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）进行地球科学、行星科学和天文学方面的实验、观测、理论和计算研究活动提供了新的资助。每年将有多达8名学生被选中进行从陨石学、火山学到实验或理论天体物理学等主题的研究。参与者将在科学事业的基础知识方面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。虽然它是从全国范围内招募的，但这个本科生研究经验（REU）网站特别利用了纽约市立大学（CUNY）系统和AMNH科学家之间的长期合作。纽约市立大学是一个拥有269,000名学生的城市公立大学网络，其学生主要来自科学领域代表性不足的社区。因此，CUNY/AMNH合作伙伴关系将增强REU网站在城市招收学生的能力，传统上服务不足的人口。每年夏天，来自纽约市立大学和当地城市人口的30多名非常多样化的学生在AMNH密切合作，这个网站仍然是一个高效的“扩展REU”的支柱。除了他们的主要研究活动，REU实习生还将参加博物馆项目；参加实地考察、座谈会和会议，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研究成果。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。

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.