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

合作研究：培养本土研究社区以在教育和 STEM 领域发挥领导作用 - CIRCLES 联盟

• 批准号: 2038196
• 负责人: Kelly Rusch
• 金额: $ 18.53万
• 依托单位: North Dakota State University Fargo
• 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: 2020-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2038196&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Cultivating; Indigenous; Communities

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.

CIRCLES（培养教育和 STEM 领导力土著研究社区联盟）是美国西半部六个州（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，旨在解决美洲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) 学科和劳动力中代表性不足的问题。 CIRCLES 联盟相关州内的 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，为通过联合联盟提高 AI/AN 学生的成功提供了一条途径。 这个由人员、机构和社区组成的网络以及该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，进一步促进部落社区内部的对话，并就如何共同努力实现学生的成功集思广益。预计这些对话将促使部落社区带头确定学生在 STEM 方面取得成功最需要的项目、活动和计划。CIRCLES，培养教育和 STEM 领导力的土著研究社区联盟，是美国西半部六个州（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，旨在解决美洲印第安人代表性不足的问题 以及 STEM 学科和劳动力中的阿拉斯加原住民 (AI/AN) 学生。 造成这种低代表性的准备、文化和准入原因需要参与国内部建立有机发展和值得信赖的伙伴关系。 CIRCLES 联盟相关州内的 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现有的合作伙伴关系，在这些州内开发和实施综合的正式和非正式 STEM 活动，为提高 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，并可以提供一个扩展到其他州的国家模式。 CIRCLES 联盟希望通过各州的共同努力增加所获得的知识，这些州将通过部落实体和 EPSCoR 管辖区之间的对话、访谈和关系建立来集体参与和影响 AI/AN 社区。作为这些不断发展的关系的一部分，部落社区将在确定已成功的 STEM 项目和计划以及开发被确定为学生 STEM 教育中最需要的计划方面发挥主导作用，以培养适合各自社区经济发展计划的 STEM 劳动力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。