2023年8月30日
浩博体育app is one of several recipients of a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to train the next generation of scientists to advance climate change 研究.
“Two formidable challenges exist for the scientific workforce in the 21st century,” said 坦尼娅Matlaga，香港大学副教授 生物学 at Susquehanna and co-principal investigator on the project. “The first is how best to diversify participation and produce a new generation of scientists with a broad spectrum of ideas and experiences and the second is how best to mitigate the impacts of large-scale global change.”
Susquehanna is partnering with Bridgewater State, 宾夕法尼亚州立, Michigan State and Monmouth universities to create a postbaccalaureate 研究 and mentoring network integrated within the existing Salamander Population and Adaptation Research Collaboration Network. SPARCnet is a 研究 initiative that brings together scientists, 教育工作者, 大学, 联邦, state and nonprofit partners to understand climate adaptation and population dynamics of the red-backed salamander.
Program to mentor young 研究ers
Funded through by the NSF’s Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences program, the SPARCnet RaMP program will recruit college graduates with limited 研究 experiences to participate in a one-year, paid and mentored 研究 position at SPARCnet sites in the eastern United States. Mentors will be trained in mentoring best practices while mentees will be trained in a variety of 研究 methods and professional development skills. The grant will support 30 postbaccalaureate mentees over three years, preparing them to successfully enter the STEM workforce and postgraduate education programs.
Susquehanna will host a postbaccalaureate 研究 mentee during years two through four of the program. In addition to advancing SPARCnet’s 研究, the position will also interact with SU undergraduates, and attend lab and 研究 meetings and presentations within the 生物学 department.
Each year’s mentee group will complete a collaborative core project using the network-wide, 10-year data set on salamander populations, and each individual mentee will complete a tailored independent project with their mentor.
“Not only will the projects expose mentees to basic hypothesis-driven, 生态研究, but they will uncover patterns and mechanisms of change and model those changes with aims to impact policy and management,马特拉加说. “Mentors will also be able to bring their mentoring best practices back to their home institutions to broaden the program’s impact.”
Matlaga has been engaged in 研究 with SPARCnet for the past 10 years. Read more about the joint faculty-student 研究 在这里.
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