Collaborative Research: Building a Team for EXtragalactic AStrophysics (TEXAS) in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

合作研究：在达拉斯-沃斯堡大都会建立河外天体物理学（德克萨斯州）团队

• 批准号: 2219128
• 负责人: Lindsay King
• 金额: $ 19.52万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Dallas
• 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: 2022-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2219128&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Building; Team; EXtragalactic

This award is funded in whole under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The foundations of a new partnership will be established between the University of North Texas, an R1 Minority-Serving Institution / Hispanic-Serving Institution, and the University of Texas at Dallas. During this pilot phase, the team will establish a post-baccalaureate bridge program and organize monthly colloquia and annual symposia to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in astronomy. Faculty will continue to develop outreach activities aimed at encouraging and inspiring underrepresented and socio-economically disadvantaged children and students to pursue degrees in astronomy and STEM.The team will provide research, education, and career development opportunities for two underrepresented post-baccalaureate bridge fellows per year, one at each institution. The team will mainly recruit bridge fellows from the Dallas Fort Worth area, where many colleges are minority-serving. The fellows will carry out exciting research in extragalactic astrophysics. They will be carefully mentored by primary and secondary faculty advisors and a graduate student. To better prepare for graduate school, the bridge fellows will have the opportunity to take one undergraduate or graduate class in astrophysics per semester. They will be assisted with their applications to graduate school. The bridge fellows will meet regularly and informally with all the TEXAS faculty to discuss their individual development plans, drawn up at the start of the program.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.

该奖项是根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助的。 北德克萨斯大学，一个R1少数民族服务机构/西班牙裔服务机构，和德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校之间将建立新的伙伴关系的基础。 在这个试点阶段，该团队将建立一个学士后桥梁计划，并组织每月座谈会和年度研讨会，以扩大在天文学代表性不足的群体的参与。 学院将继续开展旨在鼓励和激励代表性不足和社会经济弱势儿童和学生攻读天文学和STEM学位的外联活动。该团队将每年为两名代表性不足的学士学位后桥梁研究员提供研究，教育和职业发展机会，每个机构一名。该团队将主要从达拉斯沃斯堡地区招募桥牌研究员，那里的许多大学都为少数民族服务。研究员将在河外天体物理学方面进行令人兴奋的研究。他们将由小学和中学的教师顾问和研究生仔细指导。为了更好地准备研究生院，桥梁研究员将有机会采取一个本科或研究生班天体物理学每学期。他们将在申请研究生院方面得到帮助。桥梁研究员将定期和非正式地与所有德克萨斯州的教师讨论他们的个人发展计划，在计划开始时起草。这个奖项反映了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。