Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics

本科生数学研究中心(CURM)以一种模式促进本学年的本科生数学和统计学研究，该模式包括(A)培训教员指导学生进行研究，(B)在本学年吸引2-5名学生和一名教员导师在本学年进行研究，(C)为学生在研究生学习中取得成功做好准备，以及(D)就如何保持本科生研究的一致性向教职员工提供建议，包括为其他资金来源寻找资源。每年，CURM将向美国各地不同机构的约54名本科生发放迷你助学金，这些学生在学年期间分16个小组工作，并将为教师导师培训和春季会议活动提供研讨会，让学生展示他们的研究成果。在过去的几年里，CURM主要针对四年制或综合性院校。该中心目前正在通过以下方式扩大其覆盖范围：(A)创建区域跨机构合作，重点是社区学院；(B)通过将CURM纳入区域数学结构和推广活动，促进区域数学社区；以及(C)通过与学生研究的联系，在以教学为重点的机构中孵化研究活动。CURM参与者将在不同的数学领域进行研究。本科生将从事数学研究，准备和发表会议演讲，并撰写和发表与此研究相关的研究论文。教职员工将重振他们的研究计划，并将他们的工作与当地的数学社区联系起来。让学生参与研究为这些教职员工提供了一个机会，使他们的研究兴趣与所在机构的目标保持一致。这对妇女和其他任职人数不足的群体尤其重要，因为她们的工作已知被低估，因此更有可能在研究重点与她们的研究才华不相匹配的机构工作。通过增加机构合作伙伴关系，CURM将把其指导专业知识传播到那些指导可能不是优先事项的博士授予机构，并将其与社区大学建立起来的网络联系起来，在那里，本科数学研究尚未站稳脚跟。通过CURM培育地区优势的新努力，将有助于在该国更偏远的地区建立强大的知识界。

The Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM) promotes academic year undergraduate research in mathematics and statistics based upon a model consisting of (a) training faculty members to mentor students in research, (b) engaging 2-5 students and a faculty mentor in research during the academic year at their own institution, (c) preparing students to succeed in graduate studies, and (d) advising faculty members on how to maintain consistent undergraduate research including finding resources for other funding sources. Each year, CURM will administer mini-grants to about 54 undergraduate students working in 16 groups during the academic year at various institutions across the U.S, and will provide a workshop for faculty mentor training and spring conference events for students to present their research. In past years, CURM has primarily reached four-year or comprehensive institutions. The center is now expanding its reach by (a) creating regional cross-institutional collaborations, with an emphasis on community colleges; (b) promoting regional mathematical community by integrating CURM into regional mathematical structures and outreach activities; and (c) incubating research activity at teaching-focused institutions through connections to student research. The CURM participants will perform research in various areas of mathematics. Undergraduate students will conduct research in mathematics, prepare and present conference talks, and write and publish research papers related to this research. Faculty will revitalize their research programs and connect their work to their local mathematical community. Engaging students in research provides these faculty members with an opportunity to align their research interests with the goals of their institutions. This can be particularly important for women and other underrepresented groups whose work is known to be undervalued and are who are therefore more likely to work at an institution whose research emphasis is not matched with their research talents. By adding institutional partnerships, CURM stands to spread its mentoring expertise to PhD-granting institutions where mentoring may not be a priority, and its connections to a well-established network for community colleges where undergraduate research in mathematics has not yet taken hold. The new effort to cultivate regional strengths through CURM stands to contribute to robust intellectual communities in more isolated parts of the country.