NSF Graduate Research Traineeships - A Key Component of the Minority PhD Program at the School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary

9453978作为威廉与玛丽学院弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所的一部分，海洋科学学院建议使用国家科学基金会研究生研究实习生作为方案的关键组成部分，以吸引和培养更多沿海海洋科学的少数族裔博士。每年两到三名申请者将获得三年的奖学金，然后是一年的教学奖学金(由短信资助)。在大多数情况下，剩余的年份将通过竞争性提案程序提供资金。一些学生将直接进入博士项目；其他人，特别是那些课程或经验不足的人，可能会首先获得硕士学位。一些学生在被录取后立即开始在SMS学习核心课程。其他学生可能需要威廉和玛丽大学主校区的科学和数学补习课程。NSF研究生研究实习生是SMS全面的少数族裔培训努力的一部分，其中已经包括一个本科生暑期实习计划。SMS的一些内部资金将用于支持SMS/VIMS知名少数族裔科学家的休假，特别是来自历史悠久的黑人大学的教职员工。其他机构资金将用于宣传和推广VMS的少数群体计划。这项活动的目标是培养至少10名少数民族博士毕业生，他们将成为未来几代学生在学术界的榜样。***

9453978 Milliman The School of Marine Science (SMS), as part of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) at the College of William and Mary, proposes using NSF Graduate Research Traineeships as a key component in a program to attract and produce more minority Ph.D.s in coastal marine science at. Each year two to three applicants will be awarded three-year fellowships, followed by a one-year teaching fellowship (funded by SMS). In most cases the remaining years will be funded through the competitive proposal process. Some students would enter directly into the Ph.D. program; others, particularly those with course or experience deficiencies, might first obtain an MA. Some students would begin taking core courses at SMS immediately upon matriculation. Other students may need remedial courses in science and math from the main campus at William and Mary. The NSF Graduate Research Traineeships represent one part of a comprehensive minority training effort at SMS, one that already includes an undergraduate summer internship program. Some of the internal funds of SMS will be spent to support sabbaticals for established minority scientists at SMS/VIMS, particularly faculty from historically black colleges. Other institutional funds will be used to advertise and promote VMS's minority program. The goal of this activity is to produce at least 10 minority Ph.D. graduates who will then serve as role models in academia for future generations of students. ***