EAGER: Collaborative Research: Enhancing Asian American and Pacific Islander Participation and Belonging in the Geosciences

EAGER：合作研究：增强亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民对地球科学的参与和归属感

• 批准号: 2136227
• 负责人: Kimberly Lau
• 金额: $ 2.37万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2136227&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Collaborative; Research; Enhancing; Asian

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) represent one of the fastest growing demographics in the U.S. today and yet lag in participation and representation in geoscience graduate programs compared to other STEM fields. Thus, new programs are needed that specifically recruit AAPI STEM undergraduates to geoscience graduate programs and enhance belonging of AAPI geoscientists as a whole. The proposed activities will focus on Minority Serving institutions (MSIs) that serve AAPI. This project will expose as many as 1,000 undergraduates from MSIs in geoscience-adjacent STEM fields to geoscience research and careers, provide a new research internship opportunity and create national cross-career stage connections between AAPI geoscientists to produce a cohort of geoscience leaders from a group often left out of diversity discussions. AAPI scientists desire to relate their work to local populations and problems relevant to their communities; therefore, diversifying geoscience graduate programs with those identifying as AAPI will have a direct impact on communities facing important geoscience problems of the 21st century such as climate change, natural hazards, and resource scarcity.This project supports pilot programs to enhance participation and belonging for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in geosciences. The proposed activities include: 1) Establishing a researcher visit program to recruit undergraduate AAPI into geosciences via visits to AAPI-serving MSIs from geoscience researchers; 2) A pilot research internship program for undergraduates at these institutions to carry out research with AAPI mentors; 3) Organizing virtual and in-person events and a career development workshop to enhance belonging, identity, and leadership within the AAPI geoscience community across career stages and sectors. The outcomes of this combination of the proposed activities will help to develop geoscience programs, and create a cohort and community of Belonging, Access, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (BAJEDI) leaders of AAPI geoscientists.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.

亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民(AAPI)是当今美国人口增长最快的群体之一，但与其他STEM领域相比，他们在地球科学研究生项目的参与率和代表性方面落后。因此，需要新的计划，专门招收AAPI STEM本科生参加地球科学研究生课程，并提高AAPI地球科学家的整体归属感。拟议的活动将侧重于为AAPI提供服务的少数群体服务机构。该项目将使1,000名来自与地球科学相邻的STEM领域的MSI的本科生接触到地球科学研究和职业，提供一个新的研究实习机会，并在AAPI地球科学家之间建立全国跨职业阶段的联系，以培养一批来自经常被排除在多样性讨论之外的地球科学领袖。AAPI的科学家希望将他们的工作与当地人口和社区相关的问题联系起来；因此，将那些被确定为AAPI的地学研究生项目多样化将直接影响到面临21世纪重要地学问题的社区，如气候变化、自然灾害和资源稀缺。该项目支持试点项目，以加强亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民(AAPI)社区在地学方面的参与和归属感。拟议的活动包括：1)建立研究员访问计划，通过访问服务于AAPI的地球科学研究人员的MSI，招募AAPI本科生进入地球科学；2)为这些机构的本科生提供试点研究实习计划，与AAPI导师一起开展研究；3)组织虚拟和面对面的活动和职业发展研讨会，以增强AAPI地球科学界跨职业阶段和行业的归属感、认同感和领导力。拟议活动的这一组合的结果将有助于发展地球科学计划，并创建AAPI地球科学家的归属感、访问权、正义、公平、多样性和包容性(BAJEDI)领导人的队列和社区。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。