REU Site: Chemical Sciences Leadership Initiative (CSLI)

特拉华大学化学系的Booksh、Rozovsky教授及其同事主持了一个本科生研究经历（REU）网站。该网站由美国国家科学基金会化学REU项目支持。这个网站为残障学生提供了在研究生院取得成功的重要指导和经验。残疾学生在博士阶段的代表性不足，在满足日益增长的STEM劳动力需求方面，这是一种很大程度上尚未开发的资源。研究表明，残疾学生希望以与非残疾学生相同的速度获得高级STEM学位。然而，残疾学生不太可能得到非残疾学生所能得到的鼓励、指导或其他支持。该项目致力于建立一个支持性社区，目标是为未来几代学生提供榜样。为期十周的REU计划为学生提供了跨越五个分支学科的最先进的化学研究经验。每个学生与一名研究生和教师导师密切合作，研究诸如酶的结构测定和机制、多通道光谱学以及用于环境和生物医学应用的化学传感器等主题。学生主要是从规模较小的文理学院招收的，在那里他们没有机会参加研究生水平的研究项目。除了研究之外，学生们还与教师一起参与了四层相互支持的职业发展活动。一层涉及技能发展，如演讲、研究期望、文献检索和科学伦理。第二层涉及跨多个学科的学术和职业发展主题，如对研究生院的期望和准备。第三层包括与化学和残疾交叉密切相关的主题，如住宿和披露。第四层是个性化指导，由导师根据学生的职业目标、研究兴趣和积累的技能组合量身定制。学生们在特拉华大学本科研究研讨会和美国化学会春季全国会议上展示他们的研究。

Professors Booksh, Rozovsky and colleagues in the Chemistry Department of the University of Delaware host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site. The site is supported by NSF Chemistry REU program. This site provides students with disabilities the mentoring and experience important for success in graduate school. Students with disabilities are underrepresented at the doctoral level and constitute a largely untapped resource for meeting the increasing STEM workforce needs. Research shows that students with disabilities want to achieve advanced STEM degrees at the same rate as non-disabled students. However, students with disabilities are less likely to receive the encouragement, mentoring, or other support offered to students without disabilities. This program works to build a supportive community, with a goal of providing role models for future generations of students.The ten week REU program provides students with a state-of-the-art chemistry research experience across five sub disciplines. Each student works closely with a graduate and faculty mentor on topics such as structural determination and mechanism of enzymes, multichannel optical spectroscopy, and chemical sensors for environmental and biomedical applications. Students are primarily recruited from smaller liberal arts colleges where they do not have access to a graduate level research program. In addition to research, the students engage with faculty in four layers of mutually-supportive career development activities. One layer addresses skills development such as presentations, research expectations, literature searches, and scientific ethics. The second layer addresses academic and career development topics that span multiple disciplines such as expectations of and preparation for graduate school. The third layer includes topics closely related to chemistry and disability intersection such as accommodations and disclosure. The forth layer is individualized instruction with mentors tailored to the students' career goals, research interests, and accrued skill sets. Students present their research at the University of Delaware Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Spring National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.