Expanding the Research Foundation at Xavier University of Louisiana

该奖项来自化学部门，支持本科生研究中心（URC）计划拨款。PI是Ralph Isovitsch。联合检察官是迈克尔·亚当斯和鲁基亚·艾哈迈德-斯科菲尔德。将制定一个试点计划，以启动大一和大二学生的研究经验。它将在学生职业生涯的早期阶段说明他们在课堂上学到的知识与现实世界问题之间的联系。在第一年，学生将参加一个介绍性研讨会，在那里他们将了解项目的期望，并与可能的研究导师互动。他们将参加一学分的研究基础课程。学生们将通过潜在研究导师的实验室进行为期三周的轮岗。这将导致一个夏天的校内研究经验。第二年，他们将在当地的ACS海报会议上展示他们的作品，并继续他们的研究项目。最重要的经历将是在一个表示有兴趣接受泽维尔学生的合作机构的夏季校外研究经历。潜在的合作伙伴是路易斯安那州立大学、马里兰大学、杜兰大学和新奥尔良大学。在规划阶段，将发展与两年制学院、地方工业和政府组织的联系。招收高中学生的工作将由美国化学学会学生附属机构泽维尔大学分会负责。该奖项由EHR/HBCU-UG共同资助。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) planning grant. The PI is Ralph Isovitsch. The co-PIs are Michael Adams and Ruquia Ahmed-Schofield. A pilot program will be developed to initiate freshman and sophomores into research experiences. It will illustrate at an early stage in a student's career the connection between what they learn in the classroom and real world problems. In the first year students will participate in an introductory seminar where they will learn program expectations and interact with possible research mentors. They will enroll in a one-credit research foundations course. Students will do three-week rotations through the labs of potential research mentors. This will lead to a summer intramural research experience. In the second year they will present their work at a local ACS poster session and continue on their research projects. The capstone experience will be a summer extramural research experience at a partner institution that has expressed interest in accepting Xavier students. Prospective partners are Louisiana State University, University of Maryland, Tulane University and the University of New Orleans. During the planning phase, links with two-year colleges, local industrial and governmental organizations will be developed. Efforts to recruit high school students will be undertaken involving the Xavier U. Chapter of the ACS Student Affiliates. This award is cofunded by EHR/HBCU-UG.