Career Launch in Engineering Scholarship Program (Career Launch)

工程奖学金计划的职业启动（职业启动）

• 批准号: 1458685
• 负责人: Brian Johnson
• 金额: $ 63.49万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458685&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Career; Launch; Engineering; Scholarship; Program

The goal of the Career Launch in Engineering Scholarship Program (Career Launch) will be to significantly reduce the number of hours the S-STEM Career Launch scholars need to work outside of school as a means to help retain them to graduation and reduce time to degree completion. Career Launch will also create a systematic peer-mentoring program through the three cohorts of Career Launch scholars. This project will address the need for highly qualified STEM professionals in industry, especially in the Pacific and Inland Northwest. Idaho is largely a rural state; however, a variety of high tech companies have large facilities within the state or surrounding areas, and they have an ongoing need for highly trained STEM professionals. This project will develop new recruiting pathways, retention, and support mechanisms for students, and placement efforts for graduates that will enable the University of Idaho to make a significant difference in terms of the quality and quantity of STEM professionals available to these industries.The focus of the project will be on decreasing or eliminating the time that Career Launch students must spend at external jobs during the school year as well as increasing student support through peer and faculty mentoring and enrichment activities. Career Launch has three measurable objectives: (1) reduce the number of hours worked outside of school by a significant amount; (2) build a systematic mentoring program that will create a sense of community for the students; and (3) retain to degree completion a minimum of 22 Career Launch Scholars. The program objectives will be achieved through (1) identification of high-quality students, (2) cohort development, (3) peer-mentoring program implementation, (4) engineering academic achievement, and (5) outcome-oriented evaluation. Specific components include peer-mentoring and cohort-building activities such as social, research, and orientation activities. Scholars will become peer-mentors in their second year and form a college-wide peer-mentoring program.This project aligns with several of the goals of the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) hence it is receiving partial co-funding from that program.

工程奖学金计划（职业生涯启动）的目标是显著减少S-STEM职业生涯启动学者需要在校外工作的时间，以帮助他们毕业并减少完成学位的时间。职业启动还将通过职业启动学者的三个队列创建一个系统的同行指导计划。 该项目将满足行业对高素质STEM专业人员的需求，特别是在太平洋和西北内陆地区。爱达荷州在很大程度上是一个农村州;然而，各种高科技公司在该州或周边地区拥有大型设施，并且他们一直需要训练有素的STEM专业人员。该项目将为学生开发新的招聘途径，保留和支持机制，该项目的重点将是减少或消除职业生涯启动学生在学年期间必须花费在外部工作上的时间，以及通过同伴和教师指导和丰富活动增加学生的支持。 职业生涯启动有三个可衡量的目标：（1）减少大量的校外工作时间;（2）建立一个系统的指导计划，为学生创造一种社区感;（3）保留到学位完成至少22个职业生涯启动学者。 该计划的目标将通过以下方式实现：（1）识别高质量的学生，（2）队列发展，（3）同行指导计划的实施，（4）工程学术成就，（5）以结果为导向的评估。具体的组成部分包括同侪指导和群体建设活动，如社会，研究和指导活动。学者将在第二年成为同行导师，并形成一个全校范围的同行指导计划。该项目符合NSF实验计划的几个目标，以刺激竞争力的研究（EPSCoR），因此它是从该计划获得部分共同资助。