REU Site: From the Clouds to the Core: A Place-Based REU for Southwestern US Community/Tribal College Students to Increase Under-Represented Group Recruitment to the Geosciences

REU 网站：从云端到核心：为美国西南部社区/部落大学生提供基于地点的 REU，以增加地球科学领域代表性不足群体的招聘

• 批准号: 2149572
• 负责人: Andrew Cohen
• 金额: $ 40.29万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-11-01 至 2025-10-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149572&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Clouds; Core; Place

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Arizona (UA) will provide summer research experience opportunities to geoscience students from two-year community and tribal colleges around the southwest. The goal of the program is to stimulate interest in the geosciences early in the academic careers of these students and create a clear and inviting pathway to transfer into four-year college geoscience programs for these students. This REU program will also provide post-research project mentoring conducive to retaining the students through completion of their four-year degree. The project is intended to create a lasting network of collaboration between the University of Arizona and partner two-year colleges in the region that will ultimately facilitate stronger transfer pathways for all two-year college students. The results of this program can also serve as a model for historically excluded group-focused research experiences for undergraduates for other STEM disciplines. This REU program will work to address the ongoing challenge of limited enrollment and retention among historically excluded groups from the geosciences through a program specifically targeting student recruitment from ~15 predominantly Hispanic/Latinx, Black, and Native American-serving regional community and tribal colleges from around the southwestern US. An initial 2-week campus immersion for all participants, introducing them to the breath of geosciences academic and career opportunities, campus life and the university educational setting, will be followed by a ~5-week mentored research project, working either at the UA in the lab, in a field-based setting, or in a co-mentored setting from their home base with community college and tribal college co-mentors. During the final week of the program all students will return to the UA for summative activities, including formal research presentations of their work, and allowing for family participation in recognition of their student’s achievements.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.

亚利桑那大学 (UA) 的本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站将为来自西南部两年制社区和部落学院的地球科学学生提供暑期研究体验机会。该计划的目标是激发人们对地球科学的兴趣。该 REU 项目还将提供有助于留住学生完成四年制大学地球科学课程的研究后项目指导。年学位。该项目旨在在亚利桑那大学和该地区的两年制合作院校之间建立一个持久的合作网络，最终为所有两年制大学生提供更强大的转学途径。该项目的结果也可以作为一个典范。为其他 STEM 学科的本科生提供以历史上被排除的群体为中心的研究经验。该 REU 计划将致力于通过一项专门针对约 15 名主要西班牙裔/学生的招生计划，解决地球科学领域历史上被排除的群体入学和保留有限的持续挑战。拉丁裔、黑人和美洲原住民服务来自美国西南部各地的地区社区和部落学院为所有参与者提供为期两周的校园沉浸式体验，向他们介绍地球科学的学术和职业机会、校园生活和大学教育环境，随后将进行约 5-在项目的最后一周，所有学生都可以在 UA 的实验室、实地环境中或在家乡与社区学院和部落学院的共同导师共同指导研究项目。将返回UA奖励总结性活动，包括正式的研究报告，并允许家庭参与以表彰学生的成就。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。