Collaborative Research: Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM - CIRCLES Alliance

CIRCLES，培养土著研究社区在教育和STEM领导，联盟是美国西部六个州（爱达荷州，蒙大拿州，新墨西哥州，北达科他州，南达科他州和怀俄明州）之间的合作伙伴关系，以解决美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）学生在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科和劳动力中的代表性不足。 与CIRCLES联盟有关的州内的AI/AN人口占全国AI/AN人口的10.5%。 通过与部落社区和为部落服务的大学的现有合作伙伴关系，在这些州内开发和实施的STEM相关活动，计划和合作的集体为通过联合联盟增加AI/AN学生的成功提供了一条道路。 这一由人、机构和社区组成的网络沿着这一项目的成果，可以作为其他州效仿的国家模式。 该项目将首先通过以社区STEM教育为中心的访谈，在部落社区内进一步开展对话，并就如何将联合收割机的努力与学生的成功结合起来集思广益。然后，预计这些对话将导致部落社区率先确定项目，活动，和计划，是最需要他们的学生在STEM的成功。圈子，培养土著研究社区的领导在教育和STEM，联盟是一个合作伙伴关系之间的六个州在美国西部的一半。（爱达荷州、蒙大拿州、新墨西哥州、北达科他州、南达科他州和怀俄明州），以解决美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）学生在STEM学科和劳动力中代表性不足的问题。 这种低代表性的准备，文化和访问原因需要有机增长和信任的伙伴关系，这是在参与国内部。与CIRCLES联盟有关的州内的AI/AN人口占全国AI/AN人口的10.5%。随后，通过与部落社区和部落学院的现有合作伙伴关系，在这些州内开发和实施综合的正式和非正式STEM活动，为增加AI/AN学生在该网络中的参与度，参与度和成功提供了一条途径，并可以提供扩展到其他州的国家模式。CIRCLES联盟希望通过国家的共同努力来增加知识，这些国家将通过部落实体和EPSCoR管辖区之间的对话，访谈和关系建立来共同参与和影响AI/AN社区。作为这些不断发展的关系的一部分，部落社区将发挥主导作用，确定STEM项目和已取得成功的计划，并制定计划，确定是最需要的STEM教育的学生，以产生STEM-适合各自社区经济发展计划的现成劳动力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得支持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。

The CIRCLES, Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM, Alliance is a partnership between six states in the western half of the U.S. (Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota , South Dakota, and Wyoming) to address the under representation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines and workforce. The AI/AN population within the states associated with the CIRCLES Alliance represents 10.5% percent of the nation’s AI/AN population. With access to this population, the collective of STEM related activities, programs, and collaborations developed and implemented within these states through existing partnerships with tribal communities and with colleges that serve the tribes provides a path for increasing the success of AI/AN students through the combined Alliance. This network of people, institutions, and communities along with the results of this project could serve as a national model for other states to follow. The project will start by furthering conversations within tribal communities through interviews centered on STEM education in their communities and brainstorming ideas on how to combine efforts towards the success of students. It is then expected that these conversations will lead to tribal communities taking the lead in identifying projects, activities, and programs that are of greatest need to their students for STEM success.The CIRCLES, Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM, Alliance is a partnership between six states in the western half of the U.S. (Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota , South Dakota, and Wyoming) to address the under representation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in the STEM disciplines and workforce. The preparation, cultural, and access reasons for this this low representation require organically grown and trusted partnerships, which are in place within the participating states. The AI/AN population within the states associated with the CIRCLES Alliance represents 10.5% percent of the nation’s AI/AN population. Subsequently, the development and implementation of integrated formal and informal STEM activities within these states through already existing partnerships with tribal communities and tribal colleges provides a pathway for increasing the engagement, involvement, and success of AI/AN students within this network and could provide a national model for scaling to other states. The CIRCLES Alliance looks to increase the knowledge gained by the combined effort of states that will collectively engage and impact AI/AN communities through conversation, interviews, and relationship building between tribal entities and EPSCoR jurisdictions. As part of these growing relationships, tribal communities will take the lead roles in identifying STEM projects and programs that have been successful and in developing programs that are determined to be of greatest need in the STEM education of their students to produce a STEM-ready workforce that fits into the economic development plans of their respective communities.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.