Scholarships to Promote Retention and Graduation Rates in STEM Disciplines

奖学金旨在提高 STEM 学科的保留率和毕业率

• 批准号: 1154214
• 负责人: Manoj Mishra
• 金额: $ 36.66万
• 依托单位: Alabama State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1154214&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Promote; Retention; Graduation; Rates

The STEM scholarship project is designed to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups with Bachelor's degrees and well-qualified to participate in the nation's workforce or to continue their education in graduate school. To achieve the goal, 10 students per semester are being awarded scholarships each year, scholarships that are directly offsetting the financial need that derails many such aspirants at this institution. The focus of the project is on retention, and as such, is using, in broad terms, the integration of research and education as the core guiding principle.To ensure scholars success, the project is engaging them in cutting edge education opportunities and is encouraging them to participate significantly in undergraduate research, both on campus during the academic year, and off-campus during summers. The scholars are receiving educational and research support through faculty and peer involvement as well as career counseling and advising. Academic support programs such as supplemental instruction and early warning signal monitoring are being used to ensure scholar success. Integration of the scholars with complementary, existing programs such as participation in the Annual Research and Creative Activity Symposium is being used to contribute to the growth of the students. Opportunities for travel to professional conferences are considered as additional motivation for the scholars.The project is focusing on recruiting students from underrepresented groups, including the 92% of ASU's student population that is African American, desiring to major in molecular biology, immunology, nanobiotechnology, chemistry, physics, polymer science, computational science, or mathematics.

STEM奖学金项目旨在增加来自代表性不足的群体的学生人数，这些学生拥有学士学位，并且有资格参加国家的劳动力队伍或继续在研究生院接受教育。 为了实现这一目标，每年每学期有10名学生获得奖学金，这些奖学金直接抵消了该机构许多此类有志者的经济需求。 该项目的重点是留住人才，因此，从广义上讲，将研究与教育相结合作为核心指导原则。为了确保学者的成功，该项目将让他们参与尖端教育机会，并鼓励他们积极参与本科研究，无论是在学年期间的校园内，还是在夏季的校外。 学者们通过教师和同行参与以及职业咨询和建议获得教育和研究支持。 学术支持计划，如补充指导和预警信号监测正在被用来确保学者的成功。 学者与互补的，现有的方案，如在年度研究和创造性活动研讨会的参与整合被用来促进学生的成长。 该项目的重点是从代表性不足的群体中招募学生，包括92%的亚利桑那州立大学学生是非洲裔美国人，希望主修分子生物学，免疫学，纳米生物技术，化学，物理学，聚合物科学，计算科学或数学。