REU Site: Collaborative Research: Earth and Planetary Science and Astrophysics REU at the American Museum of Natural History in Collaboration with the City University of New York

该奖项为本科生在纽约市的美国自然历史博物馆(AMNH)开展地球科学、行星科学和天文学的实验、观测、理论和计算研究活动提供了新的资金。每年最多将有8名学生被选中进行从流星学到火山学，再到实验或理论天体物理学的研究。参与者将在科学事业的基础上接受严格的培训和良好的教育，并将在积极、沉浸式和包容性的研究和教育环境中获得宝贵的研究经验。尽管该网站从全国范围内招募人才，但这个本科生研究经历(REU)网站特别利用了纽约城市大学(CUNY)系统和AMNH的科学家之间的长期合作。CUNY是一个拥有26.9万名学生的城市公立大学网络，其学生主要来自科学界代表性较低的社区。因此，CUNY/AMNH的伙伴关系将增强REU网站在城市传统上缺乏服务的人群中招收学生的能力。这个网站仍然是一个由30名非常不同的学生组成的高生产率“扩展REU”的骨干，他们每年夏天都在AMNH工作，他们来自城市大学和当地的城市人口。除了主要的研究活动外，REU实习生还将参加博物馆项目；参加实地考察、座谈和会议以展示研究成果；并在向公众开放的科学研讨会上展示他们的工作。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。

This award provides renewed funding for undergraduate students to conduct experimental, observational, theoretical, and computational research activities in earth science, planetary science, and astronomy at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. Up to eight students per year will be selected to perform research into topics ranging from meteoritics, to volcanology, to experimental or theoretical astrophysics. The participants will be rigorously trained and well-educated in the fundamentals of the scientific enterprise, and will receive valuable research experience in an active, immersive, and inclusive research and education environment.Although it recruits from a nationwide pool, this Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site particularly leverages longstanding collaborations between scientists in the City University of New York (CUNY) system and at AMNH. CUNY is a 269,000-student urban public university network whose students primarily come from communities underrepresented in science. The CUNY/AMNH partnership will therefore enhance the REU Site's ability to recruit students in urban, traditionally underserved populations. This Site continues to be the backbone of a highly productive “extended REU” of 30+ very diverse students working closely every summer at AMNH, drawn from CUNY and the local urban population. Aside from their primary research activities, REU interns will also participate in Museum programs; attend field trips, colloquia, and conferences to present research; and present their work in a scientific symposium open to the public.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.