SGER: Research Integrating Molecular and Environmental Science (R.I.M.E.S.)

凭借这一奖项，马萨诸塞湾社区学院分子与环境科学综合研究(RIMES)计划将支持十名来自不同背景的本科生在2008年夏季蒙特塞拉特Souiffre Hills火山的实地考察项目中进行有指导的地球科学研究。SGER奖将启动成功的RIMES计划，从最初的重点--关注环境和生态系统对最近一次火山喷发的反应--扩展到更传统的地球科学研究主题，包括物理火山学和放射地球化学。RIMES计划致力于实现NSF和GEO扩大对地球科学的参与的目标，并为少数族裔学者在这一领域的参与提供了一个示范计划。

With this award, the Massachusetts Bay Community College Research Integrating Molecular and Environmental Science (RIMES) program will support ten undergraduate sudents from diverse backgrounds as they conduct mentored geoscience research during a summer 2008 field program at Souiffre Hills volcano, Montserrat. This SGER award will initiate an expansion of the successful RIMES program from its original focus - looking at the environmental and ecosystem responses to the most recent volcanic eruption - to more traditional geoscience research topics, including physical volcanology and radiogeochemistry. The RIMES program addresses NSF and GEO's goal of broadening participation in the geosciences, and provides a model program for engaging minority scholars in this field.