Chemistry REU Principal Investigators' Workshop

该奖项由化学系资助，杰克逊州立大学的于洪涛教授及其在REU（本科生研究经验）领导小组的合作者将为当前的REU研究中心主要研究者和潜在的REU研究中心主要研究者（约60名受邀参与者）举办研讨会，讨论有效运行REU研究中心的最佳实践。REU网站计划代表了美国国家科学基金会化学部数百万美元的努力，为有才华的本科生提供与教授和其他科学家进行真实研究体验的机会。 这些REU学生中的许多人没有机会在他们的家乡机构从事研究。 运行一个有效的REU网站程序是具有挑战性的，研讨会将为主要研究人员提供机会，分享策略，使REU的经验尽可能高的影响，为学生和教师的参与者。 对该研讨会的投资将有助于加强NSF资源对REU现场计划的重大投资的影响。 于教授和他的同事将于2015年夏天在德克萨斯州的圣安东尼奥召开研讨会。 2015年研讨会的目标包括：将化学REU PI社区聚集在一起，以促进正式和非正式环境中的思想交流; REU PI参与讨论REU网站管理中的关键问题，包括招募多元化队列，参与者跟踪和研究伦理培训; REU PI与其他NSF社区（例如LSAMP社区）的参与;与社区学院和非传统学生合作的独特问题的讨论。 本次研讨会的参与者将学习技能并发展他们的专业网络，使他们能够成为他们所在机构本科研究工作的更有效领导者。

With this award, funded by the Division of Chemistry, Professor Hongtao Yu of Jackson State University and his collaborators in the REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) Leadership Group will conduct a workshop for current REU site Principal Investigators and potential REU Site Principal Investigators (approximately 60 total invited participants) to discuss best practices in running effective REU sites. The REU Site Program represents a multimillion dollar effort by the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation to provide talented undergraduates the opportunity to engage with professors and other scientists in authentic research experiences. Many of these REU students do not have opportunities to engage in research in their home institutions. Running an effective REU site Program is challenging, and the workshop will provide opportunities for Principal Investigators to share strategies for making the REU experience as high-impact as possible for the student and faculty participants. Investment in this workshop will help to strengthen the impact of the significant investment of NSF resources into the REU Site Program. Prof. Yu and his colleagues will convene the workshop in the summer of 2015 in San Antonio, Texas. Objectives for the 2015 Workshop include: the bringing together of the Chemistry REU PI community to facilitate the exchange of ideas in formal and informal settings; the engagement of REU PIs in a discussion of critical issues in management of an REU site, including the recruitment of a diverse cohort, participant tracking, and training in research ethics; the engagement of REU PIs with other NSF communities (e.g. the LSAMP Community); a discussion of the unique issues related to working with Community College and non-traditional students. Participants at this workshop will learn skills and develop their professional networks, enabling them to be more effective leaders of undergraduate research efforts at their home institutions.