Equipment: Scanning Electron Microscope for United Tribes Technical College

部落学院和大学计划（TCUP）的一个目标是提高为美国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学和研究能力。扩大这些机构的STEM课程基础设施，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、回报丰厚的职业的机会，为可能具有文化意义的领域提供研究，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。这个项目直接符合这个目标。现代精密设备的必要性几乎与令人信服的STEM教学和研究的必要性一样重要。联合部落技术学院正在校园里安装一台扫描电子显微镜。虽然广泛用于utc的教学和研究，最近的一个已经几个小时的路程，所以有一个内部显著提高研究和教学，教师和学生沉浸在其中。这种机会对学生对科学探究和职业选择的看法产生了不成比例的积极影响。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。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular infrastructure at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This project aligns directly with that goal. The necessity of modern sophisticated equipment is almost as great a priority as the necessity of compelling STEM instruction and research. United Tribes Technical College is installing a scanning electron microscope on its campus. While used extensively in UTTC’s instruction and research, the nearest one has been several hours away, so having one in-house significantly enhances the research and instruction in which faculty and students are immersed. Such access has a disproportionately positive impact on the view students have of scientific inquiry and career options.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.