REU Site: Leading Undergraduates in Challenges to Power Academic Development in Geosciences

该奖项将支持低年级学生参与一个名为“领导本科生挑战地球科学学术发展”的试点项目。该计划的目标是为学术水平较低的学生提供研究经验，他们可能还没有准备好独立的研究经验。该计划将在为期8周的夏季研究和专业发展经验，从事4个社区学院和低年级本科生。预计通过该计划，学生将：对地球科学及相关职业感兴趣，参与合作研究项目，并获得攻读地球科学及相关领域学位所需的支持。参加该计划的学生将发展研究准备，沟通，数学和计算技能，以及地球科学内容知识。此外，参与者将有机会获得有关地球科学的相关信息，与更广泛的实习生的家人和朋友网络分享，最终达到通常无法获得此类信息的社区中的数百人。学生将由设在科罗拉多博尔德的联合国志愿人员组织接待，并在联合国志愿人员组织工作人员的指导下，在全球大地测量设施中从事以大地测量为重点的合作研究项目。该计划将通过在STEM领域机会有限的大学和社区学院进行全国招聘，为来自不同背景的学生提供地球科学的学术和职业机会。

This award will support engaging lower-division students in a pilot program called "Leading Undergraduates in Challenges to Power Academic Development in Geosciences" at UNAVCO. The goal of this program is to provide research experiences for less academically advanced students, who may not be ready for an independent research experience. The program will engage 4 community college and lower-division undergraduate students in an 8-week summer research and professional development experience. It is expected that through this program students will: become interested in geosciences and related careers, engage in collaborative research projects, and have the support needed to pursue degrees in geosciences and related fields. Students participating in this program will develop research-ready, communication, mathematics, and computing skills, as well as geoscience content knowledge. In addition, participants will have access to information about the relevance of geoscience to be shared with the broader intern's networks of family and friends, eventually reaching hundreds of individuals in communities that typically do not have access to such information. Students will be hosted by UNAVCO in Boulder, Colorado and work on collaborative geodesy-focused research projects in the GAGE facility under the mentorship of UNAVCO staff. The program will prepare students from diverse backgrounds for academic and career opportunities in the geosciences through national recruitment at universities and community colleges with limited opportunities in STEM fields.