Geological and Geophysical Scholars of Continental Margins

在这个项目中，有学术天赋、经济困难的地质和地球物理科学研究生正在从事大陆边缘海洋学(CMO)的研究。鉴于认识到人类活动和自然环境过程正在对从海岸线到近海地区的大陆边缘产生深远影响，该项目的学术价值部分在于研究大陆边缘过程的社会和科学重要性日益提高。石油和天然气储量的多国勘探使这些地区在环境、社会和经济上变得更加重要，并增加了对具有适当专业知识的有能力的科学家的需求。三个CMO学者队列主要从德克萨斯州的大学和学院招聘，这些大学和学院有大量有经济需要的学生，而且有大量来自历史上代表性不足的群体的学生，特别是在科学领域。在系一级和大学范围内都有学术和社会支持网络。此外，通过该机构的就业中心，CMO学者与招聘每个学者专业的硕士和博士生的公司和组织建立了联系。通过有针对性的招聘工作，该项目正在感受到更广泛的影响，这些努力正在将有学术天赋、经济困难的学生带到国家高度需要的领域，对社会和经济产生如上所述的影响。

In this project academically-talented, financially needy graduate students in the geological and geophysical sciences are pursuing the study of Continental Margins Oceanography (CMO). The project's intellectual merit rests in part on the increasing social and scientific importance of research on continental margin processes given the recognition that both human activities and natural environmental processes are having a profound effect on the continental margins from the coastline to offshore areas. The multi-national exploration for oil and gas reserves makes these regions even more environmentally, socially, and economically important and is increasing the demand for capable scientists with appropriate expertise. Three CMO scholar cohorts are being recruited primarily from Texas universities and colleges where the population of students with financial need is large and there are high populations of students from historically underrepresented groups, particularly in the sciences. Academic and social support networks are available both at the department level and university-wide. In addition, through the institution's Career Center, CMO scholars connect with companies and organizations recruiting masters and doctoral students in each scholar's specialty. The project's broader impacts are being felt through targeted recruiting efforts that are bringing academically-talented, financially needy students into areas of high national need with impact on society and the economy as alluded to above.