REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Chemistry for Community College Students at Old Dominion University

REU 网站：奥道明大学社区学院学生化学本科研究机会

• 批准号: 2150385
• 负责人: Craig Bayse
• 金额: $ 38.36万
• 依托单位: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
• 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: 2022-01-15 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150385&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Research; Opportunities

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This REU Sites award to Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, VA, will support ten students for ten weeks of research training and professional development over the summers of 2022-2024. This site focuses on providing opportunities for community college students to explore real-world projects in the chemical sciences. Community college students are recognized as an untapped resource for a diverse STEM workforce. Participation is open to students from two-year institutions across the nation and through a close collaboration with Tidewater Community College and Thomas Nelson Community College, local institutions with high populations of underrepresented minority students and veterans. Access to early research opportunities, career training, and one-on-one mentoring will facilitate successful transfer to four-year programs, enhance retention of these student groups in STEM careers, and introduce the potential for graduate education.REU students will gain hands-on experience in the laboratory under the close mentorship of more experienced researchers and participate as a cohort in professional development activities to include field trips, panel discussions and workshops. These are designed to equip participants with the tools for success in a chemistry/STEM career. Research topics include computational modeling, organic synthesis, and applied spectroscopy, with themes ranging from natural products to sustainable fuels to materials development for biomedical applications. Professional development programming will include seminars or workshops on transferring to a 4-year STEM major; career pathways in the chemical sciences; life experiences of career chemists through panel discussions and field trips; networking and job searching; and responsible conduct of research. Participants will present their research projects at on-site and regional meetings and co-author peer-reviewed articles where appropriate. Faculty and the leadership team will provide mentoring and individualized career advice to establish a support network that continues after the summer research experience has concluded.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.

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年的美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。该REU网站授予位于弗吉尼亚州诺福克的Old自治领大学，将支持十名学生在2022-2024年的夏天进行为期十周的研究培训和专业发展。该网站的重点是为社区学院的学生提供机会，探索在化学科学的现实世界的项目。社区大学生被认为是多元化STEM劳动力的未开发资源。参与是开放给全国各地的两年制机构的学生，并通过与潮汐社区学院和托马斯纳尔逊社区学院，当地机构与少数民族学生和退伍军人的高人口的密切合作。获得早期研究机会，职业培训和一对一的指导将有助于成功转移到四年制课程，提高这些学生群体在STEM职业中的保留率，并引入研究生教育的潜力。REU学生将在更有经验的研究人员的密切指导下获得实验室的实践经验，并作为一个队列参加专业发展活动，包括实地考察，小组讨论和讲习班。这些旨在为参与者提供在化学/STEM职业生涯中取得成功的工具。研究主题包括计算建模，有机合成和应用光谱学，主题范围从天然产物到可持续燃料，再到生物医学应用的材料开发。专业发展规划将包括关于转移到4年STEM专业的研讨会或讲习班;化学科学的职业途径;通过小组讨论和实地考察的职业化学家的生活经验;网络和求职;以及负责任的研究行为。参与者将在现场和区域会议上介绍他们的研究项目，并在适当的情况下共同撰写同行评审的文章。教师和领导团队将提供指导和个性化的职业建议，以建立一个支持网络，在夏季研究经验结束后继续。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。