RCN-UBE Incubator: An Interdisciplinary Network in Hawai'i to Develop, Support, and Assess Pathways into STEM Through Research Experiences in Marine Science (REMS)

海洋科学研究经验（REMS）研究协调网络孵化器项目的目的是通过开发夏威夷海洋科学领域的累积性、文化响应性、基于课程的本科生研究经验（CUREs），建立和加强科学途径。该项目将协调一个跨学科的社区聚会，寻求赋予夏威夷历史上被排除在STEM之外的群体的学生权力，特别关注夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民。夏威夷大学（夏威夷）的学生，特别是夏威夷原住民学生，在STEM学术和职业道路上面临着高流失率和低代表性，但基于文化的、相关的、负责任的和可持续的基于地点的研究经历可能会促进坚持。该网络旨在通过举办研讨会促进网络伙伴之间的知识交流，概述网络需求，并为海洋科学CURE创建和试点新模块，培养一个文化和专业多样化的海洋科学研究人员和教育工作者社区。网络活动将围绕REMS暑期项目展开，这是一个基于地点的CURE项目，旨在支持夏威夷夏威夷学生（包括夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民学生的高代表性）过渡到本科STEM途径。在REMS项目期间，将举办专业发展研讨会，强调基于场所的实践、社区工作/服务日以及学生研究研讨会，以促进网络参与者和REMS社区合作伙伴之间的公平互惠关系。该项目由生物基础设施司生物科学理事会和本科教育司STEM教育理事会共同资助，作为他们应对本科生物学教育的愿景和变化：行动呼吁（http://visionandchange/finalreport/）所提出的挑战的一部分。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 purpose of the Research Experiences in Marine Science (REMS) Research Coordination Network incubator project is to build and strengthen science pathways through the development of cumulative, culturally responsive, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in marine science in Hawai‘i. This project will coordinate an interdisciplinary gathering of communities that seek to empower students from groups historically excluded from STEM in Hawai‘i, with particular focus on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations. University of Hawai'i (Hawai'i) students, and in particular Native Hawaiian students, face high rates of attrition and low representation in STEM academic and career pathways, but place-based research experiences that are culturally grounded, relevant, responsible, and sustainable may promote persistence.This network seeks to foster a culturally and professionally diverse community of marine science researchers and educators by conducting workshops to facilitate knowledge exchanges among network partners and outline network needs and creating and piloting novel modules for a marine science CURE. The network activities will center around the REMS Summer Program, a place-based CURE designed to support Hawaiʻi students (including high representation of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students) as they transition into undergraduate STEM pathways. Professional development workshops that highlight place-based practices, laulima (community work/service) days at community partner sites, and a student research symposium hosted during the REMS program will be used to promote equitable and reciprocal relationships amongst network participants and REMS community partners. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for STEM Education, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).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.