RAPID: Building Research Capabilities of Academically Talented Undergraduate Students from Hispanic-Serving Institutions through Virtual Research Experiences

RAPID：通过虚拟研究体验培养来自西班牙裔服务机构的学术天才本科生的研究能力

• 批准号: 2034030
• 负责人: Ann Gates
• 金额: $ 19.95万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 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=2034030&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Building; Research; Capabilities; Academically

The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program) supports RAPID projects when there is severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to, data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This project aims to develop effective virtual internships and undergraduate research experiences to expand learning and professional development opportunities in computer sciences to minoritized undergraduate students. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a disruption in society across all sectors with widespread loss of internships, jobs, and undergraduate research experiences that negatively impact the talent pipeline in computing fields and the future of U.S. innovation. Such disruptions are likely to occur in the near future, and the U.S. must be well-prepared in offering effective virtual development opportunities and experiences for students. This project will address this exigency by refining a proven model for developing professional, research, team, and communication skills so that it will be effective in a virtual environment.The project will engage students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse experiences in impactful research projects while proving students funding that will, in part, support continuation of their education. Broadening participation of minoritized students in research can increase retention and graduation rates in computing fields. The proposed project will provide faculty professional development in the Affinity Research Group (ARG) model, a Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) signature and proven practice for immersing students in research. Faculty will also learn how to incorporate ARG elements into classroom pedagogical practice to improve teaching and learning. The effort will lead to a national community of faculty who are skilled at undergraduate research mentoring informed by the ARG model and who grow through their involvement with a cohort of researchers and participation in ARG interactive webinars. The evaluation will identify the practices that work best for the virtual Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs). It will also examine whether student perceptions of computer science and their career goals change after participation in a virtual REU. In addition, the evaluation will investigate the benefit to faculty of joining a cohort community in support of research with undergraduate. The development of a model for effective virtual undergraduate research experiences can benefit many students, especially students who do not have the ability to travel to remote REUs because of family obligations. This RAPID award is made by the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program in the Division of Human Resource Development, Directorate of Education and Human Resources. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs.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.

改善本科生STEM教育：拉美裔服务机构计划(HSI计划)支持在数据、设施或专门设备的可用性或可获得性方面存在严重紧急情况时的快速项目，包括对自然灾害或人为灾难以及类似意外事件(如新冠肺炎大流行)的快速反应研究。该项目旨在开发有效的虚拟实习和本科生研究经验，将计算机科学的学习和专业发展机会扩大到小规模的本科生。新冠肺炎疫情在各个行业造成了社会动荡，实习机会、工作岗位和本科生研究经验的广泛流失，对计算机领域的人才管道和美国创新的未来产生了负面影响。这种干扰很可能在不久的将来发生，美国必须做好充分准备，为学生提供有效的虚拟发展机会和体验。该项目将通过完善一种成熟的培养专业、研究、团队和沟通技能的模式来解决这一紧迫性，以便在虚拟环境中发挥作用。该项目将吸引来自不同背景和具有不同经验的学生参与有影响力的研究项目，同时证明学生的资金将在一定程度上支持他们继续教育。扩大小规模学生对研究的参与可以提高计算机领域的留校率和毕业率。拟议的项目将为教师提供亲和力研究小组(ARG)模式的专业发展，西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟(CAHSI)的签名，以及让学生沉浸在研究中的成熟实践。教师还将学习如何将ARG元素融入课堂教学实践中，以改善教与学。这一努力将带来一个全国性的教员社区，他们擅长本科生研究指导，受到ARG模式的启发，他们通过参与一群研究人员和参与ARG互动网络研讨会而成长。评估将确定最适合本科生虚拟研究体验(REUS)的实践。它还将考察学生在参加虚拟REU后对计算机科学的看法和他们的职业目标是否会发生变化。此外，评估还将调查加入支持本科生研究的队列社区对教师的好处。开发一种有效的虚拟本科生研究体验模式可以使许多学生受益，特别是那些因为家庭义务而没有能力前往偏远地区的学生。这个快速奖是由教育和人力资源局人力资源发展司的拉美裔服务机构计划颁发的。HSI计划旨在加强HSI的本科生STEM教育和能力建设。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。

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