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

凯克地质联合会由18个主要的本科院校组成，将在23年的成功项目的基础上，每三年为34名本科生提供暑期研究经验，涉及1400多名学生。学生将从18所学校和非联盟机构中招募。暑期研究项目将在下一学年作为独立研究项目继续进行。所有参加的学生将在年度论文集中发表简短的文章，并鼓励他们在区域和国家学科会议上介绍他们的工作。该联盟每年将为28名本科高年级学生提供5-6个项目，并为6名来自地球科学领域代表性不足群体的大二学生提供一个项目。拟议的项目包括实地和实验室研究经验，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联盟项目提高了学生的科学和地球科学研究技能，并提供了丰富的科学经验，最终在年度研究研讨会上展示成果，并在论文集中发表。联合会鼓励妇女和少数群体充分参与。

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.