Collaborative Research: EFRI-REM Mentoring Catalyst Initiative

合作研究：EFRI-REM 指导催化剂计划

• 批准号: 1551323
• 负责人: Ashley Brown
• 金额: $ 13.75万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 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: 2015-11-01 至 2021-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1551323&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EFRI; REM; Mentoring

STEM mentoring research shows that positive mentoring experiences have a significant impact on STEM retention and broadening participation of (e.g., underrepresented Minorities (URM), women and persons with disabilities) in STEM fields. Engineering is currently at a crossroad and everything that can be done to retain talented engineering students needs to be done. There are few studies that focus solely on engineering mentoring and none of these studies include a significant training component for the mentors. This project plans to use and measure the impact of mentor training on engineering researchers. The EFRI Research Experience and Mentoring (EFRI-REM) program will be used as a pilot program to measure the success of inclusion of mentor training and the building of an engineering focused mentoring community on outcomes of EFRI-REM students. While the EFRI-REM research participants will be used to pilot this program, the outcomes will have potentially far reaching impact throughout the engineering research community. For example, the proposed ?train the trainer? mentor training model will be broadly disseminated beyond the EFRI-REM community. Faculty trained to facilitate mentor training will be encouraged and supported to offer training to engineering faculty and students beyond the EFRI-REM program, with potential impacts reaching the entire engineering research spectrum. In addition, the developed online mentoring community will provide continued support for engineering mentors to discuss best practices and ongoing mentoring issues. The impact of well-mentored students could have large potential positive impacts on retention of graduate students in engineering and encourage undergraduate engineering students to pursue advanced degrees in engineering.

STEM指导研究表明，积极的指导经历对（例如，代表性不足的少数族裔（URM），妇女和残疾人）在STEM领域的参与有重大影响。 工程技术目前处于十字路口，需要完成的一切都需要完成。 很少有研究仅关注工程指导，而这些研究都不包括指导者的重要培训组成部分。该项目计划使用和衡量导师培训对工程研究人员的影响。 EFRI研究经验和指导（EFRI-REM）计划将用作试点计划，以衡量包括指导培训的成功，并建立以工程为中心的指导社区，以了解EFRI-REM学生的成果。 尽管EFRI-REM研究参与者将用于试行该计划，但结果可能会在整个工程研究社区中产生远距离影响。 例如，拟议的？培训培训师吗？导师培训模型将在EFRI-REM社区以外广泛传播。 受过培训以促进导师培训的教师将受到鼓励和支持，以向EFRI-REM计划以外的工程教师和学生提供培训，并可能影响到整个工程研究范围。 此外，发达的在线指导社区将为工程导师提供持续的支持，以讨论最佳实践和正在进行的指导问题。 受训良好的学生的影响可能会对研究生在工程学领域的保留产生巨大的积极影响，并鼓励本科工程专业的学生攻读工程高级学位。