Scholarships for Economically Disadvantaged Students From Indianapolis

印第安纳波利斯经济困难学生奖学金

• 批准号: 0850040
• 负责人: Anne Wilson
• 金额: $ 56.2万
• 依托单位: Butler University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0850040&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Economically; Disadvantaged; Students; Indianapolis

The objectives of this project are to improve the attraction, recruitment, retention, professional preparation, and graduation of economically disadvantaged science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students. The methods are threefold: aggressively recruit students from two local school systems in the metropolitan area of Indianapolis; offer personalized support of those STEM students financially, academically, and socially; and provide exclusive programs for their scientific professional development through on-campus research and off-campus internships. The first cohort of five students is funded for their four years by the scholarship program. Butler University intends to fund the scholarships for the last fifteen students at the annual amount beyond the duration of the granting period. Scholarship recipients have a support network in place to insure their academic success. This support includes a community of specially trained academic advisors/mentors, orientation and special programs for scholarship recipients, targeted assistance from student support services, peer mentors, and a common housing unit for scholarship recipients. The scholarship recipients have opportunities for development as professional scientists through on-campus research as well as a STEM internship with a local industrial or government partner. Intellectual merit: The scholarship recipients gain a liberal arts education reinforced by scientific rigor so that they are prepared for graduate study or direct entry into the work force. Broader impact: The project affects two communities: the community of students in Indianapolis from which participants eligible for these scholarships are drawn and the local scientific industry that stands to benefit from a scientifically trained workforce. Scholarship recipients graduate possessing the technical knowledge of their science major and have experience with the local STEM industry to help advance the objectives.

该项目的目标是改善经济困难的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学生的吸引、招聘、留住、专业准备和毕业情况。这些方法有三个方面：积极从印第安纳波利斯大都市区的两个当地学校系统招收学生；为这些STEM学生提供个性化的经济、学业和社交支持；通过校内研究和校外实习为他们的科学专业发展提供专属计划。第一批五名学生的四年学习费用由奖学金项目提供。巴特勒大学打算为最后15名学生提供超过授权期的年度奖学金。奖学金获得者有一个支持网络，以确保他们的学业成功。这种支持包括一个由专门培训的学术顾问/导师组成的社区，为奖学金获得者提供的迎新和特殊计划，来自学生支持服务机构的有针对性的援助，同行导师，以及为奖学金获得者提供的共同住房单元。奖学金获得者有机会通过校园研究和在当地工业或政府合作伙伴的STEM实习来发展成为专业科学家。智力优势：奖学金获得者接受经过科学严谨强化的文科教育，以便为研究生学习或直接进入劳动力大军做好准备。更广泛的影响：该项目影响到两个社区：印第安纳波利斯的学生社区，有资格获得这些奖学金的参与者来自这个社区，以及当地的科学行业，他们将受益于受过科学培训的劳动力。奖学金获得者毕业时拥有其科学专业的技术知识，并具有当地STEM行业的经验，以帮助推进目标。