REU Site: Geosciences Program in Energy and Environmental Resource Sustainability (GeoPEERS)

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。能源与环境资源可持续性地球科学计划(GeoPEERS)REU的目标是为工业界和学术界培养下一代地球科学劳动力。尽管石油和天然气的工作岗位在未来几十年可能会继续缓慢下降，但该行业将继续存在，我们必须培养能够熟练地、符合道德的、具有战略意义地定位和开采这些资源的地球科学家。与此同时，对清洁水、肥沃土壤和可再生能源等资源的需求也在增加。全球能源和资源组合的多样化已经开始，进入学术界和劳动力市场的地球科学家将需要新的技能。GeoPEERS REU计划将培训参与者从可持续发展的角度全面接触资源开采和能源生产行业。地球科学领域也面临着劳动力严重缺乏多样性的问题。我们将广泛刊登广告，并利用与少数群体服务机构的现有伙伴关系，以便从各种背景中寻找高度合格的申请者。因为仅仅招募多样化的群体是不够的，我们将努力有目的地和明确地创造一个支持性、包容性和公平的教育环境。通过将新的技能集合和视角融入我们的培训计划，并有意建立一个多样化和包容性的参与者社区，GeoPEERS将为未来的地球科学培养新一代人。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 award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The goal of the Geosciences Program in Energy and Environmental Resource Sustainability (GeoPEERS) REU is to train the next generation geoscience workforce for industry and academia. While oil and gas jobs will likely continue to decline slowly over the next several decades, the industry will remain, and we must train geoscientists who can skillfully, ethically, and strategically locate and extract these resources. At the same time, demand for resources such as clean water, fertile soil, and renewable energy is increasing. Diversification of the global energy and resource portfolio is already underway, and new skill sets will be required of geoscientists entering academia and the workforce. The GeoPEERS REU program will train participants holistically to approach the industry of resource extraction and energy production from a sustainability perspective.The field of geosciences is also reckoning with a profound lack of diversity in its workforce. We will advertise broadly and draw upon existing partnerships with minority-serving institutions in order to find highly qualified applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds. Because simply recruiting a diverse cohort is not enough, we will strive to intentionally and explicitly create a supportive, inclusive, and equitable educational environment. By incorporating new skills sets and perspectives into our training program, and by intentionally building a diverse and inclusive participant community, GeoPEERS will prepare a new generation for the geosciences of the future.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.