Targeted Infusion Project: Females Advancing Science & Technology (FAST)

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）研究生课程和/或职业。杰克逊州立大学的项目将加强计算机科学、应急管理技术、气象学和心理学系的本科教育，使STEM中代表性不足的学生，特别是女学生，准备成功进入STEM的研究生课程或职业，特别是在应急管理和/或备灾领域。该项目将深入社区，举办课程和外联活动，促进脆弱地区的安全和备灾。该项目将使社区参与提供他们在自然灾害发生之前、期间和之后保持安全所需的工具，其目标是：通过一个有针对性的辅导方案，提高计算机科学、应急管理技术、气象学和心理学领域代表性不足的本科生，特别是女生的保留率和坚持率;增加学生的知识基础，研究技能，并通过实施一套以证据为基础的活动，最终在一个研究研讨会应急管理和/或备灾意识;通过创建一个备灾和抗灾能力的课程，推进STEM课程;建立防灾抗灾教学研究实验室。这个奖项反映了NSF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 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Jackson State University will enhance undergraduate education in the departments of computer science, emergency management technology, meteorology, and psychology so that students underrepresented in STEM, but particularly women students, are prepared to successfully enter graduate programs or careers in STEM, specifically in the areas emergency management and/or disaster preparedness. This project will reach into the community by hosting classes and outreach events that promote safety and preparedness in vulnerable areas. It will engage the community to provide the tools they need to remain safe before, during and after a natural disaster.The goals of the project are to: improve the retention and persistence of undergraduate underrepresented students, particularly women, in the fields of computer science, emergency management technology, meteorology and psychology through a deliberate mentoring program; increase students’ knowledge base, research skills, and awareness of emergency management and/or disaster preparedness by implementing a set evidence-based activities culminating in a research symposium; advance the STEM curriculum by creating a course on disaster preparedness and resilience; and establish a disaster preparedness and resilience teaching and research laboratory. The project is guided by an external evaluation team.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.