GEO REU PI Workshop 2018: Boulder, CO, September 14-16, 2018

地球科学理事会每年支持600多名学生参加全国约60个机构的本科生研究体验(REU)现场项目。被这些项目录取的竞争非常激烈，大多数项目的选择性都在6%或更低。这些网站为有可能成为未来地球科学工作者的学生提供研究经验，因此，管理这些网站的科学家必须了解当前在招生、职业培训、道德培训和其他职业发展实践方面的最佳做法。该奖项为将于2018年9月在大学大气研究公司举办的研讨会提供支持，该研讨会将支持NSF GEO REU站点经理之间有效的管理战略的交流。在为期两天的研讨会期间，约60名GEO REU项目的代表将举行会议，继续发展REU之间的社区联系，为新的REU站点主任提供培训，并允许在诸如使REU适应社区大学生、支持来自所有背景的学生以及评估REU类型项目在地球科学中的综合影响等问题上取得进展。该小组还将帮助制定地球观测组织REU管理手册。目标是通过改善REU参与者的体验和扩大获得这些机会的学生群体，改善REU网站通过研究经验吸引学生参与科学的方式。在合作方面，督导人员将为这一教育方法的共同理解和研究基础做出贡献。研讨会对实现这些目标至关重要，因为它允许居住在不同地理位置的PI在几天内集中工作。研讨会将汇聚整个地球科学局的REU管理人员，以支持分享在实施包容性和有效方案方面的战略。该讲习班是在2011年、2014年和2016年由国家科学基金会资助的地球观测组织区域和区域空间规划方案的前几次讲习班的基础上举办的，各方案方案之间的面对面互动有助于促进在其间的几年中建立实践社区。2018年的讲习班将侧重于从少数民族服务机构招收学生。PIS还将学习如何从地球科学中代表性不足的人群中招收学生，包括残疾学生、退伍军人、少数群体、第一代和非传统学生以及来自社区大学的学生。该奖项支持NSF的战略目标，即通过促进更有能力和更多样化的研究队伍的发展，提高国家应对当前和未来挑战的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Directorate of Geosciences supports over six hundred students each year to participate in Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site programs at about sixty institutions across the country. Competition to be accepted to these programs is fierce, with most programs having a selectivity of 6% or less. These sites provide research experiences for students who are likely to become the future geoscience workforce, and therefore, it is important that the scientists who manage them are aware of current best practices in student recruitment, career training, ethics training and other professional development practices. This award provides support for a workshop, to be held at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in September 2018, that will support the exchange of effective management strategies between NSF GEO REU site managers. During the two days of the workshop, about sixty representatives of GEO REU programs will meet to continue the development of community connections between REUs, offer training for new REU site directors, and allow for advances on issues such as adapting REUs for community college students, supporting students from all backgrounds, and assessing the combined impact of REU-type programs in the Geosciences. The group will also contribute to the development of a GEO REU Management Handbook.The goal is to improve how REU Sites engage students in science through research experiences, both by improving the experience for REU participants and by broadening the student population that is accessing these opportunities. Collaboratively, the PIs will contribute to the common understanding and research base of this educational approach. The workshop is critical in achieving these goals because it allows PIs who live in geographically disparate locations to work together intensively over a couple of days. The workshop will bring together the REU managers from across the Geosciences Directorate to support the sharing of strategies in running inclusive and effective programs. The workshop builds on prior NSF-funded workshops for GEO REU PIs in 2011, 2014 and 2016, and the face-to-face interactions between PIs has helped to facilitate the development of a community of practice in the intervening years. The 2018 workshop will have a focus on recruitment of students from Minority Serving Institutions. PIs will also learn about ways to recruit students from populations that are underrepresented in the geosciences, including students with disabilities, Veterans, minorities, first-generation and non-traditional students and those from community colleges. This award supports NSF strategic goals of advancing the capability of the Nation to meet current and future challenges by fostering the growth of a more capable and diverse research workforce.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.