Supernova: Seeding Talent in Physics and Astrophysics to Prepare the Next Generation Workforce in the Bay Area

超新星：培育物理学和天体物理学人才，为湾区的下一代劳动力做好准备

• 批准号: 0850384
• 负责人: David Belanger
• 金额: $ 59.99万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing 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=0850384&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supernova; Seeding; Talent; Physics; Astrophysics

Physics (13)To enable students from four Bay Area community colleges to enroll at University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) in physics or astronomy, the UCSC S-STEM project is providing 21 scholarships to financially needy but academically talented undergraduates from Cabrillo, De Anze, Foothill, and Hartnell Community Colleges. A special course has been designed to "smooth" the transition of the community college students into the physics program. Like the other physics and astronomy students at UCSC, the S-STEM students are engaging in research with departmental faculty and participating in off-campus internships at places like NASA Ames, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator. A fall social features speakers from the internship sites, while the spring social is being directed at third year and younger students to prepare them for their senior thesis project. Additional program activities include: 1) quarterly gatherings, 2) tutoring, 3) yearly symposium, 4) alumni support program, and 5) job-placement program.

为了使来自四所湾区社区学院的学生能够在加州大学圣克鲁斯分校（UCSC）注册物理或天文学专业，UCSC S-STEM项目将为来自Cabrillo、De Anze、Foothill和Hartnell社区学院的经济困难但有学术天赋的本科生提供21个奖学金。为了使社区大学学生顺利过渡到物理专业，设计了一门特殊的课程。与UCSC的其他物理和天文学学生一样，S-STEM学生正在与系里的教师一起从事研究，并在NASA Ames、劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室和斯坦福线性加速器等地参加校外实习。秋季社交活动邀请了来自实习网站的演讲者，而春季社交活动则针对三年级及更年轻的学生，为他们的毕业论文项目做准备。其他项目活动包括：1)季度聚会，2)辅导，3)年度研讨会，4)校友支持计划，以及5)就业安置计划。