Supporting Professional Development of Undergraduate Researchers

支持本科研究人员的专业发展

• 批准号: 2231510
• 负责人: Ian Billick
• 金额: $ 42.26万
• 依托单位: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
• 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: 2022-07-15 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2231510&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supporting; Professional; Development; Undergraduate; Researchers

A capable STEM (Science Technology Engineer and Math) workforce is critical to the nation’s ability to sustain the innovations that fuel economic growth and allow the country to maintain a high quality of life. Consequently, creating a diverse STEM-capable workforce is a strategic priority for NSF. Most students who start college with plans to obtain a STEM degree fail to finish, with students from disadvantaged backgrounds having particularly high attrition rates. Participation in undergraduate research, in part by improving the self-efficacy of students and leading to self-identification of students as scientists, has been shown to increase retention of students. When students of all backgrounds are reached, this has improved diversity in STEM careers. To further promote retention of diverse students in STEM careers this program will offer professional development opportunities, including support for cohorts of students to present results of their research at professional conferences.The proposed program will provide professional development opportunities for biology, computer science, ocean sciences and geology students conducting undergraduate research, targeting students of diverse backgrounds including from minority-serving institutions and participants in NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Students who have identified a professional development opportunity (e.g., presenting results at a conference) will submit online applications which will be vetted to ensure students meet basic qualifications (e.g., have conducted high quality undergraduate research, are coordinating their research mentors) and to determine whether the experience will have a meaningful impact on their career development, including evaluating the extent to which students have had limited access to other professional development opportunities. Students will provide basic tracking data to allow assessment of the extent to which the program reaches diverse participants and to determine the impact of making presentations at professional societies. This award is supported by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) in the Directorate for Biosciences, the Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and the Divisions of Ocean Sciences (OCE) and Earth Sciences (EAR) within the Directorate for Geosciences.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.

有能力的STEM（科学技术工程师和数学）劳动力对于国家维持助长经济增长并允许该国维持高质量生活的创新能力至关重要。因此，创建具有潜水员的能力劳动力是NSF的战略优先事项。大多数以获得STEM学位的计划开始大学的学生未能完成，而来自弱势背景的学生的属性率特别高。参与本科研究的一部分是通过改善学生的自我效能并导致学生作为科学家的自我认同，已被证明可以增加学生的保留。当达到所有背景的学生时，这会改善STEM职业的多样性。为了进一步促进在STEM职业中的多样性学生的保留，该计划将提供专业发展的机会，包括支持许多学生在专业会议上介绍其研究结果。拟议的计划将为生物学，计算机科学，海洋科学，海洋科学和地质学学生提供专业发展机会，这些学生从事研究生研究，针对多元化背景的学生，包括来自未成年人服务机构和参与者在NSF的研究中的经验，以实现NSF的经验，以实现nsf的经验。已经确定了专业发展机会的学生（例如，在会议上提出结果）将提交在线申请，以确保学生符合基本资格（例如，进行了高质量的本科研究，在研究术语中进行了协调），并确定经验对他们的职业发展有意义的影响，包括对学生的职业发展有意义的影响，包括对学生具有限制性访问其他专业机会的机会。学生将提供基本的跟踪数据，以允许评估该计划到达不同的参与者的程度，并确定在专业社会上进行演示的影响。 This award is supported by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) in the Directorate for Biosciences, the Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and the Divisions of Ocean Sciences (OCE) and Earth Sciences (EAR) within the Directorate for Geosciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed honestly of support through evaluation using the Foundation's智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。