Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation: Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence

Mote海洋实验室将与佩里海洋科学研究所、史密森学会、佛罗里达群岛社区学院和佛罗里达-马纳提-萨拉索塔州立大学合作，领导海洋科学实验室卓越中心(MarSci-Lace，路易·斯托克斯区域中心，以扩大STEM的参与)。该项目由国家科学基金会(NSF)路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)计划合作资助，NSF包括。NSF包括专注于催化科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)企业协作努力实现包容性变革。作为一个试验性研究和传播项目，MarSci-Lace有四个主要目标。这些是：(1)建立一个创新项目，研究、识别、演示和阐明扩大海洋科学STEM领域历史上人数不足和服务不足学生的参与的必要性；(2)确定、修改/开发和分发工具，以了解独立海洋研究所(IMRIS)的海洋研究学习经验对人数不足的少数族裔(URM)本科生的影响？这些活动包括：(1)收集和开发新的实用、理论和循证资源；(3)收集和开发新的实用、理论和循证资源，以弥补已查明的差距，扩大综合管理信息系统现有的成功范例，并复制针对国际水文资源管理系统学生、导师、综合管理信息系统和局部和南部非洲管理计划机构的非海洋、科学、技术和经济管理方面行之有效的研究经验；(4)促进向其他综合管理信息系统和大小岛屿管理计划机构转让可推广的基于实践、理论和证据的最佳做法和创新战略。后者将通过在线和面对面资源、为URM学生提供海洋STEM教与学的培训机会、以及URM学生进入研究生课程和完成研究生学位的进展来实现。其他贡献包括出版增加少数群体参与海洋科技教育的有效模式。在该项目的第三年，MarSci-Lace将主办一次会议，旨在分享发现和最佳实践，培养更多的伙伴关系，提供合作机会和其他非正式的思想交流。外部评估旨在为全国范围内记录改进的、基于证据的海洋科学STEM教育奠定基础。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。

Mote Marine Laboratory will lead the Marine Science Laboratory Center of Excellence of Excellence (MarSci-LACE, a Louis Stokes Regional Center for Broadening Participation in STEM, in partnership with the Perry Institute for Marine Science, Smithsonian Institution, Florida Keys Community College, and the State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota. The project is collaboratively funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program and NSF INCLUDES. NSF INCLUDES focuses on catalyzing the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) enterprise to collaboratively work for inclusive change.As a pilot research and dissemination project, MarSci-LACE has four primary objectives. These are to:(1) establish an innovative project to study, identify, demonstrate, and articulate the need for broadening the participation of historically underrepresented and underserved students in marine science STEM fields; (2) identify, modify/develop, and distribute tools for understanding the impact of marine research learning experiences at Independent Marine Research Institutes (IMRIs) on underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate students? learning, STEM identity, and career aspirations, including the impacts of the approaches and perspectives of IMRIs mentors, IMRIs support of URM learning and mentor development; (3) collect existing and develop new practical-, theory-, and evidence-based resources to address identified gaps, expand upon existing successful examples at IMRIs, and replicate proven practices in non-marine, STEM research experiences targeted at URM students, mentors, and IMRIs and LSAMP institutions; and (4) facilitate the transfer of scalable MarSci-LACE practical-, theory-,and evidence-based best practices and innovative strategies to other IMRIs and LSAMP institutions. The latter will be accomplished through online and in-person resources, training opportunities in marine STEM teaching and learning for URM students, and progression of URM students to graduate programs and completion of graduate degrees. Other contributions include publishing on effective models for increasing minority participation in marine STEM. Other contributions include publishing on effective models for increasing minority participation in marine STEM.In year three of the project, MarSci-Lace will host a conference designed to share findings and best practices, cultivate additional partnerships, provide opportunities for collaboration and other informal exchanges of ideas. The external evaluation is designed to establish the foundation for nationwide documentation of improved, evidence-based STEM education in marine sciences.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.