GP-GO: A near-peer mentoring ecosystem revealing new pathways into the Geosciences

GP-GO：一个近同行指导生态系统，揭示进入地球科学的新途径

• 批准号: 2325197
• 负责人: Jose Guzman
• 金额: $ 39.96万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2325197&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; GO; near; peer; mentoring

Geosciences have the lowest participation by underrepresented groups of any science. This project aims to enhance the diversity and retention of underrepresented groups in academic Geoscience, and the Geoscience workforce more broadly, by creating a “stepping stone” pathway allowing underrepresented undergraduates to “see” themselves as successful geoscientists. The program will also help graduate student mentors gain confidence, new mentorship skills, and identities as successful mentors who can support all of their students more holistically. The researchers will address these goals by piloting and testing the effectiveness of an active learning program where graduate students in the Geosciences receive skill-based training in evidence-based mentoring practices and are then paired with an underrepresented undergraduate student in Environmental, Biological or Physical Sciences, and with a demonstrated desire to explore the Geosciences for a mentored research experience. The program is expected to create a learning ecosystem model that strengthens the cohort by developing and deepening the community (including faculty) and connecting all students to networking opportunities showcasing academic and nonacademic pathways within the Geoscience workforce for both graduate and undergraduate students from underrepresented groups.When historically excluded groups enter the Geosciences, and other predominantly White science fields, the underrepresentation and exclusion of people from their racial/ethnic groups leave them vulnerable to feelings of uncertainty about their fit in these settings, which can ultimately impact their educational pursuits and career aspirations. Through this project graduate students will receive skill-based training in evidence-based mentoring practices and then engage in research mentoring of undergraduate student from historically excluded groups likely to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Geosciences. Surrounding the pairs of graduate and undergraduate students is a Geoscience Learning Ecosystem composed of activities and support structures that individually and collectively address issues that may impede success in Geoscience Programs. The expected outcomes of the project are (1) elevating the competency of the graduate students as skilled mentors as they transition into the next stage of their career; (2) provide discovery-based research training, skill building and networking opportunities to undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds as they explore careers and secure their pathways into the Geosciences. The work tests a piloted model of a "stepping stone" pathway in the Geosciences, and assigns a series of assessments, pre- and post-intervention, addressing both academic and non-academic/psychosocial metrics. The goal is to create a sustainable model of near-peer mentoring that can not only continue post-award at the university, but also be exported to other institutions.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.

地球科学的参与最低。该项目旨在通过创建“垫脚石”途径，使代表性不足的本科生可以将自己视为成功的地球科学家，从而更广泛地增强代表性地球科学群体和地球科学劳动力的多样性和保留。该计划还将帮助研究生导师获得信心，新的指导能力和作为成功的导师的身份，他们可以更全面地为所有学生提供支持。研究人员将通过试行和测试活跃学习计划的有效性来解决这些目标，在该计划中，地球科学的研究生接受基于循证的指导实践的基于技能的培训，然后与一位代表性不足的环境，生物学或物理科学的本科生配对，并与探索培训有关受训者的研究经验的愿望。预计该计划将创建一个学习生态系统模型，该模型通过建立和加深社区（包括教师）来增强队列的能力，并将所有学生与网络机会联系起来，向地球科学劳动力中的学术和非学术途径展示了研究生和本科生的学术和非学术途径。种族/族裔的人们使他们容易受到这些环境中适合不确定性的不确定性的影响，这最终可能会影响他们的教育追求和职业愿望。通过这位项目，研究生将接受基于循证的心理实践的基于技能的培训，然后从历史上排除的团体中对学士学位的学士学位进行研究。围绕研究生和本科生的成对是一个地球科学学习生态系统，该生态系统由活动和支持结构组成，这些结构是单独和共同解决可能阻碍地球科学计划成功的问题的。该项目的预期结果是（1）提高研究生作为熟练导师的能力，因为他们过渡到了职业生涯的下一个阶段； （2）在探索职业并将其途径确保到地球科学的过程中，提供基于发现的研究培训，技能建设和网络机会。该工作测试了地球科学中“垫脚石”途径的试验模型，并分配了一系列评估，即干预前和干预后，以解决学术和非学术/非学术/心理社会指标。目的是建立一种可持续的近人心态模型，该模型不仅可以继续在大学后继续敬业，而且还可以出口到其他机构。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来获得的支持。