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

亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民（AAPI）是当今美国增长最快的人口之一，但与其他STEM领域相比，他们在地球科学研究生课程的参与和代表性方面落后。因此，需要新的计划，专门招募AAPI STEM本科生地球科学研究生课程，并提高整个AAPI地球科学家的归属感。拟议的活动将侧重于为AAPI服务的少数群体服务机构。该项目将使多达1,000名来自MSIs的本科生在地球科学邻近的STEM领域从事地球科学研究和职业，提供新的研究实习机会，并在AAPI地球科学家之间建立国家跨职业阶段的联系，以从一个经常被排除在多样性讨论之外的群体中培养一批地球科学领导者。AAPI科学家希望将他们的工作与当地人口和与他们社区有关的问题联系起来;因此，多样化的地球科学研究生课程与那些确定为AAPI将对社区面临的重要地球科学问题的21世纪世纪，如气候变化，自然灾害，该项目支持试点项目，以加强亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民（AAPI）社区在地球科学方面的参与和归属感。拟议的活动包括：1）建立一个研究人员访问计划，通过访问为AAPI服务的MSIs的地球科学研究人员，招募本科AAPI进入地球科学领域; 2）为这些机构的本科生提供一个试点研究实习计划，与AAPI导师一起开展研究; 3）组织虚拟和面对面的活动以及职业发展讲习班，以加强归属感、认同感，在AAPI地球科学界跨职业阶段和部门的领导力。这些活动的成果将有助于发展地球科学项目，并建立一个由AAPI地球科学家的归属、获取、公正、公平、多样性和包容（BAJEDI）领导者组成的群体和社区。该奖项反映了NSF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。

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.