RCMS: Special Project: National Conferences on Undergraduate Research

RCMS：特别项目：全国本科生研究会议

• 批准号: 9553316
• 负责人: David Peak
• 金额: $ 3.8万
• 依托单位: Utah State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-05-01 至 1996-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9553316&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCMS; Special; Project; National; Conferences

9553316 Peak The National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) is a not- for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and nurturing scholarship done by undergraduates in all academic disciplines and at all institutions of higher learning. The catalytic agent for NCUR's various programs in support of undergraduate research is its annual, three-day conference that brings together some 1200 students and 400 faculty representing about 300 colleges and universities from almost every stat in the nation. In addition to being the primary showcase for the intellectual achievements of American's undergraduates, this conference provides a unique opportunity to build communities of scholars. In particular, NCUR has a strong commitment to facilitating the networking of minority undergraduate scholars with each other and, to help meet that goal, NCUR has an avowed policy of providing scholarship support for minority students with financial need to attend the annual conference. Aided by continuing funds from the National Science Foundation, scholarships at the last six conferences have risen sharply from 33 to 115 and total attendance by those designating themselves as being of minority ethnicity now approaches 20 percent. The funding requested in this proposal will permit NCUR to continue to actively seek out wide participation of minority students and faculty (in the sciences and engineering) at the annual National Conference. It will permit NCUR to develop workshops and other activities at the annual conferences of special interest to these participants. And, finally, it will allow NCUR to develop a database to assess the effectiveness of undergraduate research participation in influencing the career choices of minority students.

9553316 Peak 全国本科生研究会议 (NCUR) 是一个非营利组织，致力于鼓励和培养所有学科和所有高等教育机构的本科生获得奖学金。 NCUR 支持本科生研究的各种项目的催化剂是其为期三天的年度会议，该会议汇集了来自全国几乎每个州的约 300 所学院和大学的约 1200 名学生和 400 名教师。 这次会议除了作为美国本科生智力成就的主要展示之外，还提供了建立学者社区的独特机会。 特别是，NCUR 坚定地致力于促进少数族裔本科学者之间的联系，为了帮助实现这一目标，NCUR 制定了一项公开政策，为有经济需要参加年会的少数族裔学生提供奖学金支持。 在国家科学基金会持续资助的帮助下，过去六次会议的奖学金名额从 33 名大幅增加到 115 名，自称少数民族的总出席人数现已接近 20%。 该提案中要求的资金将使 NCUR 能够继续积极寻求少数族裔学生和教师（科学和工程领域）广泛参与年度全国会议。 这将使 NCUR 能够在这些参与者特别感兴趣的年会上开展研讨会和其他活动。 最后，它将使 NCUR 能够开发一个数据库来评估本科生研究参与对影响少数族裔学生职业选择的有效性。