REU Site: Puerto Rico-Chemical Learning Integrated in Materials and Biomolecular applications (PR-CLIMB)

REU 网站：波多黎各化学学习融入材料和生物分子应用 (PR-CLIMB)

• 批准号: 2349168
• 负责人: Arthur Tinoco
• 金额: $ 41.43万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-05-01 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349168&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Puerto; Rico; Chemical

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras campus, located in San Juan, PR, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), students will participate in research areas focused on materials chemistry and biochemistry. Participants will be recruited from high school students en route to college and two-year colleges and universities with bachelor’s programs in chemistry-related majors. Established at the minority serving institution, this REU site will seek to enrich a diverse set of students with an immersive experience that will foster myriad of professional development skills. Furthermore, overreaching broader goals are to establish socially conscious scientists who will work to resolve community-based problems, build a future STEM workforce, and establish a network of STEM professional collaborators. The REU site will focus on students underrepresented in chemistry and/or those who do not have opportunities for research at their home institution. Participants will be engaged in interdisciplinary research that focuses on materials and biochemistry, with projects including drug design/delivery, medical devices, energy storage, green chemistry, water purification, and pollution metabolomics. Advanced undergraduate students and postdoctoral researchers will serve as co-mentors to provide additional training support. Workshops will be used to train participants in practical laboratory techniques that can be directly applied to their research. The program will include seminar series, group meetings, and industry tours and will incorporate core training in experimental design, critical thinking, effective science communication and dissemination of work. Participants will additionally be presented with insights into applying to graduate schools and fellowships, as well as pursuing different STEM career paths.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.

这项研究经验（REU）授予位于PR圣胡安的波多黎各Rico-ríoPiedras校园的现场奖项，在2024 - 2026年的夏季，支持10个学生培训10周的培训。在该计划中，由化学部和启发竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCOR）资助，学生将参与着专注于材料化学和生物化学的研究领域。参与者将从高中生上大学和两年学院和大学的途中招募，并拥有与化学相关专业的学士学位课程。该REU网站在少数族裔服务机构成立，将寻求丰富一群具有沉浸式经验的潜水员，这将促进无数的专业发展技能。此外，更广泛的目标是建立具有社会意识的科学家，他们将努力解决基于社区的问题，建立未来的STEM劳动力并建立STEM专业合作者网络。 REU网站将专注于化学领域的人数不足和/或没有在其家庭机构进行研究的人。参与者将从事跨学科研究，重点关注材料和生物化学，包括药物设计/交付，医疗设备，能源存储，绿色化学，水纯化和污染代谢组学的项目。高级本科生和博士后研究人员将担任联合给予者，以提供额外的培训支持。研讨会将用于培训参与者的实验室实验室技术，这些技术可以直接应用于他们的研究。该计划将包括开创性系列，小组会议和行业旅行，并将核心培训纳入实验设计，批判性思维，有效的科学沟通和工作的传播中。参与者还将介绍申请研究生院和研究生的见解，并遵循不同的STEM职业道路。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来通过评估来获得的支持。