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RISE Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER) |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | September 1, 2016 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | September 1, 2016 |
| Award Number: | 1645401 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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Elizabeth Rom
elrom@nsf.gov (703)292-7709 RISE Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER) GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | September 15, 2016 |
| End Date: | August 31, 2021 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $117,045.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $117,045.00 |
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4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE SEATTLE WA US 98195-1016 (206)543-4043 |
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| NSF Program(s): | Integrat & Collab Ed & Rsearch |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
Active Societal Participation In Research and Education (ASPIRE) aims to cultivate a generation of geoscientists with the leadership knowledge and skills, scholarship, and material support to communicate the social relevance of geosciences, and thereby, to broaden participation in these fields. The proposed project will evaluate the effectiveness of place-based science as a vehicle for increasing diversity in the Geoscience. The ASPIRE collaborators will organize Mobile Working Groups (MWG) that will be led by an academic geoscientist who works with a local community on issues that require an expertise in the geosciences. These MWG leaders are referred to as "gate-openers". Each MWG will focus on a single issue linked to a single community, but ASPIRE will support multiple MWGs working across a variety of issues and geoscience topics.
During the pilot period, ASPIRE will: 1) learn from the experiences and qualities of geoscientists who already possess experience leading community-relevant research, 2) support them "individually and collectively" as leaders of MWGs over a period of one year, 3) identify from their prior and current experiences the sort of leadership required to bridge underserved and geoscience communities, and 4) define and refine the leadership, networking, and logistical support needs that a fully implemented "bricks and mortar" center would require. Over the course of the pilot project, ASPIRE will conservatively involve up to forty individuals from across a variety of geoscience institutions, with an additional thirty or more participants, support staff and evaluators. The PIs hypothesize that in institutionalizing a new mode of geoscience research (MWG), learning from the leaders' experiences with MWG, and refining a leadership development program based on findings, they will have a scalable leadership tool and organizational structure that will rebrand the geosciences as socially relevant and inclusive of geoscientists from diverse backgrounds.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The Active Societal Participation In Research and Education project (ASPIRE) aims to cultivate a generation of geoscientists with the leadership knowledge and skills, scholarship, and material support to reframe and rebrand the geosciences as socially relevant and, thereby, to increase equity in, and broaden participation in, these fields. This generation of geoscientists will do so by bridging longstanding divides that impede access to and inclusion in the geosciences: between basic and applied science, between scholars in the academy and members of historically marginalized communities, and between the places where science is needed and the places where it is typically conducted.
In partnership with American Geophysical Union (AGU) staff, the ASPIRE team planned, coordinated and hosted the a virtual discussion series "Nurturing Equitable Exchange Among Geoscientists and Communities" under 6 themes: 1) introduction to the topic of equitable exchange; 2) critical awareness of scientific history; 3) centering community; 4) navigating multiple, politicized relationships; 5) building trusting relationships via shared ownership and reciprocity and 6) building trusting relationships via facilitation and care. The series was co-created by 8 academic partners, 3 AGU staff, 6 Community Advisors and 9 Community practitioners with a direct reach to 119 next generation geoscientists from across the country.
Last Modified: 07/07/2022
Modified by: Julia K Parrish
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