MCTP: Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics

该项目将支持全年的本科数学研究中心（CURM），该中心将以独特的模式促进数学和统计学的本科学年研究。CURM将支持教师指导本科生组成由2-5名学生和1名教师导师组成的研究小组，在他们自己的机构进行研究项目。CURM将通过每年向大约11名教师提供小额资助来实现这一目标，这些教师将在学年期间指导大约35名在美国各地的本国机构进行数学和统计学研究的本科生。其中包括研讨会，将所有来自美国各地的参与者聚集在一起，以：(1)培训教师导师的指导技能，帮助他们指导的学生在研究生院取得成功；(2)让学生有机会向同龄人展示他们的研究成果，为研究生院做准备，并磨练他们的技术沟通技巧。CURM项目将针对两个关键的过渡阶段：(a)本科生成功过渡到研究生院；(b)新的数学教师成功过渡到成为他们机构的成功和有贡献的成员。我们将针对女性参与者和来自本科院校的参与者。对于第一个过渡点，本科生将得到指导，以便他们培养在研究生院和研究中帮助他们的技能。对于第二个过渡点，我们将为新教师提供必要的技能，以成功地建立和维持长期的研究项目，也包括指导本科生。

This project will support the year-round Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM) which will promote academic year undergraduate research in mathematics and statistics based upon a unique model. CURM will support faculty members mentoring undergraduate students in research groups that consist of 2-5 students and 1 faculty mentor working together as a team on a research project at their own institution. CURM will accomplish this by administering mini-grants to approximately 11 faculty each year who will mentor approximately 35 undergraduate students conducting research in mathematics and statistics during the academic year at their home institutions across the U.S. Included will be workshops that will bring all of the participants together from around the U.S. to (1.) train the faculty mentors in mentoring skills, in helping their mentored students succeed in graduate school, and in setting up consistently funded undergraduate research groups at their own institution and (2.) allow students the opportunity to present their research to their peers, prepare for graduate school, and hone their technical communication skills.This CURM project will target two critical transition phases: (a) undergraduate students making a successful transition to graduate school; and (b) newer mathematics faculty members making a successful transition to becoming successful and contributing members of their institution. We will target female participants and participants from undergraduate institutions. For the first transition point, undergraduate students will be mentored so that they develop the skills that will help them in graduate school and in their research. For the second transition point, we will provide new faculty members with the necessary skills to successfully set up and maintain long-term research programs that also involve mentoring undergraduates.