Transfer to Interdisciplinary Natural and Mathematical Sciences (TraIN) 2.0

转入跨学科自然与数学科学 (TraIN) 2.0

• 批准号: 2221321
• 负责人: Susannah Sandrin
• 金额: $ 149.97万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 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: 2023-01-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221321&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transfer; Interdisciplinary; Natural; Mathematical; Sciences

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Arizona State University’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. Arizona State University serves a large proportion of Pell eligible, non-traditional and transfer students. Over its 5-year duration, this project will fund scholarships for 45 unique full-time students who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees in interdisciplinary natural and mathematical science majors including biology, forensic science, environmental science, pharmacology/toxicology, biotechnology, statistics, applied mathematics, and applied computing. Transfer students from partner community colleges and preparatory academies will receive scholarships for up to 3 years. This project aims to support students with great potential but fewer opportunities to achieve a college education in high-demand STEM fields within Arizona and across the United States. Students will be retained and supported in their undergraduate degree programs through relationships with faculty mentors, their peer cohort, alumni from the original scholarship project, peer mentors, professionals who will offer “soft skill” workshops, and industry mentors through shadowing in a research laboratory. As an institution with a diverse population of low-income and non-traditional transfer students, this project has the potential to broaden participation within the STEM workforce in the southwestern U.S. and beyond. Furthermore, it will continue to develop a network of scholars who will support future graduating scholars as they enter the STEM workforce.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. This proposal builds on a current project that created a transfer consortium in the Phoenix metropolitan area between three Hispanic-Serving community colleges and the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Science at Arizona State University. This new project expands the reach to additional community college and high school partners in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The project will support 45 unique scholars at Arizona State University for up to three years with scholarships of up to $10,000/year, as they work toward a STEM degree. Additionally, the project will remove barriers to student participation in research and internships that improve STEM workforce readiness. This scholarship project plans to study the effectiveness of implementing research and/or internship shadowing with a low-income, diverse and primarily non-traditional transfer population. Project findings should advance the understanding of how less formal shadowing experiences with peer and faculty mentors increase student confidence about seeking out and engaging with longer-term research/internship experiences. Furthermore, the project intends to examine whether students who engage in longer-term research and internship experiences are more likely than their peer group to enter the STEM workforce or graduate school after graduation. This project hopes to build STEM talent by adding new professionals from, and returning these graduates to, the high-need Phoenix job market. These newly minted professionals will be highly connected with other STEM professionals in interdisciplinary fields through shadowing and internship experiences, allowing them to be influential innovators for the future of STEM, and mentors to STEM students who follow in their footsteps. Project staff will disseminate best practices to other colleges and universities by hosting a workshop, presenting at events such as the AZ Transfer Summit and various national and international meetings, and through publications. This project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.

该项目将支持亚利桑那州立大学新跨学科艺术与科学学院保留和毕业有经济需要的成绩优异、低收入的学生，从而满足国家对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求亚利桑那州立大学为大部分符合佩尔资格的非传统学生和转学生提供服务，该项目将在 5 年期间为 45 名正在攻读跨学科自然学士学位的独特全日制学生提供奖学金。合作社区学院和预科学院的转学生将获得长达 3 年的奖学金。支持具有巨大潜力但机会较少的学生在亚利桑那州和美国各地的高需求 STEM 领域获得大学教育。学生将通过与教师导师、同龄人、校友的关系来保留和支持他们的本科学位课程。原来的奖学金项目，同行导师、提供“软技能”研讨会的专业人士以及通过在研究实验室实习的行业导师作为一个拥有多元化低收入和非传统转学生群体的机构，该项目有潜力扩大内部参与。此外，它将继续发展一个学者网络，为未来即将毕业的学者进入 STEM 劳动力市场提供支持。该项目的总体目标是提高低收入人群的 STEM 学位完成率。 , 高成就该提案建立在当前项目的基础上，该项目在凤凰城大都市区三所西班牙裔服务社区学院和亚利桑那州立大学新跨学科艺术与科学学院之间创建了一个转学联盟，该新项目扩大了覆盖范围。该项目将为亚利桑那州立大学的 45 名独特学者提供高达 10,000 美元/年的奖学金，帮助他们攻读 STEM 学位。此外，该项目将消除学生参与研究和实习的障碍，从而提高 STEM 劳动力的准备程度。该奖学金项目计划研究对低收入、多样化且主要是非传统的转移人群实施研究和/或实习见习的有效性。项目研究结果应促进人们对与同行和导师教师的不太正式的见习经历如何提高学生寻求和参与长期研究/实习经历的信心此外，该项目打算检查学生是否参与长期研究。并且有实习经历的可能性更大该项目希望通过增加新的专业人员并将这些毕业生返回到高需求的凤凰城就业市场来培养 STEM 人才。通过影子和实习经验与跨学科领域的其他 STEM 专业人士合作，使他们成为 STEM 未来有影响力的创新者，并为追随他们脚步的 STEM 学生提供指导。项目工作人员将通过举办研讨会向其他学院和大学传播最佳实践。研讨会、展示该项目由 NSF 科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，旨在增加低收入学术天才学生的数量。该奖项还旨在改善未来 STEM 工作者的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。