Steer and trees summer research program

我们认为，研究是一个指导的过程，并鼓励学生追求 研究职业，重要的是给他们一个研究项目的经验。我们 我建议继续我们的两个非常成功的夏季研究计划在大学 宾夕法尼亚州，青少年环境科学研究和教育（TREES）计划， 高中研究计划和短期教育经验的研究 （STEER）计划，一个本科生研究实习计划。树和牛 环境毒理学卓越中心（CEET）的教育活动， 社区外展和参与核心（COEC）。该方案提供 为高中和大学生提供暑期研究经验，并在 每年夏天都有许多综合活动。此外，我们还提供一所高中 教师培训计划。该计划的目标是提供一个有意义的夏天 在环境健康科学的经验，以吸引个人在形成 在他们的职业发展阶段进入STEM职业，特别是环境 问题研究我们的计划是我们创建的培训教育管道的第一步 未来的环境健康科学家此外，由于毕业 学生，其中许多人是由环境毒理学的T32培训补助金支持， 教树的学生，我们的暑期课程为他们提供了宝贵的课堂 体验.从2007年到2016年，76名高中生参加了TREES 计划，76名本科生参加了STEER计划，四名教师参加了 在教师项目中。这些方案通过R25 ES 016146供资，并更新为 R25 ES 021649。在这里，我们建议继续我们的计划下NIEHS PAR-15-184，这是 目前活跃的NIEHS RFA。

We believe that research is a mentoring process, and that to encourage students to pursue research careers, it is important to give them hands on experience with a research project. We propose to continue our two highly successful summer research programs at the University of Pennsylvania, the Teen Research and Education in Environmental Science (TREES) program, a high school research program and the Short Term Educational Experiences for Research (STEER) program, an undergraduate research internship program. TREES and STEER are educational activities of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) through its COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT CORE (COEC). The programs offer mentored summer research experiences to high school and college students and are run in parallel each summer with many integrated activities. In addition, we provide a high-school teacher training program. The goals of the program are to provide a meaningful summer experience in environmental health science so as to attract individuals at formative stages in their career development into STEM careers, particularly environmental studies. Our programs are the first step of the educational pipeline that we created to train tomorrow's scientists in the environmental health sciences. Additionally, because graduate students, many of whom are supported by a T32 training grant in Environmental Toxicology, teach the TREES students, our summer program provides them with valuable classroom experience. From 2007 through 2016, 76 high school students participated in the TREES program, 76 undergraduates participated in the STEER program and four teachers participated in the teacher program. The programs were funded through R25 ES016146 and renewed as R25 ES021649. Here we propose to continue our programs under NIEHS PAR-15-184, which is the currently active NIEHS RFA.