Collaborative Research: REU Site--Northeast Partnership for Atmospheric and Related Sciences (NEPARS)

合作研究：REU站点--东北大气及相关科学合作伙伴（NEPARS）

• 批准号: 1757009
• 负责人: Eric Hoffman
• 金额: $ 17.5万
• 依托单位: Plymouth State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-15 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757009&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; REU; Site; Northeast

The Northeast Partnership for Atmospheric and Related Sciences (NEPARS) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site brings together two primarily undergraduate institutions with atmospheric and related science programs to expand research opportunities for a diverse population of undergraduate students early in their education. REU interns will conduct research in areas of mesoscale and synoptic weather, microclimates, biometeorology, mountain meteorology, modern climate, and paleoclimate to better understand their physical processes, their predictability, and impact on society. The primary objective of the NEPARS REU site is to provide learning opportunities to a promising and diverse group of undergraduates which will help them prepare for careers in STEM fields by conducting quality scientific research, building professional networks, improving leadership skills, and developing effective communication skills. Each year a cohort of 12 undergraduate students will be offered paid summer research positions with the NEPARS REU to work with faculty mentors from Hobart & William Smith Colleges (HWS) and Plymouth State University (PSU). Six students and three mentors will work at each research location during a 9-week summer research program. Additionally, the NEPARS REU will partner with the Mt. Washington Observatory and the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at SUNY Albany to offer interactions beneficial to REU student professional development. The NEPARS REU site has a primary focus on participation of rising sophomores and rising juniors that have just completed their first and second year, respectively, at two-year or four-year colleges and universities across the U.S. offering degrees in STEM fields. The REU site will be structured so that students work in pairs with a mentor. This will allow the students to develop experience working as part of a research team, while they will also learn autonomy of research with their own individual project within the team. Modern technology, such as video-conferencing, will be leveraged so that students can communicate across the two locations. The REU site has 4 objectives for students: 1) interact with, learn from, and conduct research investigations with their peers and dedicated mentors through the use of REU pairings and a REU cohort across two research locations, 2) explore and discover the social, cultural, and geographic diversity of others with comparable academic interests from similar or vastly different colleges and universities, 3) cultivate a greater understanding of atmospheric and related sciences beyond the extent taught in the undergraduate classroom and lab, including the development and enhancement of research skills while working with observational and modeling datasets, and 4) develop effective leadership and communication skills through a series of workshops and opportunities to interact with professionals within the scientific community. Additionally the REU site has developed two objectives for the REU mentors: 1) increase interactions between two primarily undergraduate institutions to strengthen the respective programs and support new, as well as existing, faculty research collaborations, and 2) enhance faculty development as undergraduate mentors through training, faculty-to-faculty mentoring, and by working with a diverse student population from a variety of academic institutions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

东北大气及相关科学合作伙伴关系（NEPARS）本科生研究经验（REU）网站汇集了两个主要的本科院校与大气及相关科学课程，以扩大研究机会，为不同的本科生群体在他们的教育早期。REU实习生将在中尺度和天气学，微气候，生物气象学，山区气象学，现代气候和古气候等领域进行研究，以更好地了解其物理过程，可预测性和对社会的影响。NEPARS REU网站的主要目标是为有前途和多样化的本科生群体提供学习机会，这将帮助他们通过进行高质量的科学研究，建立专业网络，提高领导技能和发展有效的沟通技巧，为STEM领域的职业生涯做好准备。 每年，12名本科生将获得NEPARS REU的带薪暑期研究职位，与来自霍巴特威廉史密斯学院（HWS）和普利茅斯州立大学（PSU）的教师导师一起工作。六名学生和三名导师将在为期9周的夏季研究计划期间在每个研究地点工作。此外，NEPARS REU将与Mt.华盛顿天文台和纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼的大气和环境科学系提供有益于REU学生专业发展的互动。NEPARS REU网站主要关注刚刚完成第一年和第二年的新生和新生的参与，分别在美国各地的两年制或四年制学院和大学提供STEM领域的学位。该REU网站将结构，使学生与导师成对工作。 这将使学生发展作为研究团队的一部分工作的经验，同时他们也将学习研究的自主性与自己的团队内的个人项目。 将利用视频会议等现代技术，使学生能够在两个地点进行交流。 REU网站为学生提供4个目标：1）通过使用REU配对和两个研究地点的REU队列，与他们的同龄人和专门的导师互动，学习和进行研究调查，2）探索和发现来自类似或截然不同的学院和大学的具有可比学术兴趣的其他人的社会，文化和地理多样性，3）培养超出本科课堂和实验室教学范围的大气和相关科学的更好理解，包括在使用观测和建模数据集时发展和提高研究技能，和4）通过一系列研讨会和与科学界专业人士互动的机会，培养有效的领导力和沟通技能。社区 此外，REU网站为REU导师制定了两个目标：1）增加两个主要的本科院校之间的互动，以加强各自的计划和支持新的，以及现有的，教师的研究合作，和2）通过培训，教师对教师的指导，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。