The Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center

北部平原本科生研究中心

• 批准号: 0532242
• 负责人: Mary Berry
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of South Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0532242&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Northern; Plains; Undergraduate; Research; Center

This award from the Chemistry Division supports the establishment of an Undergraduate Research Center (URC) as a collaborative effort involving the University of South Dakota, Augustana College, Mount Marty College, Dordt College, Buena Vista University, Sinte Gleska University and Fort Berthold Community College. The PI is Mary Berry with coPIs Krisma DeWitt, Gary Earl, Paul May and Andrew Sykes. This collaboration, called the Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center (NPURC), has as its main objective, a regional transformation of the role of undergraduate research in chemical education into an integral part of the entire four years of the undergraduate curriculum, utilizing a "take research to the students" approach. As lead institution, the University of South Dakota will act as a hub for the collective activities of NPURC, and will facilitate the development of regional undergraduate research capacity and culture by 1) coordinating multi-institutional curricular reform to bring research experiences to large numbers of first-year students, 2) acting as a multi-user facility, providing access to major instrumentation, which may be lacking at the smaller institutions, 3) providing technical expertise and training for setting-up and using modern scientific equipment and methods, 4) sponsoring workshops on grant writing and identifying potential funding sources, 5) sponsoring symposia for faculty and student interactions, 6) providing continuing research and professional development opportunities for advanced undergraduates, as follow-up to participation in NPURC, through corporate, industrial, and government laboratories and international student exchange programs, and 7) building the foundation for early undergraduate research through high school teacher outreach and training programs. Research will be introduced into the second semester general chemistry laboratory at the partner institutions, impacting 250 students the first year, and increasing to 600 students/year. Students will be given the opportunity to enroll in summer research workshops the summer following their general chemistry research introduction. The workshops will prepare the students for more traditional mentoring-type research opportunities. Students will be encouraged to participate in research internships at industry, government laboratories and academic laboratories during their junior and senior years. The leadership and management plans provide for continuous input from all the participants. An external advisory board, with members from industrial, government and academic partners is in place with personnel that will contribute to the growth and quality of this program as it develops. Qualitative and quantitative tools will be employed to provide summative and formative evaluation of project goals. Krisma DeWitt from Mount Marty College will direct the assessment. The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities, Directorate of Mathematics and Physical Sciences co-fund this award.

化学部的这一奖项支持建立一个本科生研究中心（URC），作为一项合作努力，涉及南达科他州大学，奥古斯塔纳学院，马蒂山学院，杜尔特学院，布埃纳维斯塔大学，圣格莱斯卡大学和贝特霍尔德堡社区学院。PI是玛丽贝瑞与COPI克里斯马德维特，加里厄尔，保罗梅和安德鲁赛克斯。 这项合作，称为北方平原本科研究中心（NPURC），其主要目标，本科研究在化学教育中的作用区域转化为整个四年的本科课程的一个组成部分，利用"研究的学生"的方法。作为牵头机构，南达科他州大学将作为NPURC集体活动的中心，并将促进区域本科生研究能力和文化的发展，1）协调多机构课程改革，为大量一年级学生带来研究经验，2）作为一个多用户设施，提供主要仪器，这可能是较小的机构所缺乏的，3）提供技术专长和培训，以建立和使用现代科学设备和方法，4）赞助关于赠款写作和确定潜在资金来源的讲习班，5）赞助教师和学生互动的研讨会，6）为高级本科生提供持续的研究和专业发展机会，作为参与NPURC的后续行动，通过企业，工业和政府实验室以及国际学生交流计划，7）通过高中教师的外展和培训计划，为早期本科生的研究奠定基础。研究将被引入到合作机构的第二学期普通化学实验室，第一年影响250名学生，并增加到600名学生/年。学生将有机会参加夏季研究讲习班，在他们的一般化学研究介绍之后的夏天。这些讲习班将为学生提供更多传统的导师式研究机会。鼓励学生在大三和大四期间参加工业，政府实验室和学术实验室的研究实习。领导和管理计划要求所有参与者不断提供投入。一个外部咨询委员会，由来自工业，政府和学术合作伙伴的成员组成，其人员将有助于该计划的发展和质量。将采用定性和定量工具对项目目标进行总结性和形成性评价。来自马蒂山学院的克里斯马·德维特将指导评估。该实验计划，以刺激竞争性研究（EPSCoR）和多学科活动办公室，数学和物理科学理事会共同资助这个奖项。