CAMPARE and Cal-Bridge: Promoting Participation of Women and Underrepresented Students in Astronomy

CAMPARE(加利福尼亚-亚利桑那州少数民族天文研究和教育伙伴关系)是一个项目，旨在促进天文学领域传统上代表性较低的群体中的本科生天文学研究和教育。它得到了天文学和天体物理研究与教育伙伴关系(PAARE)计划的支持。这项续签提案包括扩大CAMPARE并将其与加州桥项目整合的计划，该项目帮助加州州立大学校园的本科生过渡到加州大学的一个研究生项目。除了招募和安置代表不足的少数族裔，他们还提供指导、职业发展和行政服务，以帮助和跟踪学生通过这些项目。该计划通过从加州州立大学校园中积极招募本科生，促进他们参与加州大学校园的天文研究，以及全国各地的本科生研究体验项目来做到这一点。提案团队已经与许多少数族裔服务机构建立了密切联系，主要是位于拉美裔人口爆炸性增长地区的本科院校，以及与12家研究机构建立了密切联系，这些机构在让本科生参与研究方面记录良好。其目标是增加来自少数族裔的学生进入并完成天文学及相关领域的博士课程的人数。

CAMPARE (California-Arizona Minority Partnership for Astronomy Research and Education) is a program established to advance undergraduate astronomy research and education among groups that are traditionally underrepresented in astronomy. It has been supported by the Partnerships in Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) program. This renewal proposal includes plans to expand CAMPARE and to integrate it with the Cal-Bridge program, which helps undergraduate students from California State University campuses make the transition to one of the University of California graduate programs. In addition to recruiting and placement of underrepresented minorities, they provide mentoring, professional development, and administrative services to assist and track students making their way through these programs. The program does this by actively recruiting undergraduates from among the California State University campuses, promoting their participation in astronomical research at University of California campuses and at Research Experiences for Undergraduates programs across the country. The proposal team has established close connections with many minority-serving, primarily undergraduate institutions located in a region of explosive growth in Hispanic population, and with twelve research institutions that have strong track records of involving undergraduates in research. The goal is to increase the numbers of students from underrepresented minorities that enter and complete PhD programs in astronomy and related fields.