GP-UP: Collaborative Research: Developing a diverse hydrology workforce through an undergraduate hydrological research experience in a coastal California watershed

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。该项目将促进加州州立大学（CSU）三个校区水文学和地球科学专业大二学生和转学生的招聘和保留。我们的项目将在这些学生一年级和二年级之间的夏季，或在他们转学之初，与他们接触并为他们提供支持，为他们在水文学和地球科学方面取得成功提供途径。科罗拉多州立大学的学生群体在种族、经济和学术上都是多样化的。加大科罗拉多州立大学学生对水文学和水资源科学的参与，对于培养该领域的熟练劳动力至关重要，从而确保加州水资源的未来。该项目提供了一种双重体验——一种为期一年的学习社区模式，学生们以小组为单位完成研究项目，获得可转移的、基于学科的研究技能，另一种模式是在一个水文研究机构进行为期10天的沉浸式实地体验。在实地体验期间，学生们将为加利福尼亚沿海流域的前沿研究做出贡献，那里丰富的栖息地和夏季基流维持着联邦保护的鲑鱼物种。完成该课程的学生应该有动力和技能去追求地球科学的职业生涯，并有强有力的简历申请工作，硕士课程和研究实习在他们的家乡机构或在他们的大四。该项目将从圣地亚哥州立大学、萨克拉门托州立大学和洪堡州立大学招收一批学生，这些大学都是少数族裔服务机构。招聘计划包括利用每个校区现有的项目，吸引来自STEM学科不同背景的学生。学生将分三个阶段参与体验：(1)春季研究准备研讨会系列和跨科罗拉多州立大学网络研讨会；(2)夏季与跨科罗拉多州立大学队列进行为期10天的强化实地体验；(3)秋季课程，持续学习经验并在区域会议上展示成果。学生研究将围绕三个研究主题进行组织：(1)关键区域内的水和通过关键区域的水；(2)水质和水生栖息地；(3)扩大规模和人类影响。计划的成果包括研究和专业技能的发展，增加地球科学社区成员的身份，以及增加地球科学学生的保留率。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project will boost recruitment and retention of Sophomore and transfer students in hydrology and geoscience programs across three campuses of the California State University (CSU). Our program will engage with and support these students in the summer between their first and second year, or at the outset of their transfer, and provide pathways for them to succeed in hydrology and the geosciences. The CSU student body is ethnically, economically and academically diverse. Increasing participation of CSU students in hydrology and water resources science is critical to training a skilled workforce in this area, and therefore to securing California’s water future. The project offers a dual experience - a year-long learning community model where students work in small groups to complete research projects and gain transferable and subject-based research skills, supplemented by an immersive 10-day field experience at a hydrology research facility. During the field experience, students will contribute to cutting-edge research in coastal Californian watersheds, where rich habitat and summer baseflows sustain federally-protected salmonid fish species. Students who complete the program should have the motivation and skillset to pursue a geoscience career, and have strong resumes to apply to jobs, Masters programs and research internships in their home institutions or beyond as they reach their senior year.The program will recruit cohorts of students from San Diego State University, Sacramento State University, and Humboldt State University, all of which are minority serving institutions. The recruitment plan includes leveraging existing programs at each campus that engage students from diverse backgrounds in STEM disciplines. Students will participate in the experience in three stages: (1) Spring research preparation seminar series and cross-CSU webinars, (2) Intensive 10-day summer field experience with a cross-CSU cohort, and (3) Fall class for a sustained learning experience and presentation of results at a regional conference. Student research will be organized around three research themes: (1) Water held within and moving through the critical zone, (2) Water quality and aquatic habitat, and (3) Scaling up and human effects. Planned outcomes include development of research and professional skills, increased identities as members of the geoscience community, and increased student retention in the 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.