Track 1 Pilot Project: Pathway to Success - Research and Internship Opportunities for Students

地理空间研究，创新教学和服务（GRITS）中心在北卡罗来纳州中央大学（NCCU）正在正式与学术界和企业的合作伙伴关系，以加强地理空间本科和研究生课程的能力在NCCU的目标，并增加研究和NCCU学生的实践培训机会。该奖项将设立两个夏季研究生研究实习，一个在格鲁吉亚大学遥感和测绘科学中心，一个在孟菲斯大学地震研究和信息中心。此外，GRITS中心还将在达勒姆市雨水部门为NCCU本科生创造三个暑期实习机会，美国农业部林务局和北卡罗来纳州保护基金的区域办事处。该项目旨在解决非洲裔美国人获得博士学位的学术领域方面存在的主要差距（2005年，379名地球科学博士中只有两名通过加强历史上黑人学院/大学的教学计划的竞争力，非洲裔美国人获得了学位。这个项目直接影响了8名学生，但为更多未来的地球科学专业的学生打开了研究途径和专业机会。

The Geospatial Research, Innovative Teaching and Service (GRITS) Center at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is formalizing partnerships with academia and businesses, with the goal of strengthening the capabilities of the geospatial undergraduate and graduate programs at NCCU and increasing research and practical training opportunities for NCCU students. The award will establish two summer graduate research internships, one at the Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science at the University of Georgia and one at the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis. In addition, the GRITS Center will also create three summer internships for NCCU undergraduate students at the City of Durham Stormwater Division, and regional offices of the USDA Forest Service and the North Carolina Conservation Fund. This project seeks to address the major disparity that exists in terms of academic fields in which African Americans earn doctorate degrees (in Earth sciences in 2005 only two out of 379 Ph.D. degrees were obtained by African Americans) by strengthening the competitiveness of the instructional programs at Historically Black Colleges/Universities. This project directly impacts 8 students, but opens research avenues and professional opportunities for many more future geoscience majors at NCCU.