REU site: Chemistry for a Sustainable Future - an International Research Experience in the UK

位于北卡罗来纳州格林斯博罗的北卡罗来纳大学格林斯博罗分校的本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖在2023-2025年的夏季为8名学生提供为期10周的培训。在这个由化学系资助的项目中，参与者将在英国巴斯大学进行化学方面的合作研究。学生将与巴斯大学可持续发展研究所的教师一起工作，该研究所汇集了多学科专业知识，通过研究应用于聚合物、能源、催化、化学转化和环境化学的可持续化学技术，解决与气候和可持续发展有关的问题。学生还将参加研讨会和活动，旨在提高他们的沟通技巧和对科学伦理的理解，并为他们过渡到STEM领域的研究生课程或工业职位做好准备。研究、研讨会和其他活动将融入国际视野，帮助参与者成为未来多元化、具有全球竞争力的STEM劳动力的一部分。学生承担个人项目，涵盖可持续化学的所有领域。其中包括研究可再生能源的可持续聚合物、新的电池技术、可再生资源的升级和清洁能源。该项目的目标是通过集中于两个学生池，招收至少50%的化学代表性不足的学生。第一个重点是当地九所院校（三所HCBU，一所MSI，六所主要本科院校（PUI），一所女子学院和一所社区学院）的学生。第二个重点是集中在美国东南部的HCBU， MSI和PUI的招聘工作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of North Carolina Greensboro, located in Greensboro, NC, supports the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry, participants pursue collaborative research in chemistry at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Students will work with faculty who are members of University of Bath’s Institute for Sustainability, which brings together multidisciplinary expertise to address problems related to climate and sustainability through research in sustainable chemical technologies as applied to polymers, energy sources, catalysis, chemical transformations and environmental chemistry. The students will also participate in workshops and activities designed to enhance their communication skills and understanding of scientific ethics, and prepare them to make the transition to graduate programs or industrial positions in STEM fields. The research, workshops and other activities will be infused with an international perspective to help participants become part of a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce in the future.The students undertake individual projects encompassing all fields of sustainable chemistry. These include research into sustainable polymers from renewable sources, new battery technology, upgrading of renewable resources and clean energy. The goal of the project is to recruit a minimum of 50% underrepresented students in chemistry by concentrating on two pools of students. The first focus is on students in a local consortium of nine institutions (three HCBU’s, one MSI, six primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI’s), one women’s college and a community college). The second focus is concentrating recruitment efforts on HCBU’s, MSI’s and PUI’s in the southeastern U.S.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.