Collaborative Research: Expanding the Greater Greensboro Consortium: Building a Research Consortium by Early Recruitment and Research Immersion

该奖项来自化学部门，支持本科生研究中心（URC）计划拨款。PI是Terence Nile。规划拨款将探索发展大格林斯博罗财团（GGC）成为一个本科研究中心。GGC的学校包括北卡罗来纳大学格林斯博罗分校、北卡罗来纳a&t州立大学、贝内特学院、伊隆大学、高点大学、格林斯博罗学院、吉尔福德学院和吉尔福德技术社区学院。该联盟将通过共享资源和利用现有项目来促进化学研究。他们将探索共享图书馆和仪器资源的方法，并开发促进机构间合作的互动方法。将进行两个探索性项目：高中和社区大学学生的暑期研究计划，以及化学研究学士学位的发展。该计划拨款将支持一个试点项目，该项目将在四所联盟学院启动一个夏季研究项目，这些学院由一个相互关联的合作提案联合资助：吉尔福德学院（牵头）、北卡罗莱纳大学格林斯博罗分校、埃隆大学和北卡罗莱纳农工州立大学。从初高中和初高中招收学生参加夏季研究项目，可以进一步扩大和加强与公立学校系统的关系。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) planning grant. The PI is Terence Nile. The planning grant will explore developing the Greater Greensboro Consortium (GGC) into an Undergraduate Research Center. The schools in GGC are University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina A&T State University, Bennett College, Elon University, High Point University, Greensboro College, Guilford College and Guilford Technical Community College. The consortium will facilitate chemistry research by sharing resources and capitalizing on existing programs. They will explore ways to share library and instrumentation resources, and develop methods for enhancing interactions leading to inter-institutional collaborations. Two exploratory projects will be undertaken: a summer research program for high school and community college students, and the development of a research bachelors degree in chemistry. The planning grant will support a pilot project starting a summer research program at four of the consortium colleges who are coupled and funded by a linked collaborative proposal: Guilford College (lead), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Elon University and North Carolina A&T State University. Recruiting students from Early and Middle College high schools for the summer research program will enable the consortium to further expand and strengthen its relationship with the public school system.