Scholarships for Oregon Scientists II

俄勒冈科学家奖学金 II

• 批准号: 1355971
• 负责人: Dean Livelybrooks
• 金额: $ 61.82万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355971&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Oregon; Scientists; II

The University of Oregon (UO), Scholarships for Oregon Scientists II(SOS2) program addresses significant local and national needs. First, it provides clear pathways to careers in the Pacific Northwest's High technology sector through the long established Masters Industrial Internship Program (MIIP), which comprises 4 strands of post-chemistry or physics baccalaureate summer course and lab work, followed by 9-month paid internships working for one of 70+ STEM industry partners. Second, SOS2 provides opportunities for success to high-achieving, talented, high school students who often leave STEM major programs in large numbers (50% in the sciences) within two years of starting undergraduate programs. The five-year program will provide up to 60 scholarships for chemistry and physics majors.On-going partnerships with Eastern Oregon schools, the district-umbrella Inter-Mountain Education Service District, the Lane County Content in Context (C2) program, which connects five school districts, and 10 S-STEM industry and government partners, will continue. Established partnerships with six Oregon community colleges to produce seamless transitions for chemistry and physics majors, allow the university access to Oregon's most diverse higher education community. Lessons learned from prior work indicate that developing effective study habits for building science content knowledge for students during the first year in the program is critical. Consequently, developing new and continuing supports is planned for SOS2 participants to explicitly map connections between research and scientific discourse and academic fundamentals such as core science content and study skills. The proposed program also includes Freshman Interest Groups (FIG) designed to support physical science majors. An innovative aspect of the program is the development of elements of social persuasion by including scholars in various science-focused, University-sponsored outreach events. A substantial optional summer research program for SOS2 scholars is supported using internal university funds.An external evaluator with science education expertise provides feedback quarterly, drawing on a variety of data sources. Evaluation activities will inform program activities and assess the program's impact. Specifically, formative measures, including scholars' feedback from midyear surveys assessing program elements, summaries of freshmen scholars successes/challenges provided by the program coordinator and scholars, and conversations with key personnel from partner institutions. Data are gathered quarterly for all majors; GPAs and enrollment are reported. Student Understanding of Science and Scientific Inquiry (SUSSI) is administered at the start and the end of freshman year, after a summer of research. Results are disseminated internally via the new University of Oregon (UO) Center focused on K-16 STEM career development, STEMCORE. Wide dissemination of best practices, for example, building a science-focused community of practice, takes place at monthly STEMCORE meetings. Members of the PI team publish articles and book chapters about innovative programs and attend annual meetings of national professional societies. The SOS team member from the UO Financial Aid office routinely attends national meetings for college Financial Aid officials, where he is able to detail the structure, impact and progress towards meeting goals for SOS2.

俄勒冈州（UO）的大学，奖学金为俄勒冈州科学家II（SOS 2）计划解决重大的地方和国家的需求。首先，它通过历史悠久的硕士工业实习计划（MIIP）为太平洋西北部高科技行业的职业生涯提供了明确的途径，该计划包括4个化学或物理学士学位后的暑期课程和实验室工作，然后是为70多个STEM行业合作伙伴之一工作的9个月带薪实习。其次，SOS 2为高成就，有才华的高中生提供了成功的机会，他们经常在开始本科课程的两年内大量离开STEM专业课程（50%在科学领域）。这个为期五年的项目将为化学和物理专业的学生提供多达60个奖学金。与东俄勒冈州学校、地区伞式山间教育服务区、莱恩县上下文内容（C2）项目（连接五个学区）以及10个S-STEM行业和政府合作伙伴的持续合作伙伴关系将继续下去。 与六所俄勒冈州社区学院建立了合作伙伴关系，为化学和物理专业提供无缝过渡，使大学能够进入俄勒冈州最多样化的高等教育社区。 从以前的工作中吸取的经验教训表明，在该计划的第一年，为学生建立科学内容知识，培养有效的学习习惯是至关重要的。因此，计划为SOS 2参与者开发新的和持续的支持，以明确绘制研究和科学话语与学术基础（如核心科学内容和学习技能）之间的联系。拟议的计划还包括旨在支持物理科学专业的新生兴趣小组（FIG）。该计划的一个创新方面是通过包括学者在各种科学为重点的，大学赞助的外展活动的社会说服力的元素的发展。利用大学内部资金支持SOS 2学者的实质性可选夏季研究计划。具有科学教育专业知识的外部评估员根据各种数据来源每季度提供反馈。评估活动将为项目活动提供信息，并评估项目的影响。具体而言，形成措施，包括学者的反馈，从年中调查评估程序元素，新生学者的成功/挑战的总结提供的程序协调员和学者，并与合作伙伴机构的关键人员的对话。每季度收集所有专业的数据;报告GPA和入学情况。学生对科学和科学探究的理解（SUSSI）在大一开始和结束时进行管理，经过一个夏天的研究。结果通过新的俄勒冈州大学（UO）中心内部传播，该中心专注于K-16 STEM职业发展，STEMCORE。 在每月的STEMCORE会议上广泛传播最佳做法，例如建立以科学为重点的同业交流圈。PI团队的成员发表关于创新项目的文章和书籍章节，并参加国家专业协会的年度会议。SOS团队成员从UO财政援助办公室定期参加全国会议的大学财政援助官员，在那里他能够详细的结构，影响和实现目标的进展为SOS 2。