Preparing Underrepresented STEM Students for Success through Academic and Summer Research Opportunities

通过学术和暑期研究机会为代表性不足的 STEM 学生取得成功做好准备

• 批准号: 1953667
• 负责人: Curtis Henderson
• 金额: $ 29.81万
• 依托单位: Houston Baptist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1953667&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Underrepresented; STEM; Students; Success

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 2 project aims to prepare diverse students for participation in a high impact summer research program. Underrepresented students are less likely to earn undergraduate STEM degrees than the general population. As a result, the STEM workforce does not reflect the diversity of the nation's population. The project seeks to identify and provide diverse students the skills necessary to complete their STEM academic curriculum and be competitive in the STEM workforce. Through a partnership between Houston Baptist University (HBU) and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, this project aims to increase the number of diverse students participating in high impact undergraduate research experiences (UREs). The project will develop and provide activities that will prepare students to succeed in the URE as well as enter the STEM workforce.This project seeks to identify and also provide students with the skills and experience necessary to be competitive undergraduate research programs as well as the STEM workforce. Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have been shown to increase student engagement in their undergraduate studies, understanding of their field of study, and interest in graduate school. The goals of this project are to 1) prepare students for success in summer research by focusing on the specific skills necessary for work in STEM careers, 2) engage students in sponsored and mentored summer research and experiential professional development opportunities, and 3) retain students in the STEM academic pipeline. Ten students per year, for three years, will be trained for the URE via a preparative program. Students will also participate in novel, meaningful research that will be presented at undergraduate research symposiums. Through formative and summative measures, the project seeks to increase in the retention of students in STEM majors, submissions of applications to STEM graduate programs, or the number of students entering the STEM workforce. Additionally, the preparative program's curriculum will be publicly available through a website. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI program will also generate knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.

在改善本科STEM教育的支持下：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划），这个轨道2项目旨在为参与高影响力的夏季研究计划做好准备。 代表性不足的学生获得本科STEM学位的可能性低于一般人群。因此，STEM劳动力并没有反映出该国人口的多样性。该项目旨在确定并为不同的学生提供完成STEM学术课程所需的技能，并在STEM劳动力中具有竞争力。通过休斯顿浸会大学（HBU）和德克萨斯大学医学博士之间的合作，安德森癌症中心，该项目旨在增加参与高影响本科研究经验（URES）的多样化学生的数量。该项目将开发和提供的活动，将准备学生在URE取得成功，以及进入STEM劳动力。该项目旨在确定，并为学生提供必要的技能和经验，是有竞争力的本科研究项目，以及STEM劳动力。本科研究经历（URES）已被证明可以提高学生在本科学习中的参与度，了解他们的研究领域，以及对研究生院的兴趣。该项目的目标是：1）通过专注于STEM职业工作所需的特定技能，为学生在夏季研究中取得成功做好准备，2）让学生参与赞助和指导的夏季研究和体验式专业发展机会，3）保留学生在STEM学术管道中。每年10名学生，为期三年，将通过一个预备计划接受统一职业教育培训。学生还将参加新颖的，有意义的研究，将在本科研究研讨会上提出。通过形成性和总结性措施，该项目旨在增加STEM专业学生的保留率，STEM研究生课程的申请提交率，或进入STEM劳动力的学生人数。此外，预备课程的课程将通过网站公开提供。HSI计划旨在加强本科STEM教育，并建立HSI的能力。HSI计划支持的项目还将产生有关如何实现这些目标的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。