REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Georgia State University

该奖项由美国国家科学基金会化学部和生物科学理事会生物基础设施部（DBI）颁发，支持由乔治亚州立大学（GSU）的Suri Iyer和Dabney W. Dixon教授领导的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。REU网站题为“佐治亚州立大学本科生的研究经历”将资助10名本科生进行为期10周的暑期研究经历。GSU的教师有与本科生和高中生密切合作的历史。虽然该项目将向所有州的学生开放，但学生将从当地的四年制和两年制社区大学招募。REU位于美国第九大城市亚特兰大，少数民族和经济条件较差的学生高度集中，将为这些学生提供在积极从事研究的教师的直接监督下工作的机会，并将为他们提供更多的科学职业前景。所建议的活动的智力价值预计将在具体项目中推进知识，并将使本科生通过在研究环境中结合理论和实验来理解科学概念。此外，各种主题的讲座，包括科学写作和提高演讲技巧，将为学生的科学事业做好准备。由于Iyer教授在过去的八年里一直担任ACS项目SEED项目的协调员，而Dixon教授在过去的四年里在GSU管理STEM项目方面拥有丰富的经验，因此该项目的负责人完全有资格成功地开展该项目。此外，本提案中提到的所有研究导师都与本科生（100人）一起工作，在过去五年中与本科生共同撰写了许多地方，区域和国家的演讲和出版物。该提案的更广泛影响是，单个项目有望推进科学发现和理解，并将促进独立思考和在团队环境中工作。预计拟议的活动将扩大代表性不足的群体以及经济上处于不利地位的学生的参与。学生的研究成果将在ACS区域和国家会议上以报告的形式传播，并通过在评审期刊上发表文章。总的来说，拟议的研究活动对社会是有益的，因为拟议的研究活动不仅可以增强特定领域的基础知识，而且还有望使参加该REU计划的学生参加研究生课程并加入科学工作队伍。

This award from the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation and the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) in the Directorate of Biological Sciences support a Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) Site led by Professors Suri Iyer and Dabney W. Dixon, both at the Georgia State University (GSU). The REU Site entitled "Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Georgia State University" will fund 10 undergraduate students for a 10 week summer research experiences. Faculty at GSU has a history of working closely with undergraduate and high school students. While the program will be open to students from all states, students will be recruited from local four year and two year community colleges. The REU site in Atlanta, the ninth largest city in the United States with a high concentration of minorities and economically disadvantaged students, would afford these students an opportunity to work under the direct supervision of research active faculty and would provide them with increased career prospects in the sciences. The intellectual merit of the proposed activities are expected to advance knowledge in specific projects, and will allow undergraduates to understand scientific concepts by combining theory and experiment in a research setting. In addition, lectures on diverse topics that include scientific writing and improving presentation skills will prepare the students for scientific careers. The Site leaders are well qualified to successfully conduct the project because Professor Iyer has served as the coordinator of the ACS Project SEED program for the past eight years and professor Dixon has extensive experience in managing the STEM program at GSU for the past four years.Additionally, all research mentors mentioned in this proposal have worked with undergraduates (100) resulting in a number of local, regional and national presentations and publications with undergraduates as coauthors over the past five years. The broader impacts of the proposal are that individual projects are expected to advance scientific discovery and understanding and will promote independent thinking and working in a group environment. The proposed activities are expected to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups as well as economically disadvantaged students. Students' research findings will be disseminated in the form of presentations at ACS regional and national meetings and through publications in refereed journals. Overall, the proposed activities are beneficial to society because the proposed research activities will not only enhance fundamental knowledge in specific areas, but it is also expected that students participating in this REU program will attend graduate programs and join the scientific workforce.