University of Maryland VIGRE Proposal

马里兰大学摘要马里兰大学Vigre项目的核心是研究互动团队，通常由一名或多名教职员工、一名博士后、三至五名研究生和一名或多名本科生组成。每个团队都有一个研究重点，每个团队的每个成员都有合适的组成部分项目。团队计划在网上做广告。学生们的参与程度也是适当的。这种形式为本科生提供了研究入门，为研究生提供了早期进入研究环境的机会，为博士后研究员提供了一个工作社区。建议和指导是团队结构的内在组成部分，口头和书面陈述也是如此。Vigre研究生培训、博士后助理和本科生项目的研究经验自然地融入了这种团队方法。马里兰Vigre项目有别于其他基于团队的方法有三个特点：第一，研究团队方法正在普及到所有学科。第二，正因为如此，Vigre计划的资源对我们的数学、应用数学和统计计划中的所有学科都是可用的。第三，Vigre计划有力地加强了我们在解决多样性问题上取得的成功，特别是在保留代表性不足的群体方面。马里兰州的Vigre项目通过其研究互动团队带来了重大的文化变革，在我们的专业和教育实践中增加了活跃性、可及性和责任感。

University of Maryland AbstractAt the heart of the University of Maryland VIGRE project are Research Interaction Teams (RIT's), usually consisting of one or more faculty, a postdoc, three to five graduate students, and one or more undergraduates. Each team has a research focus with component projects appropriate to each of its members. Team Plans are advertised on the web. Students contract to an appropriate level of involvement. This format provides undergraduates with an introduction to research, graduate students with early entry into the research environment and postdoctoral fellows with a working community. Advising and mentoring form an intrinsic part of this team structure, as does oral and written presentation. The VIGRE Graduate Traineeship, Postdoctoral Associate and Research Experience for Undergraduate programs integrate naturally into this team approach. Three properties distinguish the Maryland VIGRE program from other team based approaches: First, the Research Team approach is becoming pervasive throughout all disciplines. Second, because of this the resources of the VIGRE program are accessible to all disciplines in our Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics programs. Third, our demonstrated success in addressing diversity, especially the retention of underrepresented groups, is strongly reinforced by the VIGRE program. The VIGRE Program at Maryland through its Research Interaction Teams brings a significant cultural change with increased activity, accessibility and accountability in our professional and educational practices.