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群体之一，但与其他STEM领域相比，他们在地球科学研究生课程中的参与度和代表性都很落后。因此，需要新的项目专门招收AAPI STEM本科生到地球科学研究生项目，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亚太裔服务的少数民族服务机构。该项目将使多达1000名来自地球科学相关STEM领域的msi本科生接触地球科学研究和职业，提供新的研究实习机会，并在亚太地区地球科学家之间建立全国性的跨职业阶段联系，从一个经常被忽视的群体中培养出一批地球科学领袖。亚太裔科学家希望将他们的工作与当地人口和与社区相关的问题联系起来；因此，多样化的地球科学研究生课程将对面临21世纪重要的地球科学问题（如气候变化、自然灾害和资源短缺）的社区产生直接影响。本项目支持旨在提高亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民（AAPI）社区对地球科学的参与和归属感的试点项目。建议的活动包括：1)建立研究人员访问计划，通过访问地球科学研究人员提供AAPI服务的msi，招募地球科学领域的AAPI本科生；2)为这些院校的本科生提供研究实习试点项目，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研讨会，以增强亚太地区地球科学社区在职业阶段和部门的归属感、认同感和领导力。这些拟议活动的结合将有助于发展地球科学项目，并创建一个由亚太地区地球科学家的归属、获取、正义、公平、多样性和包容性（BAJEDI）领导人组成的群体和社区。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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.