GP-GO: 'Ahihi Learning Ecosystem Model for Hawai‘i Geoscience Workforce Development

该项目旨在通过机构合作，从根本上改变夏威夷大学(UH)吸引和准备地球科学专业学生的方式，重点是与劳动力相关的专业发展和社区建设。这项提议将采用STEM学习生态系统模式，在该模式中，教职员工、学生和校友与地球科学雇主合作，为夏威夷不同的学生在当地和全国范围内的地球科学职业生涯做好准备。其结果是，从事与职业相关的地球科学经验的妇女、夏威夷原住民和其他城市管理人员的人数将增加，这将导致她们更多地参与地方和国家的地球科学工作。该项目还将加强经济发展、可持续性和地缘政治安全，因为许多地球科学工作与清洁能源、淡水、气候变化和海平面上升有关。这样，该项目将为美国国家科学基金会促进科学进步、促进国家繁荣和福利、保障国防安全的使命做出贡献。该项目的总体目标是吸引和培养多样化的本科生和研究生，以满足夏威夷的地球科学劳动力需求。个人投资促进机构针对四个项目目标：(A)建立对夏威夷当前和预测的地球科学劳动力需求的数据驱动的了解，并利用这些数据来推动规划；(B)通过专业发展、网络和指导，使本科生和研究生掌握与劳动力需求相关的技能，从而改善与职业相关的进入地球科学的途径；(C)通过在三个服务于夏威夷土著社区学院和加州大学马诺阿的相关方案和项目之间建立桥梁和杠杆，在整个夏威夷卫生系统建立可持续的机构合作；以及(D)增加和扩大自然科学副教授和密歇根大学海洋和地球科学与技术学院海洋和地球科学与技术专业学生的参与，特别是妇女和夏威夷原住民的参与。这些目标将通过一套旨在取得学术和劳动力成功的综合干预措施来实现。一个关键的交叉战略是利用与所有三个校区的成熟项目的长期合作伙伴关系来建立跨园区合作，并确保项目期间的可持续性。该项目由GEO的IUSE：GEOPAth计划和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to fundamentally transform the ways geoscience majors are attracted and prepared at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) through institutional collaborations with a focus on workforce-relevant professional development and community-building. This proposal will employ a STEM learning ecosystem model in which faculty, staff, students, and alumni work together with geoscience employers to prepare Hawai‘i's diverse students for geoscience careers locally and nationally. The result will be an increase in the number of women, Native Hawaiians and other URMs that engage in career-relevant geoscience experiences, which will lead to their increased participation in the local and national geoscience workforce. This project will also lead to enhanced economic development, sustainability and geopolitical security, as many geoscience jobs have relevance to clean energy, fresh water, climate change and sea level rise. In this way, this project will contribute to the NSF mission of promoting the progress of science, advancing the nation’s prosperity and welfare and securing the national defense. The project's overarching goal is to attract and prepare diverse undergraduates and graduate students to meet Hawai‘i’s geoscience workforce needs. The PIs have targeted four project objectives: (A) Develop a data-driven understanding of current and projected geoscience workforce needs in Hawai‘i, and use these data to drive programming; (B) Improve career-related pathways into the geosciences by equipping undergraduate and graduate students with skills relevant to workforce needs through professional development, networking and mentoring; (C) Build sustainable, institutional collaborations across the UH system by bridging and leveraging relevant programs and projects at three Native Hawaiian-serving community colleges and UH Manoa; and (D) Increase and broaden participation within Associate of Science in Natural Science and UH Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology majors, particularly among women and Native Hawaiians. These objectives will be obtained through an integrated set of interventions designed for academic and workforce success. A key cross-cutting strategy is leveraging the long-term partnerships with well-established programs across all three campuses to build cross-campus collaborations and ensure sustainability beyond the project period.This project is jointly funded by GEO's IUSE:GEOPAths Program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.