REU-site: The Keck Geology Consortium--Providing Collaborative Yearlong Opportunities for Undergraduates

凯克地质联盟由18个本科生为主的机构组成，将在原有12个机构20年成功规划的基础上，每年为大约48名本科生提供为期三年的暑期研究体验。学生将从18所学校招生，25%至30%将来自非联盟机构。暑期研究项目将在下一学年作为独立研究项目继续进行，并在春季的凯克年度研究研讨会上发表演讲。学生将在年度论文集中发表简短的投稿，并将被鼓励在地区和国家纪律会议上展示他们的工作。凯克地质联盟计划的学术价值包括现场和实验室研究经验的结合，这些经验将在构造地质学、古生物学和古生态学、古气候学以及火成岩和变质岩石学、沉积学和地层学以及水文地质学等领域做出有意义的科学贡献。为期一年的Keck联盟计划影响学生的科学和地球科学研究技能；提供强大的科学体验，最终在年度研究研讨会上展示结果并在论文集中发表；并扩大女性和少数群体对夏季研究体验的参与。

The Keck Geology Consortium, comprising 18 primarily undergraduate institutions, will offer summer research experiences for approximately 48 undergraduates each of three years, building on 20 years of successful programming by the original 12 institutions. Students will be recruited from the 18 schools, and 25 to 30% will come from non-Consortium institutions. Summer research projects will be continued in the following academic year as independent study projects, with presentations at the culminating Keck Annual Research Symposium in the spring. Students will publish short contributions in the annual proceedings volume and will be encouraged to present their work at regional and national disciplinary meetings. The intellectual merit of the Keck Geology Consortium program includes the combined field and laboratory research experiences that will make meaningful scientific contributions in the areas of structural geology, paleontology and paleoecology, and paleoclimatology as well as igneous and metamorphic petrology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, and hydrogeology. The yearlong Keck Consortium program impacts students' scientific and geoscience research skills; provides a robust scientific experience culminating in presentation of results at the annual research symposium and publication in the proceedings volume; and broadens participation of females and minority groups in summer research experiences.