REU Site: Critical Zone Collaborative Network Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CZNet-REU)

REU 网站：本科生关键区域协作网络研究经验 (CZNet-REU)

• 批准号: 2244446
• 负责人: Jordan Read
• 金额: $ 43.64万
• 依托单位: Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sci
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244446&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Critical; Zone; Collaborative; REU; Site; Critical; Zone; Collaborative

Critical Zone (CZ) science is becoming more important as we try to understand the Earth’s living skin, from the top of the vegetation canopy to the depths of the groundwater and all the interactions taking place within that shape our environment and all life within it. This REU Site award establishes a new Critical Zone Network Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CZnet-REU) program to support research opportunities for undergraduate students at the many CZ Network research sites across the continental US. Students begin the program at a three-day Kick-off Meeting where they will learn about CZ research, explore connections between CZ science and society, and meet the team for cohort building activities. Each REU student will spend the remainder of the ten-week program at an institution in the CZ Network where they will work closely with a mentor to design and carry out a project focusing on one of many environmental problems important to society. During the summer, the cohort of students will meet virtually 2-3 times each week to stay connected to each other, participate in science communication and other types of training, work on collaborative team projects, and explore the connection between science and society. The summer program ends with a virtual Student Research Symposium and Final Celebration with all mentors, other CZ Net scientists and educators, friends, and family in attendance. CZNet-REU students will have the opportunity to present their research at a national conference, where they will reconnect with their cohort and network with scientists from CZNet and across the discipline. The combination of individual research projects and group collaborations, all carried out as part of a dynamic and supportive network, will prepare students for their careers and foster the creation of innovative solutions to CZ science problems. Critical Zone (CZ) science is an emerging interdisciplinary endeavor to understand the Earth’s living skin, the layer of the planet from the top of the vegetation canopy to the groundwater depths. The outcomes of CZNet research will be crucial for informing future decisions about how humans interact with the environment. CZNet-REU is a ten-week program involving ten students each summer, recruited nationally and from schools associated with eight Clusters in the CZ Network (CZNet). The group starts with a 3-day Kickoff Meeting and ends with a two-day virtual Wrap-up Meeting, with the core nine weeks spent individually or in pairs at host institutions across the Network. Each mentor provides individual mentoring to the students and connects them to their research group, to other students at their institution, and to others in their Thematic Cluster. During the 9-week research period, twice-weekly virtual workshops, seminars, discussions, and check-ins provide professional development and enrichment, sustain group cohesion and address student concerns. Student research milestones include lightning presentations of research plans, a formal research proposal, updates during group meetings, a poster presentation, and a formal research talk at a final Research Symposium. Students will write a final report and work together on a communication product highlighting connections between CZ and society. Targeted student outcomes of the Critical Zone Collaborative Network Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CZNet-REU) program include: 1) developing research knowledge and skills, as well as interest and identity in Critical Zone (CZ) science; 2) learning to do interdisciplinary and collaborative science in a network; and 3) connecting CZ science to society. CZNet-REU will contribute to the field of CZ science through student research, by broadening participation to bring new faces and perspectives into the new discipline and by assessing the efficacy of this innovative distributed REU model.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.

关键区域（CZ）科学变得越来越重要，因为我们试图了解地球的生命皮肤，从蔬菜冠层的顶部到地下水的深度以及在这种环境中发生的所有相互作用以及在其中的所有生活中发生的所有相互作用。这项REU网站奖为本科生（CZNET-REU）计划建立了新的关键区域网络研究经验，以支持整个ClosueDtal US的许多CZ网络研究站点的本科生的研究机会。学生们在为期三天的开球会议上开始了该计划，他们将了解CZ研究，探索CZ Science与社会之间的联系，并与团队见面进行队列建设活动。每个REU学生都将在CZ网络的一个机构中度过剩余的十周计划，他们将与精神设计紧密合作，以设计并进行一个重点是对社会重要的环境问题之一的项目。在夏季，一群学生每周几乎每周开会2-3次，以保持联系，参与科学沟通和其他类型的培训，从事协作团队项目，并探索科学与社会之间的联系。夏季计划以虚拟学生研究研讨会和所有导师，其他CZ网络科学家和教育工作者，朋友和家人的庆祝活动结束。 CZNET-REU学生将有机会在全国会议上介绍他们的研究，在那里他们将与CZNET和整个学科的科学家的同伙和网络重新建立联系。作为动态和支持网络的一部分进行的单个研究项目和小组合作的结合将为学生的职业做好准备，并促进为CZ科学问题创造创新的解决方案。临界区（CZ）科学是一种新兴的跨学科努力，要了解地球的生命皮肤，地球的层，从植被冠层的顶部到地下水深处。 CZNET研究的结果对于告知人类如何与环境相互作用的未来决定至关重要。 CZNET-REU是一个为期十周的计划，每年夏天有十名学生，在全国范围内招募，并从与CZ Network（CZNET）中的八个集群相关的学校招募。该小组从为期3天的开球会议开始，结束于为期两天的虚拟总结会议，核心九个星期单独或成对在整个网络的房东机构中度过。每种心态都为学生提供个人心态，并将他们与他们的研究小组，机构的其他学生以及其主题集群中的其他人联系起来。在为期9周的研究期间，每周两次虚拟研讨会，半手，讨论和校验提供专业发展和丰富，维持小组的凝聚力并解决学生的关注。学生研究的里程碑包括研究计划的闪电演讲，正式的研究建议，小组会议期间的更新，海报演讲以及在最终研究研讨会上的正式研究演讲。学生将撰写最终报告，并共同努力，以突出CZ与社会之间的联系。针对本科生的关键区域协作网络研究经验（CZNET-REU）计划的目标学生成果包括：1）发展研究知识和技能，以及关键区域（CZ）科学的有趣和认同； 2）学会在网络中进行跨学科和协作科学； 3）将CZ科学与社会联系起来。 CZNET-REU将通过学生研究来为CZ科学领域做出贡献，通过扩大参与，将新的面孔和观点带入新学科，并评估这种创新分布的REU模型的功效。该奖项反映了NSF的法规使命，并认为通过基金会的知识优点和广泛的crietia criperia crigtia criperia crigatia crigatia criperia criperia criperia criperia被认为是宝贵的支持。