Preparing a Multi-Institutional Research and Practice Collaboration to Increase the Success of Low-Income Students in STEM

准备多机构研究和实践合作，以提高低收入学生在 STEM 领域的成功率

• 批准号: 2221056
• 负责人: Timothy McKay
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 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: 2022-08-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221056&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Multi; Institutional; Research; Practice

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by strengthening collaborations and planning for a future Track 3 S-STEM proposal that would support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. Specifically, this project will build upon existing partnerships between several large public research institutions in the Sloan Equity and Inclusion in STEM Introductory Courses (SEISMIC) Collaboration including the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, which will lead the planning effort. Project activities include recruiting a diverse, multi-institutional team and outlining key questions, aims, and actions for the future proposal. The project team will also conduct a needs assessment and analyze existing data from a co-curricular undergraduate research program to determine how to better support low-income students in similar experiences. The project will advance understanding of inter-institutional cohort programs and strengthen collaborations between participating SEISMIC institutions by directly connecting professionals in financial aid, student affairs, and several existing programs that support low-income students.The overall goals of this project will be achieved by: (1) establishing relationships and agreements across institutions; (2) assessing barriers for low-income students on participating campuses; (3) identifying potential curricular and co-curricular activities to support these students; and (4) analyzing existing pilot data on co-curricular research experiences to understand potential impacts. Ultimately, this project will identify a multi-institutional team of collaborators that will work together to develop and submit a Track 3 proposal to the S-STEM program. The project will identify strategies to enhance the positive impacts of scholarships and other financial aid by designing a coordinated, multi-institutional approach that leverages the expertise of educators, social scientists, offices of financial aid, and student support services. This project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.

该项目将有助于国家对受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的需求，通过加强合作和规划未来的轨道3 S-STEM提案，该提案将支持高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业。 具体而言，该项目将建立在斯隆公平和纳入STEM入门课程（SEISMIC）合作的几个大型公共研究机构之间的现有合作关系基础上，包括密歇根大学-安阿伯，这将领导规划工作。项目活动包括招募一个多元化的多机构团队，并概述未来提案的关键问题、目标和行动。该项目团队还将进行需求评估，并分析现有的数据，从一个共同课程的本科研究计划，以确定如何更好地支持低收入家庭的学生在类似的经验。该项目将通过直接联系经济援助、学生事务和支持低收入学生的几个现有项目的专业人员，促进对机构间队列计划的理解，加强参与地震机构之间的合作。该项目的总体目标将通过以下方式实现：（1）建立跨机构的关系和协议;（2）评估低收入学生在参与校园的障碍;（3）确定潜在的课程和课外活动，以支持这些学生;以及（4）分析现有的课外研究经验的试点数据，以了解潜在的影响。最终，该项目将确定一个多机构的合作者团队，他们将共同开发并向S-STEM项目提交第3轨提案。该项目将确定战略，以加强奖学金和其他财政援助的积极影响，通过设计一个协调的，多机构的方法，利用教育工作者，社会科学家，财政援助办公室和学生支持服务的专业知识。该项目由NSF的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，该计划旨在增加低收入学术人才的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并提供有关低收入学生的学术成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业途径的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。