Planning grant Increasing geoscience graduate student diversity in Tennessee's flagship state university

规划拨款增加田纳西州旗舰州立大学地球科学研究生的多样性

• 批准号: 2326716
• 负责人: Reginald Archer
• 金额: $ 24万
• 依托单位: Tennessee State University
• 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: 2024-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2326716&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; grant; Increasing; geoscience; graduate

This project aims to increase the diversity and representation of historically excluded groups in the geosciences, which are among the least diverse of all the natural sciences in the United States. The project will develop a long-term collaboration between Tennessee State University (TSU), the major historically black college and university (HBCU) in Tennessee, and University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK), the flagship research university in Tennessee, to strengthen their Earth sciences academic and research activities. The project will benefit both the students and the geoscience community by providing opportunities for academic and professional development, enhancing the diversity and inclusion of the geoscience workforce, and advancing the scientific understanding of Earth and planetary processes.The project will use a combination of methods to achieve its goals, such as: 1) campus visits by faculty to lead class lectures or present at department seminars, 2) UTK and TSU collaborative mentorship of student research projects during the regular school year, 3) UTK faculty mentorship of TSU student research as summer interns at UTK, and 4) access of TSU undergraduates to four introductory geology online courses offered by UTK: 101 (physical geology), 102 (historical geology), 103 (environmental geology), and 104 (planetary geology). The project will also create paid research internships for undergraduate students, and proactively advertise them with campus organizations that promote diversity and inclusion. The project will organize culturally sensitive mentoring training for all Earth and Planetary Sciences faculty personnel who have existing undergraduate research funding opportunities. The project will document the success of these methods via focus-group evaluation by the National Institute for STEM Evaluation and Research at UTK. Success metrics will include student research publications, conference presentations, graduate school admissions, and student feedback.This project is funded by the Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity Program and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research Program.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.

该项目旨在增加地球科学中历史上被排除的群体的多样性和代表性，地球科学是美国所有自然科学中多样性最差的学科之一。该项目将在田纳西州历史悠久的主要黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 田纳西州立大学 (TSU) 与田纳西州旗舰研究型大学田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校 (UTK) 之间建立长期合作关系，以加强双方的合作。地球科学学术和研究活动。该项目将为学生和地球科学界提供学术和专业发展机会，增强地球科学劳动力的多样性和包容性，并促进对地球和行星过程的科学理解，从而使学生和地球科学界受益。该项目将采用多种方法来实现其目标，例如：1) 教师访问校园，主持课堂讲座或出席院系研讨会，2) 在正常学年期间，UTK 和 TSU 对学生研究项目进行合作指导，3) UTK 教师对 TSU 学生研究的指导暑期实习生4) TSU 本科生可以访问 UTK 提供的四门地质学入门在线课程：101（自然地质学）、102（历史地质学）、103（环境地质学）和 104（行星地质学）。该项目还将为本科生提供带薪研究实习机会，并积极向促进多样性和包容性的校园组织进行宣传。该项目将为所有拥有现有本科研究资助机会的地球和行星科学教职人员组织文化敏感的指导培训。该项目将通过 UTK 国家 STEM 评估和研究研究所的焦点小组评估来记录这些方法的成功。成功指标将包括学生研究出版物、会议演示、研究生院录取和学生反馈。该项目由地球科学多样性领导机会计划和历史黑人学院和大学 - 卓越研究计划资助。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定奖项使命，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。