REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Georgia State University

该奖项由国家科学基金会化学部和生物科学理事会生物基础设施部（DBI）颁发，支持由Suri Iyer教授和Dabney W领导的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。狄克逊，都在格鲁吉亚州立大学（GSU）。REU网站题为“研究经验，本科生在格鲁吉亚州立大学”将资助10名本科生为期10周的夏季研究经验。GSU的教师有与本科生和高中生密切合作的历史。虽然该计划将向所有州的学生开放，但学生将从当地的四年制和两年制社区学院招募。在美国第九大城市亚特兰大，少数民族和经济上处于不利地位的学生高度集中的REU网站将为这些学生提供一个机会，在研究活跃的教师的直接监督下工作，并将为他们提供更多的科学职业前景。拟议活动的智力价值预计将在具体项目中推进知识，并将使本科生通过在研究环境中结合理论和实验来理解科学概念。此外，包括科学写作和提高演讲技巧在内的各种主题的讲座将为学生的科学生涯做好准备。该网站的领导人是非常有资格成功地进行该项目，因为教授Iyer一直担任ACS项目种子计划的协调员在过去的八年和教授狄克逊在管理干在GSU程序在过去的四年丰富的经验。此外，在本提案中提到的所有研究导师都与本科生（100）导致了一些当地，在过去五年中，与大学生共同撰写了区域和国家报告和出版物。该提案的更广泛影响是，预计各个项目将推动科学发现和理解，并将促进独立思考和在小组环境中工作。拟议的活动预计将扩大代表性不足的群体以及经济上处于不利地位的学生的参与。学生的研究成果将在ACS区域和国家会议上以演讲的形式传播，并通过在期刊上发表文章进行传播。总的来说，拟议的活动是有益的社会，因为拟议的研究活动不仅将提高在特定领域的基础知识，但它也预计参加这个REU计划的学生将参加研究生课程，并加入科学劳动力。

This award from the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation and the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) in the Directorate of Biological Sciences support a Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) Site led by Professors Suri Iyer and Dabney W. Dixon, both at the Georgia State University (GSU). The REU Site entitled "Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Georgia State University" will fund 10 undergraduate students for a 10 week summer research experiences. Faculty at GSU has a history of working closely with undergraduate and high school students. While the program will be open to students from all states, students will be recruited from local four year and two year community colleges. The REU site in Atlanta, the ninth largest city in the United States with a high concentration of minorities and economically disadvantaged students, would afford these students an opportunity to work under the direct supervision of research active faculty and would provide them with increased career prospects in the sciences. The intellectual merit of the proposed activities are expected to advance knowledge in specific projects, and will allow undergraduates to understand scientific concepts by combining theory and experiment in a research setting. In addition, lectures on diverse topics that include scientific writing and improving presentation skills will prepare the students for scientific careers. The Site leaders are well qualified to successfully conduct the project because Professor Iyer has served as the coordinator of the ACS Project SEED program for the past eight years and professor Dixon has extensive experience in managing the STEM program at GSU for the past four years.Additionally, all research mentors mentioned in this proposal have worked with undergraduates (100) resulting in a number of local, regional and national presentations and publications with undergraduates as coauthors over the past five years. The broader impacts of the proposal are that individual projects are expected to advance scientific discovery and understanding and will promote independent thinking and working in a group environment. The proposed activities are expected to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups as well as economically disadvantaged students. Students' research findings will be disseminated in the form of presentations at ACS regional and national meetings and through publications in refereed journals. Overall, the proposed activities are beneficial to society because the proposed research activities will not only enhance fundamental knowledge in specific areas, but it is also expected that students participating in this REU program will attend graduate programs and join the scientific workforce.