Multicultural Initiative in the Marine Sciences: Undergraduate Participation (MIMSUP)

海洋科学多元文化倡议：本科生参与（MIMSUP）

• 批准号: 0741372
• 负责人: Brian Bingham
• 金额: $ 97.53万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-04-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0741372&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multicultural; Initiative; Marine; Sciences; Undergraduate

Abstract: This award provides renewed funding for a program called the Multicultural Initiative in Marine Science Undergraduate Program (MIMSUP) for academic years 2008-2012. MIMSUP, operated at Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC) since 1990, will provide marine education to eight under-represented minority students annually who are recruited from around the nation. Students will spend two quarters in residence taking a total of 31 quarter-credits that may be transferred back to their home institutions. During the first quarter, students take a laboratory/field course in Oceanography, a Current Trends in Marine Science course that introduces them to modern investigative techniques and the potential professional opportunities that will be available to them, and a research course in which they plan and execute an independent project under the supervision of a faculty member. They all participate in a program that involves training in and application of outreach education in marine science to K-12 school children. During the second quarter, students will take a Scientific Communication course and two additional courses covering various marine science topics. Students receive full tuition, housing, travel costs, and a stipend, as well as support to participate in regional and national meetings. The stipend also supports the students' participation in K-12 outreach activities of about 10 hours per week in local schools. Of the prior 135 participants, 112 have finished their undergraduate degrees, and of those, 55% have pursued either a Master's, Doctoral, or professional degree. Prior participants have included 50% Latino/Hispanic, 26% African American, 11% Pacific Islander, and 13% Native American/Native Alaskan students.

摘要：该奖项为一项名为“海洋科学多元文化倡议”计划（MIMSUP）的计划提供了新的资金，该计划于2008-2012学年。 Mimsup自1990年以来在西华盛顿大学的香农角海洋中心（SPMC）运营，将为每年从全国招募的八名代表性不足的少数民族学生提供海洋教育。学生将在居住地度过两个季度，总共需要31个四分之一信贷，这些学分可能会转移回他们的家庭机构。在第一季度，学生参加了海洋学的实验室/现场课程，这是海洋科学课程的当前趋势，将他们介绍给现代调查技术以及将为他们提供的潜在专业机会，以及他们在教职员工的监督下计划和执行独立项目的研究课程。他们都参加了一项计划，涉及在海洋科学中培训和应用宣传教育对K-12小学生的培训。在第二季度，学生将参加科学沟通课程，并涵盖各种海洋科学主题的其他课程。学生将获得充分的学费，住房，旅行费用和津贴，并获得参加区域和国家会议的支持。津贴还支持学生参加当地学校每周约10个小时的K-12外展活动。在先前的135名参与者中，有112位已经完成了本科学位，其中55％的人攻读了硕士学位，博士学位或专业学位。先前的参与者包括50％的拉丁裔/西班牙裔，26％的非洲裔美国人，11％的太平洋岛民和13％的美国原住民/阿拉斯加原住民学生。