GP-UP: Increasing representation and success of African Americans in the geosciences

该项目由GEO GOLDEN和刺激竞争力研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。在未来10年内，地球科学领域的职业生涯预计将以高于美国平均就业增长率的50%的速度增长，某些子领域的增长率将超过平均增长率的两倍。与此同时，近年来这些领域的本科生入学率保持相对平稳，甚至略有下降，导致训练有素的地球科学家短缺。此外，虽然最近为增加科学、技术、工程和数学领域的多样性所作的努力在某些领域取得了成功，但地球科学领域的多样性却落后了，在传统上科学、技术、工程和数学领域代表性不足的群体中，地球科学的包容性最低;在这些群体中，非洲裔美国人仍然是最少的代表之一，占2018年授予的地球科学博士学位的不到1.5%（国家科学与工程统计中心，获得博士学位的调查）。该项目旨在增加招聘，提高学生的长期成功和持久性，并提高非洲裔美国学生的研究生安置，通过增加接触潜在的地球科学职业，多学科研究经验，技能建设研讨会，网络和教师介导的职业规划在杰克逊州立大学（JSU），全国第十大历史上黑人学院/大学。该项目将提供一个专注于海洋科学，环境科学和地球系统科学本科学位课程的途径。它旨在通过以下方式增加URM在地球科学中的入学率，保留率和持久性：1）通过强大的研讨会系列提高对潜在地球科学职业的认识，2）通过教师介导的职业规划和应用援助加强准备3）通过独立研究和技能建设研讨会扩大相关经验的获取。即使专注于目标群体，该计划中的大部分活动也将向所有JSU学生开放，包括：1）每周一次的研讨会系列，其中包括特邀演讲者，重点介绍地球科学的潜在职业和研究领域，2）一系列专注于培养一般研究技能的研讨会（例如，数据分析和可视化，GIS/遥感，撰写研究论文）和专业文件的生成（例如，简历，简历，个人陈述，研究声明，求职信）有关的职业发展，和3）研讨会，重点是确定和申请暑期研究机会或实习，以及研究生课程，在地球科学。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准的支持。

This project is jointly funded by GEO GOLDEN and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).Careers in the geosciences are expected to grow by 50% above the average job growth rate in the US over the next 10 years, with some subfields experiencing more than double the average growth rate. At the same time undergraduate enrollment within these fields has remained relatively flat or even slightly decreased in recent years, leading to a shortage of trained geoscientists. Furthermore, while recent efforts to increase diversity within STEM have been met with success in some fields, diversity within the geosciences has lagged behind, with geosciences having the lowest levels of inclusion among groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields; and, among these groups, African Americans remain among the least represented making up less than 1.5% of geoscience doctorates awarded in 2018 (National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates). This project aims to increase recruitment, improve long-term student success and persistence, and enhance post-graduate placement of African American students, through increased exposure to potential geoscience careers, multidisciplinary research experiences, skill-building workshops, networking, and faculty-mediated career planning at Jackson State University (JSU), the nation’s 10th largest Historically Black College/University. This project will provide a pathway focused on Marine Science, Environmental Science, and Earth Systems Science undergraduate degree programs. It aims to increase enrollment, retention, and persistence of URM in the geosciences by: 1) increasing awareness of potential geoscience careers through a robust seminar series, 2) enhancing preparedness through faculty-mediated career planning and application assistance 3) expanding acquisition of relevant experiences through independent research and skill-building workshops. Even with focus on a targeted cohort, most of the activities in this program will be open to all JSU students including: 1) a weekly seminar series that will include invited speakers highlighting potential careers and areas of research in the geosciences, 2) a series of workshops focused on building general research skills (e.g., data analysis and visualization, GIS/Remote Sensing, writing research papers) and the generation of professional documents (e.g., curriculum vitae, resume, personal statement, research statement, cover letter) relevant to career advancement, and 3) seminars focused on identifying and applying for summer research opportunities or internships, as well as post-graduate programs, 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.