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

化学部的奖项支持本科研究中心（URC）规划补助金。 PI是Claude N。Lamb. 规划赠款将探索发展大格林斯伯勒财团（GGC）成为一个本科研究中心。 GGC的学校有北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒大学、北卡罗来纳州AT州立大学、班尼特学院、埃隆大学、高点大学、格林斯伯勒学院、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。 他们将探讨如何共享图书馆和仪器资源，并制定方法，以加强互动，导致机构间的合作。 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。 规划补助金将支持一个试点项目，在四所联合学院启动一个夏季研究项目，这些学院由一个相关的合作提案耦合和资助：吉尔福德学院（牵头），格林斯伯勒的北卡罗来纳州大学，埃隆大学和北卡罗来纳州AT州立大学。 从早期和中期大学高中招收学生参加夏季研究计划将使该财团能够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 Claude N. Lamb. 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.