Collaborative Research: Expanding the Greater Greensboro Consortium: Building Research Community by Early Recruitment and Research Immersion

该奖项来自化学系，用于资助本科生研究中心(URC)的规划拨款。少年派是克劳德·N·兰姆。规划拨款将探索将Greater Greensboro Consortium(GGC)发展成一个本科生研究中心。GGC的学校是北卡罗来纳大学格林斯伯勒分校、北卡罗来纳A&T州立大学、班尼特学院、埃隆大学、高点大学、格林斯伯勒学院、吉尔福德学院和吉尔福德技术社区学院。该联盟将通过共享资源和利用现有项目来促进化学研究。他们将探索共享图书馆和仪器资源的方法，并制定加强互动的方法，从而实现机构间的合作。将开展两个探索性项目：针对高中生和社区大学学生的暑期研究计划，以及开发化学研究性学士学位。这笔规划拨款将支持一个试点项目，该项目将在四所联盟学院启动暑期研究项目，这四所学院是由一个相互关联的合作提案联合起来并提供资金的：吉尔福德学院(Lead)、北卡罗来纳大学格林斯伯勒分校、埃隆大学和北卡罗来纳A&amp；T州立大学。招募初等和中等大学高中的学生参加暑期研究项目将使该财团能够进一步扩大和加强其与公立学校系统的关系。

The award from the Chemistry Division supports an Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) planning grant. The PI is Claude N. Lamb. The planning grant will explore developing the Greater Greensboro Consortium (GGC) into an Undergraduate Research Center. The schools in GGC are University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina A&T State University, Bennett College, Elon University, High Point University, Greensboro College, Guilford College and Guilford Technical Community College. The consortium will facilitate chemistry research by sharing resources and capitalizing on existing programs. They will explore ways to share library and instrumentation resources, and develop methods for enhancing interactions leading to inter-institutional collaborations. Two exploratory projects will be undertaken: a summer research program for high school and community college students, and the development of a research bachelors degree in chemistry. The planning grant will support a pilot project starting a summer research program at four of the consortium colleges who are coupled and funded by a linked collaborative proposal: Guilford College (lead), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Elon University and North Carolina A&T State University. Recruiting students from Early and Middle College high schools for the summer research program will enable the consortium to further expand and strengthen its relationship with the public school system.