REU Site: Earth and Planetary science Interdsciplinary Internships at Carnegie (EPIIC)

卡内基大学的地球与行星科学跨学科实习项目将介绍以下交叉领域的研究过程：天文学、天体生物学、生物/同位素地球化学、宇宙化学、数据科学、实验地球化学、地球物理、高压矿物物理、矿物学、有机地球化学和岩石学；面向没有重要研究经验的本科生。epic REU将为本科生，特别是那些在stem相关研究方面选择有限的本科生，提供成长为新一代科学家所需的资源和机会。该计划将从高度多样化的机构中招收学生，包括社区和文理学院，有或没有强大研究项目的四年制大学。至少一半的实习机会将提供给STEM教育中代表性不足的群体（种族、性别、收入、残疾、退伍军人）。该项目将使学生沉浸在一个充满活力的研究环境中，在他们获得新技能的同时建立参与者的自信，从而促进他们未来参与科学。epic将提供一个包容多样性的学习环境，为学生的学术生涯做好准备，并以相互尊重同龄人的智力和思想为基础；从而使他们成为我们多元社会的积极成员。因此，该项目有望促进科学的进步，促进高等院校学生的繁荣和福利。在这个高度跨学科的REU项目中，学生将进行前沿研究并获得实践经验，包括使用复杂的实验和分析设备进行培训。为期10周的计划旨在确保学生成功完成研究活动，并期望他们参与国家会议和同行评审出版物。学生将成为导师研究小组的正式成员，参加每周的研讨会和社交活动，并一起住在美利坚大学的校园里，以帮助建立一个大学群体。EPIIC的强度和训练将使参与者为研究生生活做好准备。鼓励在夏季REU项目之外保持学生与导师的沟通，以促进参与者过渡到stem相关的职业。该项目将在外部顾问的指导下通过一系列调查和工具进行评估。该计划的长期成功将通过以下指标来衡量：i)从事STEM相关职业的REU学生人数，包括转到四年制大学理科专业的社区大学生人数，ii) STEM教育中代表性不足的学生的参与程度，以及iii)学生对科学发现对建立道德，包容和事实驱动的社会的更广泛影响的理解。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 Earth and Planetary science Interdisciplinary Internships program at Carnegie will introduce the process of research at the intersections of: Astronomy, Astrobiology, Bio-/Isotope Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry, Data Science, Experimental Geochemistry, Geophysics, High-Pressure Mineral Physics, Mineralogy, Organic Geochemistry, and Petrology; to undergraduate students without significant previous research experience. The EPIIC REU will provide the resources and opportunities needed for undergraduate students, especially those with limited options for STEM-related research, to grow into a new generation of scientists. The program will recruit its students from a highly-diverse group of institutions that includes community and liberal arts colleges, 4-year universities with/out strong research programs. At least half of the internships will be offered to under-represented groups in STEM education (race, gender, income, disability, veteran status). The program will immerse students into a vigorous research environment to build participant self-confidence as they gain new skills, and thus foster their future involvement in science. EPIIC will provide a learning environment that embraces diversity, prepares students for academic careers, and which is based on mutual respect for peers’ intellectuality and ideas; thus preparing them to be active members of our pluralistic society. The project, therefore, is expected to promote the progress of science and advance the prosperity and welfare of postsecondary students.In this highly interdisciplinary REU program, students will conduct cutting-edge research and gain hands-on experience that includes training with sophisticated experimental and analytical equipment. The 10-week program is planned to ensure successful completion of students’ research activities and expects their participation in national meetings and peer-review publications. Students will be full members of their mentors’ research groups, attend weekly seminars and social events, and live together on the campus of American University to help establish a collegial cohort. EPIIC’s intensity and training will prepare its participants for graduate student life. Maintaining student-mentor(s) communications beyond the summer REU program is encouraged to facilitate participant transition into STEM-related careers. The program will be evaluated by a series of surveys and tools employed under the guidance of an external advisor. The long-term success of the program success will be measured by: i) the number of REU students who follow a STEM-related career, including the number of community college students that transfer to a 4-year university as science majors, ii) the extent of the participation of students underrepresented in STEM education, and iii) students’ understanding of the broader impacts of scientific discovery on the establishment of an ethical, inclusive and fact-driven society.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.