GP-UP: Collaborative Research: Developing a diverse hydrology workforce through an undergraduate hydrological research experience in a coastal California watershed

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。该项目将促进大二学生的招聘和保留，并将学生转移到加州州立大学（CSU）的三个校区的水文和地球科学课程。我们的计划将在第一年和第二年之间的夏季，或在转学开始时与这些学生进行接触和支持，并为他们提供在水文学和地球科学方面取得成功的途径。CSU的学生在种族、经济和学术上都是多样化的。增加科罗拉多州立大学学生在水文和水资源科学的参与是至关重要的培训在这方面的熟练劳动力，因此，以确保加州的水的未来。该项目提供双重体验-为期一年的学习社区模式，学生在小组中完成研究项目，并获得可转移和基于主题的研究技能，并在水文研究设施进行为期10天的沉浸式实地体验。在实地体验期间，学生将为加利福尼亚沿海流域的前沿研究做出贡献，那里丰富的栖息地和夏季底流维持着联邦保护的鲑鱼物种。完成该项目的学生应具备从事地球科学职业的动机和技能，并在大四时拥有强大的简历，以申请家乡机构或更远机构的工作，硕士课程和研究实习。该项目将招募来自圣地亚哥州立大学，萨克拉门托州立大学和洪堡州立大学的学生，所有这些都是少数民族服务机构。招聘计划包括利用每个校区的现有项目，吸引来自不同背景的STEM学科的学生。学生将参加三个阶段的经验：（1）春季研究准备研讨会系列和跨CSU网络研讨会，（2）密集的10天夏季实地经验与跨CSU队列，和（3）秋季班持续的学习经验，并在区域会议上展示结果。学生的研究将围绕三个研究主题组织：（1）水内举行，并通过临界区移动，（2）水质和水生栖息地，（3）扩大和人类的影响。计划的成果包括研究和专业技能的发展，作为地球科学社区成员的身份增加，并增加学生在地球科学中的保留率。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project will boost recruitment and retention of Sophomore and transfer students in hydrology and geoscience programs across three campuses of the California State University (CSU). Our program will engage with and support these students in the summer between their first and second year, or at the outset of their transfer, and provide pathways for them to succeed in hydrology and the geosciences. The CSU student body is ethnically, economically and academically diverse. Increasing participation of CSU students in hydrology and water resources science is critical to training a skilled workforce in this area, and therefore to securing California’s water future. The project offers a dual experience - a year-long learning community model where students work in small groups to complete research projects and gain transferable and subject-based research skills, supplemented by an immersive 10-day field experience at a hydrology research facility. During the field experience, students will contribute to cutting-edge research in coastal Californian watersheds, where rich habitat and summer baseflows sustain federally-protected salmonid fish species. Students who complete the program should have the motivation and skillset to pursue a geoscience career, and have strong resumes to apply to jobs, Masters programs and research internships in their home institutions or beyond as they reach their senior year.The program will recruit cohorts of students from San Diego State University, Sacramento State University, and Humboldt State University, all of which are minority serving institutions. The recruitment plan includes leveraging existing programs at each campus that engage students from diverse backgrounds in STEM disciplines. Students will participate in the experience in three stages: (1) Spring research preparation seminar series and cross-CSU webinars, (2) Intensive 10-day summer field experience with a cross-CSU cohort, and (3) Fall class for a sustained learning experience and presentation of results at a regional conference. Student research will be organized around three research themes: (1) Water held within and moving through the critical zone, (2) Water quality and aquatic habitat, and (3) Scaling up and human effects. Planned outcomes include development of research and professional skills, increased identities as members of the geoscience community, and increased student retention in the geosciences.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.