Continuation of the Keck Geology Consortium--A Core Undergraduate Research Program

9987892Palmer该计划将建立在W。M.凯克基金会和国家科学基金会继续非常成功的凯克地质联盟本科研究计划。 一个主要目标是保持现有的合作计划创造的协同作用，同时包括更多的学生和教师从其他机构。 来自全国各机构的27名学生和9名教师将参加三个合作研究项目。 该项目将在春季开始，届时学生将调查文献并熟悉他们的研究领域。 每个研究小组将在夏天一起工作大约四周。 在此期间，每个学生将定义一个有助于研究小组更广泛目标的个人项目，并将开始收集数据。 这项研究将在校园赞助商的指导下持续整个学年。 将为六个赞助商提供资金，在夏季访问他们的学生，以提高咨询质量。 学生的工作将最终在他们的家庭机构，在年度财团研究研讨会上的演示文稿，并对研讨会程序的四页贡献的信用评估文件的准备。 还鼓励学生在专业协会会议上展示他们的成果，并与教师合作联合出版物。

9987892PalmerThis program will build upon substantial investments by the W. M. Keck Foundation and NSF to continue the highly successful Keck Geology Consortium undergraduate research program. A primary goal is to maintain the synergy created by the existing collaborative program while including more students and faculty from other institutions. Twenty-seven students and nine faculty drawn from institutions nationwide will participate in three collaborative research projects. The projects will begin in the spring when students will investigate the literature and become familiar with their research area. Each research group will work together for approximately four weeks in the summer. During this time each student will define an individual project that contributes to the research group's broader goals and will begin collecting data. The research will continue through the academic year under the guidance of an on-compus sponsor. Funds will be available for six sponsors to visit their students during the summer to increase the quality of advising. The student work will culminate in the preparation of a paper evaluated for credit at their home institution, a presentation at an annual consortium research symposium, and a four-page contribution to the symposium proceedings. Students are also encouraged to present their results at professional society meetings and to work with faculty on joint publications.