The Keck Geology Consortium--Providing Collaborative and Year-long Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Keck地质联合会由18个主要的本科院校组成，将在23年的成功项目基础上，每三年为约51名本科生提供暑期研究经验，涉及1100多名学生（56%为女性）。学生将从这18所学校中招收，其中30%将来自非财团院校。夏季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文章，并鼓励他们在区域和国家学科会议上介绍他们的工作。拟议的项目包括实地和实验室研究经验，将在构造地质学、古生物学和古生态学、古气候学、火成岩和变质岩石学、沉积学和地层学、火山学、地貌学和地质考古学等领域做出有意义的科学贡献。为期一年的Keck联盟项目提高了学生的科学和地球科学研究技能，并提供了丰富的科学经验，最终在年度研究研讨会上展示成果，并在论文集中发表。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。

The Keck Geology Consortium, comprising 18 primarily undergraduate institutions, will offer summer research experiences for ~51 undergraduates each of three years, building on 23 years of successful programming involving over 1100 students (56% women). Students will be recruited from the 18 schools, and 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 proposed projects involve a mix of 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, volcanology, geomorphology and geoarchaeology. The yearlong Keck Consortium program enhances students' scientific and geoscience research skills and provides a robust scientific experience culminating in presentation of results at the annual research symposium and publication in the proceedings volume.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.