MCTP: Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics

该项目将支持全年本科生数学研究中心(CURM)，该中心将基于一种独特的模式促进学年本科生在数学和统计方面的研究。CURM将支持教师在由2-5名学生和1名教师导师组成的研究小组中指导本科生，作为一个团队在他们自己的机构进行研究项目。CURM将通过每年向大约11名教职员工提供小额助学金来实现这一目标，这些教职员工将指导大约35名本科生在学年期间在美国各地的母校进行数学和统计研究。其中包括将来自美国各地的所有参与者聚集在一起的研讨会。培训教师导师的指导技能，帮助他们的被指导学生在研究生院取得成功，并在他们自己的机构建立持续资助的本科生研究小组。这个CURM项目将针对两个关键的过渡阶段：(A)本科生成功地过渡到研究生院；(B)新的数学教员成功地过渡到他们所在的机构，成为成功和有贡献的成员。我们将以女性参与者和本科院校的参与者为目标。对于第一个过渡点，本科生将接受指导，以便他们发展有助于他们在研究生院和研究中的技能。对于第二个过渡点，我们将为新的教职员工提供必要的技能，以成功地建立和维持长期研究项目，其中也包括指导本科生。

This project will support the year-round Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM) which will promote academic year undergraduate research in mathematics and statistics based upon a unique model. CURM will support faculty members mentoring undergraduate students in research groups that consist of 2-5 students and 1 faculty mentor working together as a team on a research project at their own institution. CURM will accomplish this by administering mini-grants to approximately 11 faculty each year who will mentor approximately 35 undergraduate students conducting research in mathematics and statistics during the academic year at their home institutions across the U.S. Included will be workshops that will bring all of the participants together from around the U.S. to (1.) train the faculty mentors in mentoring skills, in helping their mentored students succeed in graduate school, and in setting up consistently funded undergraduate research groups at their own institution and (2.) allow students the opportunity to present their research to their peers, prepare for graduate school, and hone their technical communication skills.This CURM project will target two critical transition phases: (a) undergraduate students making a successful transition to graduate school; and (b) newer mathematics faculty members making a successful transition to becoming successful and contributing members of their institution. We will target female participants and participants from undergraduate institutions. For the first transition point, undergraduate students will be mentored so that they develop the skills that will help them in graduate school and in their research. For the second transition point, we will provide new faculty members with the necessary skills to successfully set up and maintain long-term research programs that also involve mentoring undergraduates.