GP-GO: A near-peer mentoring ecosystem revealing new pathways into the Geosciences

GP-GO：一个近同行指导生态系统，揭示进入地球科学的新途径

• 批准号: 2325197
• 负责人: Jose Guzman
• 金额: $ 39.96万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 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: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2325197&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; GO; near; peer; mentoring

Geosciences have the lowest participation by underrepresented groups of any science. This project aims to enhance the diversity and retention of underrepresented groups in academic Geoscience, and the Geoscience workforce more broadly, by creating a “stepping stone” pathway allowing underrepresented undergraduates to “see” themselves as successful geoscientists. The program will also help graduate student mentors gain confidence, new mentorship skills, and identities as successful mentors who can support all of their students more holistically. The researchers will address these goals by piloting and testing the effectiveness of an active learning program where graduate students in the Geosciences receive skill-based training in evidence-based mentoring practices and are then paired with an underrepresented undergraduate student in Environmental, Biological or Physical Sciences, and with a demonstrated desire to explore the Geosciences for a mentored research experience. The program is expected to create a learning ecosystem model that strengthens the cohort by developing and deepening the community (including faculty) and connecting all students to networking opportunities showcasing academic and nonacademic pathways within the Geoscience workforce for both graduate and undergraduate students from underrepresented groups.When historically excluded groups enter the Geosciences, and other predominantly White science fields, the underrepresentation and exclusion of people from their racial/ethnic groups leave them vulnerable to feelings of uncertainty about their fit in these settings, which can ultimately impact their educational pursuits and career aspirations. Through this project graduate students will receive skill-based training in evidence-based mentoring practices and then engage in research mentoring of undergraduate student from historically excluded groups likely to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Geosciences. Surrounding the pairs of graduate and undergraduate students is a Geoscience Learning Ecosystem composed of activities and support structures that individually and collectively address issues that may impede success in Geoscience Programs. The expected outcomes of the project are (1) elevating the competency of the graduate students as skilled mentors as they transition into the next stage of their career; (2) provide discovery-based research training, skill building and networking opportunities to undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds as they explore careers and secure their pathways into the Geosciences. The work tests a piloted model of a "stepping stone" pathway in the Geosciences, and assigns a series of assessments, pre- and post-intervention, addressing both academic and non-academic/psychosocial metrics. The goal is to create a sustainable model of near-peer mentoring that can not only continue post-award at the university, but also be exported to other institutions.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.

地球科学在所有科学中代表性不足的群体的参与度最低。该项目旨在通过创建一条“垫脚石”途径，让代表性不足的本科生“看到”地球科学学术界和更广泛的地球科学劳动力的多样性和保留率。该计划还将帮助研究生导师获得信心、新的指导技能以及作为成功导师的身份，以更全面地支持所有学生。研究人员将通过试点和实现这些目标。测试主动学习计划的有效性，在该计划中，地球科学研究生接受基于证据的指导实践的技能培训，然后与环境、生物或物理科学领域代表性不足的本科生配对，并表现出探索地球科学的愿望该项目预计将创建一个学习生态系统模型，通过发展和深化社区（包括教师）并将所有学生与网络机会联系起来，为毕业生展示地球科学劳动力中的学术和非学术途径，从而加强群体。当历史上被排除在外的群体进入地球科学和其他以白人为主的科学领域时，其种族/族裔群体中的人代表性不足和被排斥，使他们很容易对自己是否适合这些环境感到不确定，这可以最终影响他们的教育追求和职业抱负。通过这个项目，研究生将接受基于证据的指导实践的技能培训，然后对来自历史上可能攻读地球科学学士学位的群体的本科生进行研究指导。研究生和本科生是一个由活动和支持结构组成的地球科学学习生态系统，这些活动和支持结构单独和集体解决可能阻碍地球科学项目成功的问题。该项目的预期成果是（1）提高研究生的能力。为他们过渡到职业生涯的下一阶段提供熟练的导师；（2）为来自不同背景的本科生提供基于发现的研究培训、技能建设和交流机会，帮助他们探索职业并确保他们进入地球科学的道路。的试点模型地球科学的“垫脚石”途径，并分配了一系列干预前和干预后的评估，涉及学术和非学术/心理社会指标，目标是创建一个可持续的近同伴指导模型。获奖后不仅可以在大学继续获奖，还可以输出到其他机构。该奖项反映了 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。