Mini-Grant Opportunities in the Geosciences for American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Student Chapters

美洲印第安人科学和工程学会正在实施一种新颖的小额供资办法，以扩大美洲土著学生对地球科学的参与。 通过竞争性的小额赠款过程中，AISES学生分会正在开发和提供以社区为基础的推广和地球科学主题的学习机会，为美洲原住民城市和农村社区。 目前全国有173个AISES学生分会，所有人都有资格在这个为期两年的概念验证奖期间申请小额赠款。 AISES学生分会正在使用3 000 - 7 000美元的小额赠款：1）提高美国土著大学生对地球科学的认识和招聘，并提高地球科学学科的内容知识; 2）通过参与需要赠款和项目管理的专业发展经验，为学生在地球科学领域的成功职业做好准备;及3）透过服务学习及非正式科学教育计划，教导学生如何与公众分享有关地球科学的知识。 该项目直接服务于NSF扩大STEM学科参与的目标，并推进地球科学理事会提高公众地球系统科学素养的战略优先事项。

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is implementing a novel, micro-financing approach to broadening participation of Native American students in the geosciences. Through a competitive mini-grant process, AISES Student Chapters are developing and delivering community-based outreach and learning opportunities on geoscience topics for Native American urban and rural communities. There are currently 173 AISES Student Chapters nationwide and all are eligible to apply for the mini-grants during this two-year proof-of-concept award. Mini-grants in the amount of $3000-$7000 are being used by AISES Student Chapters to: 1) increase awareness and recruitment in the geosciences among Native American undergraduates and improve content knowledge in geoscience disciplines; 2) prepare students for successful careers in the geosciences by engaging then in professional development experiences requiring grantsmanship and project management; and, 3) educate students on how to share the relevance of geoscience knowledge with the public through Service Learning and Informal Science Education projects. This project directly serves the NSF goal of broadening participation in STEM disciplines and advancing the Directorate for Geosciences' strategic priority of increasing public Earth System Science literacy.