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

该奖项资助10名研究生参加一个新的国际自然危害大师项目，该项目是与美国和平队联合组织的。该项目是地球科学领域的第一个此类项目，吸引了全国学生的浓厚兴趣。该项目包括和平队在一个存在严重自然灾害的拉美国家执行的为期两年的任务。美国国家科学基金会的资金用于资助攻读硕士学位的学年部分。该奖项允许探索该项目的潜力，以支持美国各地强大而多样化的学生群体，并评估和平队与地球科学课程在自然灾害方面的合作潜力。该计划旨在强调自然灾害研究中的重要社会成分，允许丰富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.