Networking and Mentoring Travel Scholarship Program

网络和指导对科学培训至关重要。对于本科生来说尤其如此。参加本科生研究经验（REU）课程的本科生通常只能向他们的REU同行或在他们的家乡机构。此外，如果他们确实出席了国家/国际会议，他们往往没有REU导师的支持。为了使REU参与者在生物学和海洋学REU计划，以介绍他们的研究成果，并使REU导师参加这些会议，并促进他们的REU学生的专业发展，我们提出了一个网络和辅导旅游奖学金计划，支持学生导师团队参加并介绍REU学生的研究在国家/国际会议。我们努力的核心是对奖学金获得者的纵向跟踪。从以前的旅行奖学金结果显示出显着的学习收益。此外，旅行奖学金方案支助了大量代表性不足的少数民族学生和主要来自本科院校的学生，使他们能够参加科学会议并介绍他们的研究，从而加强了生物和海洋科学研究中多样性的价值。为了确保旅游奖学金计划符合提高本科研究人员在科学会议的参与目标，我们将使用收集的数据来评估该计划对BIO和OCE REU学生人数的影响，否则他们将没有机会展示他们的研究。这些数据将使我们能够评估旅游奖学金计划的影响，特别是在会议上由他们的REU导师对学生的指导，以及评估哪些程序/学科积极寻求和参与这些机会。所有数据将在年度报告中以汇总形式报告给国家科学基金会，并通过网站和PI会议以汇总形式传播给BIO REU社区。欲了解更多信息，请联系PI Robyn Hannigan博士，邮箱：robyn. hannigan@umb.edu。

Networking and mentoring are critical to scientific training. This is particularly the case for undergraduate students. Undergraduate students participating in Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) programs are often able to present only to their REU peers or at their home institutions. Moreover, if they do present at a national/international meeting they often do so without the support of their REU mentor. To enable REU participants in Biology and Oceanography REU programs to present the results of their research and to enable REU mentors to attend these meetings and facilitate professional development of their REU student, we propose a Networking and Mentoring Travel Scholarship program that supports student-mentor teams to attend and present the REU student's research at a national/international meeting. Central to our efforts is longitudinal tracking of the scholarship awardees. Results from previous travel scholarships showed significant learning gains. Moreover the travel scholarship program supported a significant number of underrepresented minority students and students from primarily undergraduate institutions enabling them to attend scientific meetings and present their research thereby reinforcing the value of diversity in biological and ocean science research. To ensure that the Travel Scholarship program meets the goals of enhancing participation of undergraduate researchers at scientific meetings we will use the data collected to assess the impact of the program on the number of BIO and OCE REU students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to present their research. These data will enable us to evaluate the impact of the Travel Scholarship program, particularly the mentoring of students at meetings by their REU mentor, on the students as well as evaluate which programs/disciplines actively seek and participate in these opportunities. All data will be reported, in aggregate form, to the National Science Foundation in annual reports as well as disseminated in aggregate form to the BIO REU community through the website as well as at PI meetings. More information is available by contacting the PI, Dr. Robyn Hannigan at robyn.hannigan@umb.edu.