REU Site: Puerto Rico-Chemical Learning Integrated in Materials and Biomolecular applications (PR-CLIMB)

REU 网站：波多黎各化学学习融入材料和生物分子应用 (PR-CLIMB)

• 批准号: 2349168
• 负责人: Arthur Tinoco
• 金额: $ 41.43万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-05-01 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349168&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Puerto; Rico; Chemical

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras campus, located in San Juan, PR, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), students will participate in research areas focused on materials chemistry and biochemistry. Participants will be recruited from high school students en route to college and two-year colleges and universities with bachelor’s programs in chemistry-related majors. Established at the minority serving institution, this REU site will seek to enrich a diverse set of students with an immersive experience that will foster myriad of professional development skills. Furthermore, overreaching broader goals are to establish socially conscious scientists who will work to resolve community-based problems, build a future STEM workforce, and establish a network of STEM professional collaborators. The REU site will focus on students underrepresented in chemistry and/or those who do not have opportunities for research at their home institution. Participants will be engaged in interdisciplinary research that focuses on materials and biochemistry, with projects including drug design/delivery, medical devices, energy storage, green chemistry, water purification, and pollution metabolomics. Advanced undergraduate students and postdoctoral researchers will serve as co-mentors to provide additional training support. Workshops will be used to train participants in practical laboratory techniques that can be directly applied to their research. The program will include seminar series, group meetings, and industry tours and will incorporate core training in experimental design, critical thinking, effective science communication and dissemination of work. Participants will additionally be presented with insights into applying to graduate schools and fellowships, as well as pursuing different STEM career paths.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.

位于波多黎各圣胡安的波多黎各大学里奥彼德拉斯校区的本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目资助了 2024 年至 2026 年夏季对 10 名学生进行为期 10 周的培训。通过化学系和既定的刺激竞争性研究计划（EPSCoR），学生将参与以材料化学和生物化学为重点的研究领域。该 REU 网站设立在少数族裔服务机构，旨在为即将升入大学和两年制学院和大学的化学相关专业的学生提供身临其境的体验，丰富他们的学习经历。此外，超越更广泛的目标是培养具有社会意识的科学家，他们将致力于解决基于社区的问题，建立未来的 STEM 劳动力队伍，并建立一个 STEM 专业合作者网络 REU 网站将重点关注代表性不足的学生。化学专业和/或在本国机构没有研究机会的参与者将从事以材料和生物化学为重点的跨学科研究，项目包括药物设计/交付、医疗器械、能源存储、绿色化学、水。高级本科生和博士后研究人员将作为共同导师，提供额外的培训支持，培训参与者可直接应用于他们的研究。该计划将包括研讨会系列。 、小组会议，以及行业参观，并将纳入实验设计、批判性思维、有效科学交流和工作传播方面的核心培训，参与者还将获得有关申请研究生院和奖学金以及追求不同 STEM 职业道路的见解。该奖项反映了 NSF 的成就。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。