NSF Lab Science Scholarships

该项目向从当地高中招收的代表性不足和社会经济困难群体的学生提供奖学金，以攻读化学、物理和环境科学学位。为了提高奖学金获得者对科学的兴趣，该机构正在向他们介绍在多学科研究密集的第一年研讨会上进行研究。为了培养学生对科学的热情，政府还做出了额外的努力，为他们提供暑期研究实习机会，建立志同道合的学生群体，提供同侪指导，提供社区服务机会，并促进他们参加各种会议。通过额外的关注和辅导，提高来自弱势群体的学生的热情，加强了这个项目的智力价值。更广泛的影响在于它对当地高中的影响，以及进入专业和研究生院的学生数量的增加。该项目正在帮助解决区域和当地科学领域的劳动力短缺问题。

This project is providing scholarships to students from underrepresented and soci-economically challenged groups recruited from local high schools, to pursue degrees in chemistry, physics and environmental science. This institution is introducing scholarship recipients to research in a multi-disciplinary research intensive first-year seminar to increase their interest in science. Additional efforts are being made to create a passion for science by offering them a summer research internship, establishing a cohort of like minded students, peer mentoring, community service opportunities and facilitating participation in meetings and conferences. The intellectual merit of this project is strengthened by increasing the enthusiasm of students from underrepresented groups through additional attention and counseling. The broader impact lies in its impact on local high schools and in increasing the number of students entering professional and graduate schools. The program is helping to address regional and local workforce shortages in the sciences.