GP-UP: Authentic Cruise and Research Experiences for Underrepresented Students (ACREUS).

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)。美国人口中的大量和不断增长的群体在通往STEM劳动力职业生涯的教育途径中没有得到足够的代表。该项目旨在招募、准备和促进来自历史上代表性不足的群体的学生进入STEM职业发展道路，主要侧重于地球和海洋科学。该方法将包括与本科生和副学士学位机构合作，招收不同类别的学生参与者。该计划将为总共24名学生提供专业发展和经验培训，为他们参与一系列可能的研究巡航做好准备。项目活动将通过数据收集、数据分析以及水上和远程海洋研究项目的可视化，为学生提供工作场所技能培养的机会。专业发展活动和项目后支持将帮助学生在STEM和地球/海洋科学领域寻找和追求教育机会或职业。罗德岛大学海洋学研究生院(GSO/URI)将与马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校、波多黎各路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟和罗德岛社区学院合作，招募学生参与专业发展活动。该计划将在为期一周的暑期计划期间，将在GSO/URI的岸上(网真和小船)，以及作为海洋研究邮轮的船上科学小组成员，向不同的社区、大学和本科生提供一系列真实的海洋实地体验。这些活动将通过水上和远程海洋研究项目的数据收集、数据分析和数据可视化，为学生提供工作场所技能培养的机会。专业发展活动和项目后支持将帮助学生在STEM和地球/海洋科学领域寻找和追求教育机会或职业。战略是让学生沉浸在广泛的海洋学研究中，帮助他们确定自己感兴趣的主要海洋领域，并提供对工作场所技能培养至关重要的基本内容知识和可转让的仪器和数据分析技能。该战略使学生能够在他们的群体内和向外发展网络，进入由研究人员和经营者组成的既定海洋学社区。该模式还包括在项目结束后与参与者保持沟通，以帮助把握教育和职业机会。该计划建立在为有抱负的海洋科学家提供真实世界经验的既定模式基础上，但也探索了如何最好地应用海洋参与和科学-政党一体化来招收和留住历史上代表性不足的群体的学生。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).Large and growing segments of the US population are not adequately represented in educational pathways that lead to careers in the STEM workforce. This project seeks to recruit, prepare, and promote retention of students from historically underrepresented groups into the STEM career pipeline with a primary focus on Earth and ocean sciences. The approach will include partnering with undergraduate and associate-degree institutions to recruit diverse cohorts of student participants. The program will provide a total of twenty-four students with professional development and experiential training that will prepare them for participation in a range of possible research cruises. Program activities will provide students with opportunities for workplace skill-building via data collection, data analysis, and visualizations for on-the-water and remote oceanographic research projects. Professional development activities and post-program support will assist students with identifying and pursuing educational opportunities or careers in STEM and Earth/ocean science fields.The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO/URI) will work with the University of Massachusetts Boston, the Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, and the Community College of Rhode Island to recruit students to participate in the professional development activities. The program will expose diverse cohorts of early-career community college and undergraduate students to a range of authentic oceanographic field experiences from shore (telepresence and small-boat) at GSO/URI during a one-week summer program and at sea as shipboard science party members of an oceanographic research cruise. The activities will provide students with opportunities for workplace skill-building via data collection, data analysis, and data visualization for on-the-water and remote oceanographic research projects. Professional development activities and post-program support will assist students with identifying and pursuing educational opportunities or careers in STEM and Earth/ocean science fields. The strategy is to immerse students in a broad spectrum of oceanographic research to help them identify their primary areas of oceanographic interest and provide fundamental content knowledge and transferable instrumentation and data analysis skills that are important for workplace skill building. The strategy enables the development of networks for the students both within their cohort and outwards into the established oceanographic community of researchers and operators. The model also includes maintaining communication with the participants after the program to assist with navigating educational and career opportunities. This program builds upon established models of providing real-world experiences to aspiring ocean scientists, but also explores how best to apply at-sea participation and science-party integration to recruit and retain students from historically underrepresented groups.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.