The Keck Geology Consortium: Year-long Collaborative and Comprehensive Research Experiences for Undergraduates

凯克地质学联盟：为本科生提供为期一年的合作和综合研究经验

• 批准号: 1358987
• 负责人: Robert Varga
• 金额: $ 55万
• 依托单位: Pomona College
• 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: 2014-05-15 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358987&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Keck; Geology; Consortium; Year; long

The Keck Geology Consortium, comprising 18 primarily undergraduate institutions, will offer summer research experiences for ~34 undergraduates each of three years, building on 23 years of successful programming involving over 1400 students. Students will be recruited from the 18 schools and from non-Consortium institutions. Summer research projects will be continued in the following academic year as independent study projects. All participating students will publish short contributions in the annual proceedings volume and will be encouraged to present their work at regional and national disciplinary meetings. The Consortium will run 5-6 projects per year for 28 undergraduate seniors and one project for 6 sophomore students from underrepresented groups in the Earth Sciences.The proposed projects involve a mix of field and laboratory research experiences that will make meaningful scientific contributions in the areas of structural geology, paleontology and paleoecology, and paleoclimatology as well as igneous and metamorphic petrology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, volcanology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. The yearlong Keck Consortium program enhances students' scientific and geoscience research skills and provides a robust scientific experience culminating in presentation of results at the annual research symposium and publication in the proceedings volume. The Consortium encourages full participation by women and minority groups.

凯克地质联盟由18个主要本科院校组成，将在23年成功规划1400多名学生的基础上，每年为34名本科生提供暑期研究体验。学生将从18所学校和非联盟机构招生。暑期研究项目将在下一学年作为独立研究项目继续进行。所有参与的学生将在年度论文集上发表简短的投稿，并将被鼓励在地区和国家纪律会议上展示他们的工作。该联盟每年将为28名本科大四学生和6名来自地球科学中代表性较低群体的大二学生开展5-6个项目。拟议的项目涉及实地和实验室研究经验的结合，这些经验将在构造地质学、古生物学和古生态学、古气候学、火成岩和变质岩石学、沉积学和地层学、火山学、地貌学和地质考古学等领域做出有意义的科学贡献。为期一年的Keck联盟计划提高了学生的科学和地球科学研究技能，并提供了强大的科学体验，最终在年度研究研讨会上展示结果，并在论文集中发表。该联合会鼓励妇女和少数群体充分参与。