Science and Math Research Training Scholarships

佐治亚理工大学的科学和数学研究培训（SMART）项目通过提供强调体验式学习的教育体验，为科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力提供准备充分的个人。该计划的总体目标是培养一批在科学和数学领域工作的高素质学生，成为未来的技术领导者。它利用了一个生活学习社区（LLC），来自生物学、化学与生物化学、生物学、地球与大气科学、数学和物理学院的学生和教师都参与其中。该计划通过一系列活动向学生介绍他们的专业，跨学科和协作学习以及研究。该计划的具体目标是：(i)为学者提供经济援助，以减轻他们的贷款负担或与职业无关的工作；（ii）提高理学院的学生留存率；（三）缩短到度的时间；（iv）增加参与体验式学习（例如，本科研究、合作教育、实习、服务学习和国际学习）；(v)增加来自代表性不足群体的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）毕业生的数量；（vi）提高毕业生在STEM领域接受高级培训或就业的比例。这些目标正在通过向有经济需要的学生提供奖学金，并通过开发组件来建立学生与积极从事研究的教师之间的强大互动来实现。该项目通过提供增强的指导和基于有限责任公司的连贯的学生支持服务套件，解决了增加STEM学科学生留存率的挑战。这增强了该机构增加来自代表性不足群体的STEM毕业生数量的能力，以更好地反映美国人口的构成。广泛的评估计划旨在量化参与该计划及其个别组成部分对学者学业成功的影响。由于院校面临着创建项目以招聘和留住STEM专业学生以及加强跨学科教育和培训的挑战，因此对基于STEM的有限责任公司的价值进行审查非常重要。本科生正在接受必要的培训和建议，为一系列研究项目和实习经历做好准备。这包括技能建设和专业发展研讨会课程以及每月午餐。每年有24名学生，其中8人获得S-STEM奖学金，16人获得其他奖学金，进入该项目，为学业成功奠定坚实的基础。这些互动的一个切实结果是增强了学者们对体验式学习项目的参与，这些项目为他们提供了技能、经验和动力，使他们为在大学取得成功做好了最好的准备，并进入富有成效、可持续和有回报的职业生涯。在整个大学以及与其他校内和校外单位合作的研究机会都是可用的，许多教职员工都有与本科生作为共同作者发表文章的文化。该计划建立在之前S-STEM计划的许多成功组成部分的基础上，并受益于与现有学生支持服务和计划的协同作用。

The Science and MAth Research Training (SMART) program at Georgia Tech University is contributing well-prepared individuals to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce by providing an educational experience that emphasizes experiential learning. The overall goal of the program is to prepare a cohort of highly talented students, working in science and mathematics to be the technology leaders of tomorrow. It utilizes a Living Learning Community (LLC) with participation of students and faculty from the Schools of Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Biology, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics. The program is introducing students to their majors, interdisciplinary and collaborative learning, and research through a series of activities. Specific objectives of the program are to: (i) provide financial assistance to scholars to relieve them of the burden of loans or non-career related jobs; (ii) improve retention of students in the College of Sciences; (iii) decrease the time-to-degree; (iv) increase participation in experiential learning (e.g., undergraduate research, cooperative education, internships, service learning and international study); (v) increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates from underrepresented groups; and (vi) increase the rate at which graduates embark on advanced training or careers in STEM fields. These goals are being achieved by providing scholarship funds to students with financial need, and by developing components to build strong student interactions with research-active faculty members. The project addresses the challenge of increasing retention of students in STEM disciplines by providing enhanced mentoring and a coherent suite of student support services based around a LLC. This is enhancing the ability of the institution to increase the number of STEM graduates from underrepresented groups to better reflect the composition of the U.S. population. An extensive evaluation programs is designed to quantify the effect of participation in the program, and its individual components, on the academic success of the scholars. Examination of the value of a STEM-based LLC is important as institutions face the challenge of creating programs to recruit and retain STEM majors and enhance interdisciplinary education and training.Undergraduates are being provided the training and advising necessary to prepare them for an array of research projects and internship experiences. This includes skill-building and professional development seminar classes and monthly lunches. Each year a cohort of 24 students, 8 with S-STEM scholarships and 16 others, enter this program that provides a strong foundation for academic success. A tangible outcome of these interactions is enhanced involvement of scholars in experiential learning programs that provide them with skills, experiences, and motivations so that they are best prepared to succeed at the university and to enter productive, sustainable and rewarding careers. Research opportunities across the university and in collaboration with other on-campus and off-campus units are available, and many faculty members have a culture of publishing with undergraduates as co-authors. The program builds on many successful components of a previous S-STEM program and benefits from synergies with existing student support services and programs.