Collaborative Research: GP-GO: Native Science Fellows in Service (NSFiS)

Salish Kootenai学院（SKC）与Blackfeet社区学院（BCC NSFC）的Blackfeet本土科学领域中心和蒙大拿州博兹曼的非营利组织Hopa Mountain合作，正在开发一个本土科学研究员项目。该项目通过向科学组织、非营利组织和其他部落学院提供奖学金，支持美洲原住民本科生通往地球科学职业的多样化途径。该项目还将侧重于积极的群组，以增加对高等教育和地球科学职业的参与。该倡议的具体目标是每年为有前途的部落学院和大学学生提供实地工作和专业研究经验，以培养他们在地球科学领域的学术和专业职业生涯中的技能和途径。这些学生还将得到地球科学专业人员和一个支持性队列网络全年的指导，通过建立与两个部落学院和大学相联系的三个研究员队列小组，这一倡议将能够比较和对比每个地点的这些研究员的途径，以确定最有效的战略：（1）增加从事社区地球科学研究的土著学生人数，实地经验和职业生涯;（2）为对地球科学感兴趣的土著部落学院和大学学生制定工作和培训计划;（3）建立一个以社区为基础的科学专业人员网络，他们致力于美洲原住民和拉丁美洲学生的成功，并为个人，学术和职业成功提供持续的支持;以及（4）为这些学生转入本科或研究生院做好准备。这些目标符合GEO教育和多样性战略框架的目标，即发展一个多样化的，有竞争力的，该项目由地球科学理事会GEOPATH计划和刺激竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

Salish Kootenai College (SKC), in collaboration with the Blackfeet Native Science Field Center at Blackfeet Community College (BCC NSFC) and Hopa Mountain, a Bozeman, Montana based nonprofit organization are developing a Native Science Fellows effort. The project supports Native American undergraduate students’ diverse pathways to geosciences careers by providing fellowships with science organizations, nonprofits and other tribal colleges. The project will also focus on active cohort groups to increase engagement in higher education and geosciences careers. Specific objectives of the initiative are to match promising tribal college and university students annually with hands-on field work and professional research experiences to build skills and pathways to academic and professional careers in the geosciences. These students will also be mentored by geosciences professionals and a supportive cohort network throughout the year.By creating three cohort groups of Fellows linked to two tribal colleges and universities, this initiative will be able to compare and contrast the pathways of these Fellows at each site to determine the most effective strategies to (1) increase the number of Indigenous students who are engaged in community-based geosciences research, field experiences and careers; (2) develop work and training programs for Indigenous tribal college and university students interested in the geosciences; (3) build a network of community-based science professionals who are committed to the success of Native American and Latino students and provide ongoing support for personal, academic and professional success; and (4) prepare these students to transfer to undergraduate or graduate school. These goals align with the GEO Education and Diversity Strategic Framework goals of developing a diverse, competitive, and engaged geosciences workforce.This project is jointly funded by The Directorate for Geosciences GEOPAths Program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.