NRT-WoU: Establishing Multimessenger Astronomy Inclusive Training (EMIT)

这项授予范德比尔特大学的国家科学基金会研究培训(NRT)奖将为新兴的多信使天文学(MMA)领域的第一代学生培养人才。随着引力波的发现，宇宙有了一个新的窗口，随之而来的是一个千载难逢的机会来发射一个新的领域。该计划的目标是试行建立多功能天文学包容性培训(EMIT)倡议。EMIT将是一个跨学科的研究生项目，旨在促进多样性和包容性，培养具有推动MMA发现所需技能的学者，同时扩大STEM劳动力。该项目将通过新的正式课程、研讨会、暑期项目和研究，培训300名来自物理、天文、数学和工程的学生，其中包括19名资助的学员。其目的是通过建立队列、分享研究经验、明显的代表性不足的少数群体榜样以及旨在促进包容性卓越的一套基于证据的方案编制，从一开始就建立一个多样化的实践共同体。EMIT学员将学习跨学科的概念、研究技术和对推进MMA至关重要的研究进行。利用教育研究支持的实践，该计划将为学生采取团队科学方法做好准备，同时开发可转移的技能，以过渡到劳动力。一些学员将在合作机构菲斯克大学获得理学硕士学位，并可能直接就业或继续攻读博士学位。其他学员将直接进入范德比尔特大学攻读博士学位。无论选择哪种选择，学生都将通过研究、课程学习和拓展获得MMA研究生证书。菲斯克、范德比尔特和外部合作者之间的联合学生研究将带来新的专业知识节点。这些合作研究项目将补充和加强合作机构的优势。该团队将在整个学生培训期间提供特定阶段的专业发展。该计划补充了传统的课程与一个新的模块课程专门针对MMA。一些课程和BLAST模块将发布在Emit YouTube频道上，以接触到更大的社区。将每隔一年举办一次全国暑期讲习班，以扩大对研究需求的了解，促进MMA所需的技能，并进一步促进EET受训人员的教学和交流。在获得研究生证书后，Emit实习生将帮助领导此次研讨会。NSF研究培训(NRT)计划旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革意义的STEM研究生教育培训模式。该计划致力于通过创新的、基于证据的、与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致的综合实习生模式，在高度优先的跨学科或趋同研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。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 National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to Vanderbilt University will prepare the first generation of students in the emerging field of multimessenger astronomy (MMA). With the discovery of gravitational waves, there is a new window on the universe and with it, a once-in-a-generation opportunity to launch a new field. The goal of this program is to pilot the Establishing Multimessenger Astronomy Inclusive Training (EMIT) initiative. EMIT will be a transdisciplinary graduate program that promotes diversity and inclusion and produces scholars with the skills needed to drive discoveries in MMA while expanding the STEM workforce. The project will train 300 students from physics, astronomy, math, and engineering, including 19 funded trainees, through new formal curricula, seminars, summer programs, and research. The aim is to build a community of practice that is diverse from the outset through cohort building, shared research experiences, visible underrepresented minority role models, and a suite of evidence-based programming designed to promote inclusive excellence. EMIT trainees will learn the interdisciplinary concepts, research techniques, and the conduct of research critical to advance MMA. Using educational research-supported practices, the program will prepare students to take a team science approach while developing transferable skills for transition to the workforce. Some trainees will earn a Master of Science degree at Fisk University, a collaborating institution, and may directly enter employment or go on to join a Ph.D. program. Other trainees will enter Vanderbilt directly in a doctoral program. Regardless of the option chosen, students will earn a graduate certificate in MMA through research, coursework, and outreach. Joint student research between Fisk, Vanderbilt, and external collaborators will bring together new nodes of expertise. These collaborative research projects will complement and enhance the strengths of the partnering institutions. The team will provide stage-specific professional development for the entire student training period. The program supplements traditional coursework with a novel modular curriculum specific to MMA. Some courses and Blast Modules will be posted on an EMIT YouTube channel to reach the larger community. A summer workshop, open nationally, will occur every other year and broaden understanding of the research needs, promote the skills required for MMA, and further stimulate teaching and communication for EMIT trainees. After earning the graduate certificate, EMIT trainees will help lead this workshop. The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.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.