EMSW21-MCTP: Center for Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics

杨百翰大学(BYU)通过关键过渡点指导项目将针对两个关键过渡阶段：本科生过渡到数学科学研究生院；年轻的数学教员过渡到他们所在机构的成功和有贡献的成员。Brbr该项目将创建并运营一个全年指导本科生数学研究的中心。该中心将在本学年仿照杨百翰大学现有的成功示范项目，促进本科生数学研究项目(包括跨学科课题)。这种模式包括：(1)培训教员作为本科生研究项目的导师；(2)让这些教员指导研究小组中的本科生，这些学生在学年期间作为一个研究项目的团队一起工作；(3)建议其他机构的教职员工如何建立一致的资金来支持本机构的本科生研究；以及(4)为本科生在数学研究生学习中取得成功做好准备。每年，该中心将向在美国各地不同机构工作的约45名本科生提供小额助学金，这些助学金在本学年分15个小组工作。这些小额助学金将包括培训教师导师，培训他们的指导技能，帮助他们的被指导学生在研究生院取得成功，以及在他们自己的机构建立持续资助的本科生研究小组。重点将是指导女性(包括学生和教职员工)和本科院校的参与者。

The Brigham Young University (BYU) Mentoring through Critical Transition Points project will target two critical transition phases: undergraduate students making a transition to graduate school in the mathematical sciences; and younger mathematics faculty members making a transition to becoming successful and contributing members of their institutions. brbrThis project will create and operate a year-round Center for Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics. The center will promote undergraduate research projects in mathematics (including interdisciplinary topics) during the academic year, patterned after a successful existing model program at BYU. This model consists of: (1) training faculty members as mentors for undergraduate research projects; (2) having these faculty members mentor undergraduate students in research groups who work together as a team on one research project during the academic year; (3) advising faculty members at other institutions on how to establish consistent funding to support undergraduate research at their own institution; and (4) preparing undergraduate students to succeed in graduate studies in mathematics. Each year, this center will administer mini-grants to about 45 undergraduate students working in 15 groups during the academic year at various institutions across the U.S. Included in these mini-grants will be workshops to train the faculty mentors in mentoring skills, in helping their mentored students succeed in graduate school, and in setting up consistently funded undergraduate research groups at their own institution. There will be an emphasis on mentoring women (both students and faculty) and participants from undergraduate institutions.