FDSS Track 1: A New Paradigm for Faculty Development in Geospace Science at Georgia Tech

在地球空间科学（FDSS）的机会教师发展的目的是整合地球空间科学-包括太阳和空间物理学和空间天气研究-到自然科学，工程或相关部门在美国高等教育机构，并刺激本科或研究生课程或课程的发展，能够培养下一代地球空间科学的领导者。格鲁吉亚理工学院将在科学学院和工程学院联合创建一个FDSS终身职位，专注于日地和空间天气研究。大学的五个部门将在教师搜索过程中进行合作，而不是传统的招聘模式，即一个大学部门领导一个教师招聘。新的教员将被纳入该大学支持的一个新的跨学科空间研究项目，这将加速他们的联网和合作机会。他们将吸引大量本科生参与研究，利用该机构的垂直整合项目，该项目已被证明对代表性不足的群体的保留和职业轨迹产生积极影响。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 Faculty Development in geoSpace Science (FDSS) opportunity aims to integrate geospace science--to includes solar and space physics and space weather research--into natural sciences, engineering or related departments at U.S. institutions of higher education and stimulate the development of undergraduate or graduate programs or curricula capable of training the next generation of leaders in geospace science. Georgia Tech will create an FDSS tenure-track position jointly in the College of Sciences and College of Engineering, focused on solar-terrestrial and space weather research. Five departments in the university will collaborate on the faculty search process, instead of the traditional hiring model where one university department leads a faculty hiring. The new faculty will be integrated into a major new interdisciplinary space research venture supported by the university, which would accelerate their networking and collaborative opportunities. They will engage a large number of undergraduate students in research, leveraging the institution’s Vertically Integrated Projects that has been demonstrated to have positive impacts on retention and career trajectory of 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.