REU Site: Puerto Rico-Chemical Learning Integrated in Materials and Biomolecular applications (PR-CLIMB)

本研究经验的本科生（REU）网站奖波多黎各-里奥彼德拉斯校区的大学，位于圣胡安，PR，支持10名学生的培训10周期间的夏天2024-2026。在该计划中，由化学和既定计划刺激竞争性研究（EPSCoR）的部门资助，学生将参与专注于材料化学和生物化学的研究领域。 参与者将从高中生中招募，以大学和两年制学院和大学的学士学位课程在化学相关专业。在少数民族服务机构成立，这个REU网站将寻求丰富的学生与身临其境的体验，将促进无数的专业发展技能的多样化。 此外，超越更广泛的目标是建立社会意识的科学家，他们将致力于解决基于社区的问题，建立未来的STEM劳动力，并建立STEM专业合作者网络。REU网站将专注于化学和/或那些谁没有在他们的家乡机构的研究机会代表不足的学生。参与者将从事以材料和生物化学为重点的跨学科研究，项目包括药物设计/递送、医疗器械、能量存储、绿色化学、水净化和污染代谢组学。高级本科生和博士后研究人员将担任共同导师，提供额外的培训支持。讲习班将用于培训参与者掌握可直接应用于其研究的实用实验室技术。 该计划将包括系列研讨会，小组会议和行业图尔斯参观，并将纳入实验设计，批判性思维，有效的科学交流和工作传播的核心培训。此外，参与者还将获得有关申请研究生院和奖学金以及追求不同STEM职业道路的见解。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力审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras campus, located in San Juan, PR, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2024-2026. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), students will participate in research areas focused on materials chemistry and biochemistry. Participants will be recruited from high school students en route to college and two-year colleges and universities with bachelor’s programs in chemistry-related majors. Established at the minority serving institution, this REU site will seek to enrich a diverse set of students with an immersive experience that will foster myriad of professional development skills. Furthermore, overreaching broader goals are to establish socially conscious scientists who will work to resolve community-based problems, build a future STEM workforce, and establish a network of STEM professional collaborators. The REU site will focus on students underrepresented in chemistry and/or those who do not have opportunities for research at their home institution. Participants will be engaged in interdisciplinary research that focuses on materials and biochemistry, with projects including drug design/delivery, medical devices, energy storage, green chemistry, water purification, and pollution metabolomics. Advanced undergraduate students and postdoctoral researchers will serve as co-mentors to provide additional training support. Workshops will be used to train participants in practical laboratory techniques that can be directly applied to their research. The program will include seminar series, group meetings, and industry tours and will incorporate core training in experimental design, critical thinking, effective science communication and dissemination of work. Participants will additionally be presented with insights into applying to graduate schools and fellowships, as well as pursuing different STEM career paths.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.