Collaborative Research: The GEO REU Network: Supporting Effective and Inclusive Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Geosciences

合作研究：GEO REU 网络：支持地球科学本科生的有效和包容性研究经验

• 批准号: 2028742
• 负责人: Rebecca Batchelor
• 金额: $ 5.47万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2028742&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; GEO; REU; Network

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are an important part of the NSF career and broadening participation portfolio for the geosciences. This project focuses on supporting the people running NSF GEO REUs so that the programs are effective, evidence-based and inclusive. It is intended to support both new and established Principal Investigators (PIs) and managers of the REU programs funded in the Geosciences directorate (GEO) by fostering the sharing of strategies and resources and facilitating discussions amongst PIs. The GEO REU Network has been built around the GEO REU email listserv and website, events at conferences, and hosting of the biannual workshop for PIs. This award continues and expands support to the network for an additional two years. The project PIs will run workshops for new PIs and a bi-annual PI meeting. They will provide resources on timely topics such as ethics, implicit bias, sexual harassment prevention, and inclusive strategies, keeping the community current in its approaches and thinking. The effort will also include new support structures such as a GEO REU Leadership Council. In addition, a new partnership between the GEO and BIO REU community will invigorate discussions with fresh perspectives from a larger, well-established network of REU PIs.The effort to support GEO REU PIs in providing high quality research internship experiences involves the development of a Community of Practice and a body of knowledge of successful practices of mentoring, pedagogy, and diversity and inclusion. The programmatic elements included and measures taken in running an REU are advanced over time through the sharing of strategies, concerns, and successes. Improving the quality of research internships results in better trained students and more rigorous science projects. The GEO REU Network provides a mechanism for REU PIs or managers to develop higher quality REU sites using provided resources and support, and to be more successful in engaging students from a broader range of backgrounds. The project leaders will synthesize resources and strategies, facilitate discussion around challenges, and organize events for the REU PIs at conferences. The goal of this project is to support the creation of more effective and inclusive GEO REU programs. Support for this project is provided by the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, the Division of Earth Sciences and the Division of Ocean 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.

本科生的研究经验（雷乌斯）是NSF职业生涯的重要组成部分，并扩大了地球科学的参与组合。该项目的重点是支持运行NSF GEO雷乌斯的人员，使这些计划有效，基于证据和包容性。它旨在通过促进战略和资源共享并促进PI之间的讨论，为地球科学理事会（GEO）资助的REU项目的新成立和已成立的首席研究员（PI）和管理人员提供支持。全球环境展望可再生能源股网络是围绕全球环境展望可再生能源股电子邮件列表服务器和网站、会议活动以及主办一年两次的项目执行人讲习班而建立的。该奖项将继续并扩大对该网络的支持，为期两年。项目PI将为新的PI举办讲习班，并举行一年两次的PI会议。他们将提供有关道德，隐性偏见，性骚扰预防和包容性战略等及时主题的资源，使社区保持其方法和思维的最新状态。这一努力还将包括新的支助结构，如地球观测组织REU领导理事会。此外，GEO和BIO REU社区之间的新合作伙伴关系将从更大，完善的REU PI网络中激发新的观点进行讨论。支持GEO REU PI提供高质量研究实习经验的努力涉及实践社区的发展以及指导，教学，多样性和包容性的成功实践的知识体系。通过分享战略、关切和成功经验，在运行可再生能源股时所包括的方案要素和采取的措施随着时间的推移而得到推进。提高研究实习的质量可以培养出更训练有素的学生和更严格的科学项目。GEO REU网络为REU PI或管理人员提供了一种机制，可以使用提供的资源和支持开发更高质量的REU网站，并更成功地吸引来自更广泛背景的学生。项目负责人将综合资源和战略，促进围绕挑战的讨论，并在会议上为REU PI组织活动。该项目的目标是支持创建更有效和更具包容性的GEO REU方案。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审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。