Serving Institution, and the University of Texas at Dallas. During this pilot phase, the team will establish a post-baccalaureate bridge program and organize monthly colloquia and annual symposia to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in astronomy. Faculty will continue to develop outreach activities aimed at encouraging and inspiring underrepresented and socio-economically disadvantaged children and students to pursue degrees in astronomy and STEM.The team will provide research, education, and career development opportunities for two underrepresented post-baccalaureate bridge fellows per year, one at each institution. The team will mainly recruit bridge fellows from the Dallas Fort Worth area, where many colleges are minority-serving. The fellows will carry out exciting research in extragalactic astrophysics. They will be carefully mentored by primary and secondary faculty advisors and a graduate student. To better prepare for graduate school, the bridge fellows will have the opportunity to take one undergraduate or graduate class in astrophysics per semester. They will be assisted with their applications to graduate school. The bridge fellows will meet regularly and informally with all the TEXAS faculty to discuss their individual development plans, drawn up at the start of the 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》（公法117-2）进行的。 北德克萨斯大学（R1 R1）服务机构 /西班牙裔服务机构以及达拉斯分校的北德克萨斯大学将建立新的合作伙伴关系的基础。 在此试点阶段，该团队将建立一个后掌船的桥梁计划，并组织每月的座谈会和年度研讨会，以扩大代表性不足的群体在天文学中的参与。 教师将继续开展旨在鼓励和鼓舞人数不足和社会经济贫困的儿童和学生来攻读天文学和STEM学位的外展活动。该团队将为两个代表性不足的后劳拉特桥桥梁提供研究，教育和职业发展机会，每年一个机构。该团队将主要是从达拉斯堡沃思地区招募桥梁研究员，许多大学都是少数派服务。研究员将在外层面的天体物理学上进行令人兴奋的研究。他们将受到小学和次级教师顾问和研究生的认真指导。为了更好地为研究生院做准备，桥梁研究员将有机会每学期参加一个天体物理学的本科生或研究生班。他们将协助他们申请研究生院。桥梁研究员将定期与所有得克萨斯州的教职员工会面，讨论他们的个人发展计划，并在该计划开始时就起草了。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估来评估的审查标准。