Collaborative Research: REU Site: MICRO-CCS: Microbial Interactions Create Research Opportunities for Community College Students

合作研究：REU 网站：MICRO-CCS：微生物相互作用为社区学院学生创造研究机会

• 批准号: 2349221
• 负责人: Chelsea Lloyd
• 金额: $ 14.99万
• 依托单位: Parkland College
• 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: 2024-03-15 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349221&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; REU; Site; MICRO

This REU Site award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Parkland College, located in Champaign, IL, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. It is anticipated that 30 students from community colleges will be trained in the program. Students will participate in a research training boot camp at Parkland College, followed by completing a research project at the University of Illinois. The program will provide research opportunities, scientific training, and mentoring for community college students with the goal of increasing transfer rates to four-year institutions and matriculation to graduate schools, as well as increasing student retention in STEM career pathways. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of this program will be done through an online tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.In the program, participants will complete research projects about microbial interactions in food, agriculture, and environmental sciences. Faculty representing nine departments from two colleges will serve as faculty mentors, while graduate students or postdoctoral associates will provide day-to-day mentoring. The program includes a Research Orientation Bootcamp held at Parkland College, which develops fundamental laboratory skills and provides an introduction to university research, and a multi-part professional development series that includes information about transferring from community colleges to four-year institutions. At the end of the program, participants will present their research results as poster presentations at a local research symposium. Application materials include a resume, personal statement, unofficial transcripts, and one reference letter. Applications will be accepted from mid-December through early March through the NSF-ETAP portal (https://etap.nsf.gov/) and will be evaluated by the program directors. Participants will be selected based on program fit, having little to no prior research experience, and completion of relevant coursework.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.

这项授予位于伊利诺伊州香槟的Urbana-Champaign和Parkland College的伊利诺伊大学的REU网站奖，将在2024 - 2026年的夏季在10周内支持10个学生的培训。预计将在该计划中对30名社区大学的学生进行培训。学生将参加帕克兰学院的研究培训新兵训练营，然后在伊利诺伊大学完成一个研究项目。该计划将为社区大学生提供研究机会，科学培训和指导，目的是提高向四年制机构的转移率以及对研究生院的入学，并增加学生在STEM职业道路上的保留。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人会在科学会议上介绍他们的工作结果。该程序的评估将通过在线工具进行。该计划将在计划之后进行跟踪，以确定自己的职业道路。在计划中，参与者将完成有关食品，农业和环境科学中微生物相互作用的研究项目。代表两所大学的九个系的教师将担任教师导师，而研究生或博士后同事将提供日常指导。该计划包括在帕克兰学院（Parkland College）举行的研究导向训练营，该训练营开发了基本的实验室技能，并为大学研究提供了介绍，以及一个多部分专业发展系列，其中包括有关从社区学院转移到四年制机构的信息。在计划结束时，参与者将在本地研究研讨会上作为海报演示提出研究结果。申请材料包括简历，个人陈述，非官方笔录和一封参考书。申请将从12月中旬至3月初通过NSF-ETAP门户（https://etap.nsf.gov/）接受，并将由计划董事评估。将根据计划拟合，几乎没有之前的研究经验以及完成相关课程的完成。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的影响评估标准来评估的。