Establishment of a Research Careers Program in Physical Sciences, Mathematics, & Engineering at the Puerto Rico Resource Center for Science and Engineering

建立物理科学、数学、

• 批准号: 9011964
• 负责人: Brad Weiner
• 金额: $ 25.93万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-01 至 1996-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9011964&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Establishment; Research; Careers; Program; Physical

The University of Puerto Rico will establish a Research Careers Program for Minority Scholars to provide opportunities for undergraduate research training in the fields of physical science, mathematics, and engineering in which Hispanics are notably underrepresented. The program will have a significant impact in increasing the number of minority students who choose to pursue graduate studies and careers in these fields. The UPR-RCMS Program will create an academically enriched environment by providing: intensive research experiences for students with researchers from EPSCoR and MRCE Programs, who will work closely with them as mentors and role models; special seminars and colloquia to expose trainees to invited minority minority scientists with whom they will discuss their research projects; participation in local and national scientific research meetings in which they will be encouraged to make presentations; a language skills tutorial for improving the oral and written presentation of their research; and an orientation program to assist them in identifying and entering graduate programs, obtaining financial support for graduate studies, and selecting careers in science, mathematics, and engineering. Twenty-four talented students will participate each year during a five-year period. As part of their research training, the eight most outstanding students will travel to national research laboratories for further training each year. Students will be required, as a result of their participation in the RCMS Program, to prepare a thesis or co-author a publication in a scientific journal. Participants will be tracked through graduate studies to determine the success of the program in preparing competent minority scientists.

波多黎各大学将为少数族裔学者建立一个研究职业计划，为物理科学、数学和工程领域的本科生提供研究培训机会，而拉美裔在这些领域的代表性明显不足。该计划将对增加选择在这些领域攻读研究生和职业的少数民族学生的数量产生重大影响。UPR-RCMS项目将创造一个学术丰富的环境，为学生提供：来自EPSCoR和MRCE项目的研究人员提供丰富的研究经验，他们将作为导师和榜样与学生密切合作；举办特别研讨会和座谈会，让受训者接触少数民族科学家，与他们讨论他们的研究项目；参加地方和国家的科学研究会议，鼓励他们在会议上发言；语言技能教程，以提高他们的口头和书面研究报告；还有一个培训项目，帮助他们确定和进入研究生项目，获得研究生学习的经济支持，以及选择科学、数学和工程方面的职业。在五年的时间里，每年将有24名有才华的学生参加。作为他们研究训练的一部分，最优秀的8名学生每年将前往国家研究实验室进行进一步的培训。由于参与RCMS计划，学生将被要求准备一篇论文或在科学期刊上共同发表一篇文章。参与者将通过研究生学习进行跟踪，以确定该项目在培养合格的少数民族科学家方面的成功。