REU Site: Collaborative Research: Earth and Planetary Science and Astrophysics REU at the American Museum of Natural History in Collaboration With the City University of New York

REU 网站：合作研究：地球与行星科学和天体物理学 REU 与纽约市立大学合作在美国自然历史博物馆

• 批准号: 1004591
• 负责人: James Webster
• 金额: $ 51.93万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004591&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Research; Earth

This REU program is centered on collaboration primarily between the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the City University of New York (CUNY). The funding requested will provide opportunities for undergraduates to conduct research in astronomy, astrophysics, and earth science at the AMNH. Additional research opportunities will be available at several of the CUNY campuses. Eight students per cohort will be supported through the grant, each program runs for ten weeks during the months of summer. Students from minority serving institutions and from schools with limited research activities are encouraged to participate. As part of the collaboration, special effort is made to recruit students from the CUNY system. In addition to their primary research activities the students will also participate in AMNH programs, take field trips, attend colloquia, and report of their summer projects at either a professional meeting or a scientific symposium that is open to the public.The very nature of an REU site results in a broader impact, in terms of educational activities. A stated goal of this program is to produce a diverse set of students who are well trained and well educated in the fundamentals of the scientific enterprise. By working to recruit and include participants from underrepresented groups in the CUNY system, the broader impacts of this REU program will likely be particularly effective in reaching into populations that have little exposure to research science and/or little actual research experience.

该REU计划主要集中在美国自然历史博物馆（AMNH）和纽约城市大学（CUNY）之间的合作。所要求的资金将为本科生提供在AMNH进行天文学，天体物理学和地球科学研究的机会。更多的研究机会将在纽约市立大学的几个校区提供。每个队列八名学生将通过赠款支持，每个程序在夏季运行十周。鼓励少数民族服务机构和研究活动有限的学校的学生参加。作为合作的一部分，特别努力从纽约市立大学系统招收学生。除了他们的主要研究活动，学生还将参加AMNH计划，实地考察，参加座谈会，并在专业会议或向公众开放的科学研讨会上报告他们的暑期项目。REU网站的性质在教育活动方面产生了更广泛的影响。该计划的一个既定目标是培养一批在科学企业的基础知识方面受过良好训练和良好教育的多样化学生。通过努力招募和包括来自纽约市立大学系统中代表性不足的群体的参与者，该REU计划的更广泛影响可能会特别有效地接触到很少接触研究科学和/或几乎没有实际研究经验的人群。