Scholarships for a Future Generation of Geoscience Professionals

美国国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划支持有经济需要的高成就低收入学生的保留和毕业。佛罗里达国际大学的S-STEM项目旨在增加有经济需要的学生的数量，这些学生在四年内获得地球科学本科学位，并成功进入地球科学工作岗位或研究生院。在五年的时间里，该项目将为攻读地球科学（包括大气科学）学士学位的本科生提供24个奖学金。学者们将分成两组，每组12人，学习相似的课程。奖学金获得者将接受指导，接受数学辅导，有实习机会，并前往阿巴拉契亚山脉进行为期一周的地球科学实地考察。该项目的目的是为学生提供奖学金，以及学术和社会支持，以帮助他们在四年内毕业。该项目旨在减少学生债务，并提供从事地球科学职业或研究生学习所需的培训。该项目将从获得学位的时间和未来的职业道路两方面衡量学生的成功。教育研究将调查学生作为一个队列的一部分的经历如何有助于地球科学专业的留校和准时毕业。具体来说，这项研究将重点关注学生对他们作为地球科学家的发展身份的看法，他们在地球科学学科中的归属感，以及他们在佛罗里达国际大学地球科学系获得社会资本的机会。这些信息将为研究人员提供关于队列如何为学生提供社区支持的见解。研究结果将用于改进正在进行的队列活动，以及部门教学实践和活动，并将与其他地球科学界交流。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program supports the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. This S-STEM project at Florida International University aims to increase the number of students with financial need who earn an undergraduate geoscience degree in four years and successfully enter thegeoscience workforce or graduate school. Over a five-year period, this project will fund 24 scholarships to undergraduate students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in the geosciences, including atmospheric sciences. Scholars will enter the University as two cohorts of 12 students who will take similar classes. The Scholars will be mentored, receive math tutoring, have internship opportunities, and go on a week-long geosciences field trip to the Appalachian Mountains. The objectives of this project are to provide students with scholarships, as well as academic and social supports to help them graduate in four years. The project aims to reduce student debt and provide the training needed to pursue a career or graduate studies in geosciences. The project will measure student success in both time-to-degree and future career path. Education research will investigate how student experiences as part of a cohort contribute to retention in the geosciences and on-time graduation. Specifically, the research will focus on students' perceptions of their developing identity as geoscientists, their sense of belonging in the geoscience discipline, and their access to social capital within Florida International University's Geosciences Department. This information will provide the researchers with insights into how the cohort provides the students with a community of support. The results of the research will be used to refine ongoing cohort activities, as well as departmental teaching practices and activities, and will be communicated to other geosciences communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.