REU Site: Geosciences Program in Energy and Environmental Resource Sustainability (GeoPEERS)

REU 网站：能源和环境资源可持续性地球科学计划 (GeoPEERS)

• 批准号: 2050463
• 负责人: Maureen Feineman
• 金额: $ 37.7万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050463&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Geosciences; Program; Energy

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The goal of the Geosciences Program in Energy and Environmental Resource Sustainability (GeoPEERS) REU is to train the next generation geoscience workforce for industry and academia. While oil and gas jobs will likely continue to decline slowly over the next several decades, the industry will remain, and we must train geoscientists who can skillfully, ethically, and strategically locate and extract these resources. At the same time, demand for resources such as clean water, fertile soil, and renewable energy is increasing. Diversification of the global energy and resource portfolio is already underway, and new skill sets will be required of geoscientists entering academia and the workforce. The GeoPEERS REU program will train participants holistically to approach the industry of resource extraction and energy production from a sustainability perspective.The field of geosciences is also reckoning with a profound lack of diversity in its workforce. We will advertise broadly and draw upon existing partnerships with minority-serving institutions in order to find highly qualified applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds. Because simply recruiting a diverse cohort is not enough, we will strive to intentionally and explicitly create a supportive, inclusive, and equitable educational environment. By incorporating new skills sets and perspectives into our training program, and by intentionally building a diverse and inclusive participant community, GeoPEERS will prepare a new generation for the geosciences of the future.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.

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。能源和环境资源可持续性地球科学项目（geoeers） REU的目标是为工业界和学术界培养下一代地球科学人才。尽管在未来几十年里，油气行业的就业岗位可能会继续缓慢下降，但该行业将继续存在，我们必须培养能够熟练地、合乎道德地、有战略地定位和开采这些资源的地球科学家。与此同时，对清洁水、肥沃土壤和可再生能源等资源的需求也在增加。全球能源和资源组合的多样化已经在进行中，进入学术界和劳动力市场的地球科学家将需要新的技能。geoeers REU项目将对参与者进行全面培训，从可持续发展的角度来看待资源开采和能源生产行业。地球科学领域也在考虑其劳动力严重缺乏多样性的问题。我们将广泛宣传，并利用与少数族裔服务机构的现有伙伴关系，以便从不同背景中找到高素质的申请人。因为仅仅招收一个多元化的群体是不够的，我们将努力有意识地、明确地创造一个支持性、包容性和公平的教育环境。通过将新的技能和观点纳入我们的培训计划，并有意建立一个多元化和包容性的参与者社区，geoeers将为未来的地球科学培养新一代。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。