URC: Undergraduate Research in the Chemistry of Natural and Engineered Materials

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Christa Hockensmith，由共同PI G. M. Bond协助。计划拨款将发展一个本科研究项目，将包括副学士学位授予机构在内的本科学校与更大的研究生学位授予机构联系起来。最初的合作伙伴将是四年制大学、两年制学院、高中人员、位于新墨西哥州的国家实验室，以及其他合作伙伴，包括美国土著部落和专业协会。学生参与者将从第一代大学生和两年制大学生中抽取，并将为新墨西哥州和西南部的大量西班牙裔和美洲原住民提供服务。规划工作将是发展伙伴关系，为URC和两种类型的规划讲习班（伙伴讲习班和导师讲习班）奠定基础。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) planning grant. The PI is Christa Hockensmith assisted by co-PI, G. M. Bond. The planning grant will develop an undergraduate research program that links undergraduate schools including associate degree-granting institutions with larger graduate degree granting institutions. Initial partners will be four-year institutions, two-year colleges, high school personnel, national laboratories located in New Mexico, and other partners including Native American tribes and professional societies. The student participants will be drawn from first generation college students and two-year college students, and will serve the large Hispanic and Native American populations in New Mexico and the southwest. The planning exercise will be the development of the partnerships that will provide the foundation of the URC and planning workshops of two types: partner workshops and mentor workshops.