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

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。该项目将促进加州州立大学(CSU)三个校区的水文学和地球科学专业学生的招聘和留住。我们的计划将在一年级和二年级之间的暑假，或者在他们开始转学的时候，与这些学生接触并提供支持，并为他们提供在水文学和地球科学方面取得成功的途径。CSU的学生群体在种族、经济和学术上都是多样化的。增加加州州立大学学生对水文学和水资源科学的参与，对于培养这一领域的熟练劳动力至关重要，因此对确保加州的水资源未来至关重要。该项目提供了双重体验--为期一年的学习社区模式，学生以小组形式完成研究项目，获得可转让的、以学科为基础的研究技能，并在水文研究设施进行为期10天的身临其境的实地体验。在实地体验中，学生们将为加州沿海流域的尖端研究做出贡献，那里丰富的栖息地和夏季的基流维持着联邦保护的鲑鱼物种。完成该项目的学生应该有追求地球科学事业的动机和技能，并且在他们达到大四的时候，他们应该有很好的简历来申请他们所在机构或其他机构的工作、硕士项目和研究实习机会。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，所有这些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，吸引来自不同背景的学生进入STEM学科。学生将参加三个阶段的体验：(1)春季研究准备研讨会系列和跨CSU网络研讨会，(2)为期10天的密集夏季实地体验，跨CSU队列，和(3)秋季课程，持续学习体验和在地区会议上展示结果。学生的研究将围绕三个研究主题进行：(1)在临界区内保持和移动的水，(2)水质和水生栖息地，以及(3)扩大和人类影响。计划的结果包括发展研究和专业技能，提高作为地球科学界成员的认同感，以及增加学生在地球科学领域的留存。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.