GP-IN: Connecting Opportunities for Research Experiences (CORE) in the Geosciences

GP-IN：连接地球科学研究经验的机会 (CORE)

• 批准号: 2325832
• 负责人: Joy Hobbs
• 金额: $ 84.38万
• 依托单位: Science Museum of Minnesota
• 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: 2023-11-01 至 2025-10-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2325832&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; Connecting; Opportunities; Research; Experiences

There is an increasing need for trained geoscientists to tackle societally relevant issues such as climate change, natural hazards, and energy resources. Meaningful progress on these complex scientific and societal issues will require a diversity of viewpoints and voices. However, the geosciences are one of the least diverse STEM fields. The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) has developed a program titled Connecting Opportunities for Research Experiences in the Geosciences (CORE) to develop holistic strategies to create more inclusive pathways in the geosciences. This project brings together two highly successful groups within SMM: the St. Croix Watershed Research Station (SCWRS), a field research station specializing in primary research in the geosciences, and the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC), a group that provides out-of-school programming for hundreds of underserved youth each year with the goals of building leadership and science communication skills, career readiness and workforce development, and fostering appreciation of and confidence in working with STEM. Bringing together these two areas of expertise, along with a community network support of geoscience faculty and professionals, will create an effective, long-lasting, and supportive pathway to geoscience careers. CORE will be built around the KAYSC’s STEM Justice framework, an ecosystem learning model for engaging youth in STEM learning through a justice-focused lens centered around solving real-world community issues. Youth will engage with an ongoing SCWRS research project in paleolimnology focusing on the effects of road salt on lakes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro region. Additionally, CORE will build a Community Network of Support of geoscience faculty from regional colleges and universities, as well as geoscience professionals from community-based organizations; this will build a professional support network as program youth take the next steps in geoscience programs or careers. Through the application of the STEM Justice model, CORE will develop strategies to inclusively introduce youth to geoscience research and networks, increasing the likelihood that they pursue college or career pathways in the geosciences. The three project goals are: 1) Train adult mentors/geoscience professionals in STEM Justice practices; 2) Engage young people in a defined and meaningful research project in paleolimnology; and 3) Provide young people with access to geoscience undergraduate programs and careers. By training geoscience professionals in more inclusive practices, engaging youth in relevant geosciences research, and creating systems of support between these groups, we will develop and share a sustainable, inclusive pathway for youth in the geosciences that will live beyond this project and can serve as a model for 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.

越来越需要训练有素的地球科学家来解决气候变化、自然灾害和能源等社会相关问题。要在这些复杂的科学和社会问题上取得有意义的进展，就需要各种不同的观点和声音。然而，地球科学是最不多样化的STEM领域之一。明尼苏达科学博物馆（SMM）开发了一个名为“连接地球科学研究经验的机会”（CORE）的项目，以制定整体战略，在地球科学领域创造更具包容性的途径。该项目汇集了SMM内两个非常成功的团队：圣克鲁瓦流域研究站（SCWRS），一个专门从事地球科学初级研究的实地研究站，以及基蒂安德森青年科学中心（KAYSC），一个每年为数百名服务不足的青年提供校外方案的组织，其目标是培养领导能力和科学交流技能，职业准备和劳动力发展，并培养与STEM合作的欣赏和信心。将这两个专业领域结合起来，沿着地球科学教师和专业人员的社区网络支持，将为地球科学职业创造一个有效，持久和支持性的途径。 CORE将围绕KAYSC的STEM正义框架建立，这是一个生态系统学习模型，通过以解决现实世界社区问题为中心的以正义为中心的透镜，让青年参与STEM学习。青年将参与正在进行的SCWRS古湖沼学研究项目，重点是明尼阿波利斯-圣保罗大都会地区道路盐对湖泊的影响。此外，CORE将建立一个支持区域学院和大学地球科学教师的社区网络，以及来自社区组织的地球科学专业人员;这将建立一个专业支持网络，因为项目青年将在地球科学项目或职业生涯中迈出下一步。通过应用STEM正义模式，CORE将制定战略，向青年全面介绍地球科学研究和网络，增加他们在地球科学领域追求大学或职业道路的可能性。项目的三个目标是：1）在STEM司法实践中培训成人导师/地球科学专业人员; 2）让年轻人参与古湖沼学中定义和有意义的研究项目; 3）为年轻人提供进入地球科学本科课程和职业的机会。通过在更具包容性的实践中培训地球科学专业人员，让青年参与相关的地球科学研究，并在这些群体之间建立支持系统，我们将发展和分享一个可持续的，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。