REU Site: Summer Opportunities in Agricultural Research & the Environment: Strategic Work in Applied Geoscience (SOARE: SWAG)

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• 批准号: 2051076
• 负责人: Evelyn Cooper
• 金额: $ 45.02万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051076&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Opportunities; Agricultural

The geoscience field faces a unique challenge in STEM: a lack of visibility to minoritized and marginalized students in pre-college programs. The Summer Opportunities in Agricultural Research & the Environment through Strategic Work in Applied Geoscience (SOARE: SWAG) offers opportunities for a group of 10 sophomore and junior students to engage in applied geoscience research in faculty-led laboratories. The 10-week summer program includes professional and career-oriented workshops, weekly lunch-and-learn sessions, and social activities (with graduate students) designed to build community and provide opportunities to explore geoscience topics of interest. Collaborative partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) will allow recruited students to participate in an applied research experience and geoscience learning ecosystem at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). The SOARE: SWAG summer research experience aims to take advantage of the breadth and depth of the geoscience field to provide future scientists with hands-on skills to advance their knowledge through meaningful engagement with their mentors, networking opportunities, and conversations about social justice, equity and inclusion in science.The SOARE: SWAG REU site program will provide maximum impact through applied geoscience research projects conducted at UMD. The UMD REU program has three main objectives designed to provide experiential learning for a cohort of 10 students. The PIs will 1) recruit and retain minoritized, first generation, and women students enrolled in HBCUs and MSIs to participate as REU fellows in a mentored, hands-on research experience with trained faculty mentors, 2) pair the selected fellows with UMD faculty conducting research in applied geoscience-related topics that are of interest to the student, and 3) increase participants’ awareness and understanding of geoscience sub-disciplines, graduate programs, and career opportunities through strategically-designed career shuttles, workshops, and activities. The proposed research experience will enhance the fellows’ technical skills and increase their expertise in geoscience fields. Through a mentoring network, fellows will receive strategically guided support as they matriculate through the summer program and subsequently into geoscience graduate programs and geoscience careers.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.

在STEM领域，地球科学领域面临着一个独特的挑战：在大学预科课程中，少数族裔和边缘化学生缺乏知名度。通过应用地球科学战略工作在农业研究和环境中的暑期机会（SOARE: SWAG）为10名大二和大三的学生提供了在教师领导的实验室进行应用地球科学研究的机会。为期10周的暑期项目包括专业和职业导向的研讨会，每周的午餐和学习会议，以及旨在建立社区并为探索感兴趣的地球科学主题提供机会的社会活动（与研究生一起）。与历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）和少数民族服务机构（msi）的合作伙伴关系将允许被招募的学生参与马里兰大学帕克分校（UMD）的应用研究经验和地球科学学习生态系统。SOARE: SWAG暑期研究体验旨在利用地球科学领域的广度和深度，为未来的科学家提供实践技能，通过与导师的有意义的接触，交流机会，以及关于科学中的社会正义，公平和包容的对话，提高他们的知识。SOARE: SWAG REU站点计划将通过在UMD进行的应用地球科学研究项目提供最大的影响。UMD REU项目有三个主要目标，旨在为10名学生提供体验式学习。pi将1)招募并留住在hbcu和MSIs注册的少数族裔、第一代和女性学生，作为REU研究员，与训练有素的教师导师一起进行指导和实践研究经验；2)将被选中的研究员与UMD教师配对，进行学生感兴趣的应用地球科学相关主题的研究；3)提高参与者对地球科学子学科、研究生课程的认识和理解；通过战略性设计的职业班车、研讨会和活动提供职业机会。拟议的研究经验将提高研究员的技术技能并增加他们在地球科学领域的专业知识。通过一个指导网络，研究员们将在他们进入暑期项目以及随后进入地球科学研究生项目和地球科学职业生涯的过程中获得战略指导支持。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。