SGER: Research Integrating Molecular and Environmental Science (R.I.M.E.S.)

有了这个奖项，马萨诸塞州湾社区学院研究整合分子和环境科学（RIMES）计划将支持来自不同背景的10名本科生，因为他们在2008年夏季在蒙特塞拉特苏弗雷山火山进行指导地球科学研究。该SGER奖将启动成功的RIMES计划的扩展，从其最初的重点-查看最近火山爆发的环境和生态系统响应-到更传统的地球科学研究主题，包括物理火山学和放射性地球化学。 该RIMES计划解决了NSF和GEO的目标，扩大参与地球科学，并提供了一个模式，让少数民族学者在这一领域。

With this award, the Massachusetts Bay Community College Research Integrating Molecular and Environmental Science (RIMES) program will support ten undergraduate sudents from diverse backgrounds as they conduct mentored geoscience research during a summer 2008 field program at Souiffre Hills volcano, Montserrat. This SGER award will initiate an expansion of the successful RIMES program from its original focus - looking at the environmental and ecosystem responses to the most recent volcanic eruption - to more traditional geoscience research topics, including physical volcanology and radiogeochemistry. The RIMES program addresses NSF and GEO's goal of broadening participation in the geosciences, and provides a model program for engaging minority scholars in this field.