Financial Aid for Science and Technology students Enhanced with Research

通过研究加强对科技学生的经济援助

• 批准号: 1153796
• 负责人: Wilson Terrell Jr.
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: Trinity University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-15 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1153796&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Financial; Aid; Science; Technology; students

The Financial Aid for Science and Technology students Enhanced by Research (FASTER) Student Grant Program is awarding an average of $5,000 per year to 26 academically talented students who demonstrate financial need, offsetting a significant portion of the need-based loan portion of each student's financial aid package, and is renewable for up to four years (provided the student meets eligibility requirements as outlined by the program). The average size of the awards is based on extensive student data. The University is using the FASTER Student Grant Program primarily as a recruiting tool for prospective students, by selecting entering students during each of the four years of this grant. First-generation college students are targeted, with the goal of increasing the diversity of students majoring in the participating departments. Scholarship recipients receive targeted student support through this program as well as existing Trinity services. The FASTER Program provides research opportunities for scholarship recipients early in their undergraduate career. Twelve competitive FASTER Program Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships are available for FASTER scholars. Participating STEM departments are Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering Science, Geosciences, Mathematics, and Physics & Astronomy. Intellectual Merit: The university provides a wide range of student support services, from academic support to career counseling/job placement. Trinity has a long record of excellence in research with undergraduates, especially in the STEM fields. Funding for undergraduate research comes from a wide range of internal and external sources. Due to its strong support system and undergraduate research, Trinity ranks in the top 50 overall in Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients.STEM faculty, administration, and staff across the university are providing effective and efficient management of all aspects of FASTER programming. The FASTER Program builds directly from experience with the current FAST Student Grant Program and strong ties with Allies-First Generation, Underrepresented Students (FGUS), the McNair Scholars Program, Noyce/Upward Bound, the Summer Research Program, and other Trinity student support services. The Program is strengthening this current support network to ensure quality advising and mentoring of undergraduate students in the STEM majors to enhance student learning, confidence, performance, retention to graduation, and career or higher education placement. Broader Impacts: Trinity University's emphasis on recruiting first-generation students increases the diversity of the participating departments, as well as the overall student body, because first-generation students are more likely to have greater financial needs and to come from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Non-first generation college students who come from underrepresented groups are also heavily recruited. Because Trinity has a strong record of placing students into quality graduate programs, the Program not only provides first-generation college students and those from underrepresented groups access to a high quality education, it also increases the likelihood that these students will pursue post-graduate education. Institutional support systems are being strengthened through grant activities as various campus constituents are brought together to promote and support the Program. The high quality undergraduate research programs in which FASTER students can participate (many of which are NSF supported) each have their own and varied societal benefits that are some of the desired outcomes of the research activities.

科学和技术学生的经济援助通过研究（更快）学生补助金计划提高了平均每年5,000美元的奖励26学术人才谁表现出经济需要的学生，抵消了每个学生的经济援助计划的需求为基础的贷款部分的很大一部分，并且可以续签长达四年（前提是学生符合该计划概述的资格要求）。奖项的平均规模是基于广泛的学生数据。该大学正在使用更快的学生补助金计划主要作为未来学生的招聘工具，通过选择进入学生在每四年的补助金。第一代大学生是有针对性的，目标是增加学生的多样性，在参与部门的专业。奖学金获得者通过该计划以及现有的Trinity服务获得有针对性的学生支持。FASTER计划为奖学金获得者在本科生涯早期提供研究机会。12个竞争性的FASTER计划夏季本科生研究奖学金可供FASTER学者使用。参与STEM的部门有生物学，化学，计算机科学，工程科学，地球科学，数学和物理天文学。智力优势：大学提供广泛的学生支持服务，从学术支持到职业咨询/就业安置。Trinity在本科生研究方面有着悠久的卓越记录，特别是在STEM领域。本科研究的资金来自广泛的内部和外部来源。由于其强大的支持系统和本科生研究，Trinity在SE博士学位获得者的学士学位来源中排名前50位。STEM教师，管理人员和整个大学的工作人员都在为FASTER编程的各个方面提供有效和高效的管理。FASTER计划直接建立在当前FAST学生助学金计划的经验基础上，并与Allies-First Generation，Underrepresented Students（FGUS），McNair Scholars Program，Noyce/Upward Bound，Summer Research Program以及其他Trinity学生支持服务建立了紧密的联系。该计划正在加强目前的支持网络，以确保STEM专业本科生的优质咨询和指导，以提高学生的学习，信心，表现，毕业保留以及职业或高等教育安置。更广泛的影响：Trinity大学重视招收第一代学生，这增加了参与部门以及整体学生的多样性，因为第一代学生更有可能有更大的经济需求，并来自不同的种族和文化背景。来自代表性不足群体的非第一代大学生也被大量招募。由于Trinity在将学生安排到高质量的研究生课程方面有着良好的记录，该计划不仅为第一代大学生和来自代表性不足群体的学生提供了高质量的教育，还增加了这些学生接受研究生教育的可能性。机构支持系统正在通过赠款活动得到加强，因为各种校园成分聚集在一起，以促进和支持该方案。FASTER学生可以参与的高质量本科研究项目（其中许多是NSF支持的）都有自己的和不同的社会效益，这些都是研究活动的一些预期成果。