SGER-Support for exploratory initial year of campus work for Masters International students in Geological Natural Hazards

该奖项支持10名研究生参加一个新的国际自然灾害硕士项目，该项目是与美国和平队合作组织的。 该计划是地球科学中的第一个，并吸引了全国各地学生的极大兴趣。 该方案包括在一个有重大自然灾害的拉丁美洲国家执行为期两年的和平队任务。 NSF的资金支持导致硕士学位的学年组成部分。 该奖项允许探索该计划的潜力，以支持来自美国各地的强大而多样化的学生群体，并评估和平队与自然灾害中的地球科学课程合作的潜力。 该计划旨在强调自然灾害研究的实质性社会组成部分，允许大量的多元文化外国实践经验，并促进与自然灾害的长期接触。

This award supports ten graduate students in a new Masters International Natural Hazards program, which is organized in connection with the U.S. Peace Corps. The program is the first of its kind in the geosciences, and has attracted significant interest from students across the country. The program includes a two-year Peace Corps assignment in a Latin American country with significant natural hazards. NSF funding supports the academic year component leading to a masters degree. The award allows the exploration of the potential of the program to support a strong and diverse student population from across the U.S. and to assess the potential of Peace Corps collaboration with Earth science curricula in natural hazards. The program is designed to emphasize a substantial social component in natural hazards research, to allow substantial multicultural foreign practical experience, and to facilitate long-term contact with natural hazards.