Undergraduate Exploration of Chemistry

该奖项来自化学系，用于资助本科生研究中心(URC)的规划拨款。私家侦探是贾尼·C·英格拉姆联合PI是北亚利桑那大学的曼塞尔·A·纳尔逊、亚利桑那大学的珍妮·E·彭伯顿和亚瓦派学院的保罗·E·斯莫伦雅克。该奖项将制定一个全面的战略，在亚利桑那州创建一个本科生研究中心，以增加早期大学生接受化学相关教育的机会。它将涉及一个以研究为中心的机构(亚利桑那大学)、一个以本科生为主的机构(北亚利桑那大学)、社区学院(Yavapai学院和科科尼诺社区学院)和一个教育推广计划(环境教育外联计划/部落环境专业人员研究所)之间的伙伴关系。将主动招收高中生，选择科学的职业。其他目标是改善新生化学课程中基于发现的学习方面，开发涉及个别机构活动以及机构之间互动的研究项目，为大一学生举办关于拥有化学学位但选择了不同职业道路的化学家生活的试点信息会议，并探索将其他社区学院加入该中心。学生的研究机会将集中在环境科学上，为学生提供多学科的研究机会。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) planning grant. The PI is Jani C. Ingram. The co-PIs are Mansel A. Nelson of Northern Arizona University, Jeanne E. Pemberton of the University of Arizona and Paul E. Smolenyak of Yavapai College. This award will develop a comprehensive strategy for creating an undergraduate research center in Arizona to enhance chemistry-related educational opportunities for early college students. It will involve a partnership among a research-centered institution (University of Arizona), a predominantly undergraduate institution (Northern Arizona University), community colleges (Yavapai College and Coconino Community College), and an educational outreach program (Environmental Education Outreach Program/Institute of Tribal Environmental Professional). There will be an initiative to recruit high school students to choose scientific careers. Other objectives are to improve discovery-base learning aspects in the freshman chemistry curriculum, develop research projects that involve activities at the individual institutions as well as interactions between institutions, pilot informational sessions for freshman students about lives of chemists that have degrees in chemistry but have taken varying career paths, and explore adding other community colleges to the center. The research opportunities for the students will be concentrated on environmental science providing the students with a multidisciplinary exposure to research.