Geological and Geophysical Scholars of Continental Margins

在这个项目中，地质和地球物理科学领域学术上有才华、经济上有困难的研究生正在进行大陆边缘海洋学（CMO）的研究。该项目的学术价值部分在于，鉴于认识到人类活动和自然环境过程对从海岸到近海地区的大陆边产生深远影响，大陆边过程研究的社会和科学重要性日益增加。多国勘探石油和天然气储量使这些地区在环境、社会和经济上更加重要，并增加了对具有适当专业知识的有能力的科学家的需求。三个CMO学者群体主要从德克萨斯州的大学和学院招募，那里有经济需求的学生人数很多，而且历史上代表性不足的群体的学生人数很多，特别是在科学领域。学术和社会支持网络在系一级和大学范围内都可用。此外，通过该机构的职业中心，CMO学者与招聘每个学者专业的硕士和博士生的公司和组织建立联系。通过有针对性的招聘工作，该项目的更广泛影响正在显现出来，这些招聘工作将学术上有才华、经济上有困难的学生带到了国家高度需要的领域，对社会和经济产生了上文提到的影响。

In this project academically-talented, financially needy graduate students in the geological and geophysical sciences are pursuing the study of Continental Margins Oceanography (CMO). The project's intellectual merit rests in part on the increasing social and scientific importance of research on continental margin processes given the recognition that both human activities and natural environmental processes are having a profound effect on the continental margins from the coastline to offshore areas. The multi-national exploration for oil and gas reserves makes these regions even more environmentally, socially, and economically important and is increasing the demand for capable scientists with appropriate expertise. Three CMO scholar cohorts are being recruited primarily from Texas universities and colleges where the population of students with financial need is large and there are high populations of students from historically underrepresented groups, particularly in the sciences. Academic and social support networks are available both at the department level and university-wide. In addition, through the institution's Career Center, CMO scholars connect with companies and organizations recruiting masters and doctoral students in each scholar's specialty. The project's broader impacts are being felt through targeted recruiting efforts that are bringing academically-talented, financially needy students into areas of high national need with impact on society and the economy as alluded to above.