Steer and trees summer research program

我们相信，研究是一个指导过程，鼓励学生追求 对于研究职业，重要的是让他们有研究项目的实践经验。我们 建议继续我们在加州大学的两个非常成功的暑期研究项目 宾夕法尼亚州环境科学青少年研究和教育计划， 高中研究计划和短期研究教育经验 (STEER)计划，一个本科生研究实习计划。树和牛都是 环境毒理学英才中心(CEET)通过 其社区外展和参与核心(COEC)。这些计划提供 指导高中生和大学生的暑期研究经验，并在 每年暑假平行举办多项综合活动。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 在环境健康科学方面的经验，以吸引个人在形成阶段 职业发展阶段进入STEM职业生涯，特别是环境 学习。我们的计划是我们为培训而创建的教育管道的第一步 未来环境健康科学领域的科学家。此外，因为毕业了 学生们，其中许多人得到了T32环境毒理学培训助学金的支持， 教树学生，我们的暑期计划为他们提供了宝贵的课堂 经验。从2007年到2016年，76名高中生参加了这些树 项目，76名本科生参加了STEER项目，4名教师参加了项目 在教师项目中。这些计划通过R25 ES016146提供资金，并续订为 R25 ES021649。在这里，我们建议根据NIEHS PAR-15-184继续我们的计划，即 当前处于活动状态的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.