Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2819 Texas A&M University-San Antonio (144707)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Davida Smyth
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 299,973
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 5/1/23 - 4/30/25
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Water Science
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Natural Sciences
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Addressing Water Security: towards Student Retention, Improved Relevance, and Increased Readiness
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
National Science Foundation
CFDA Link: NSF
47.076
Program Title:
none
CFDA Linked: Education and Human Resources
Note:
WaTR3 is a transformative transdisciplinary water education pathway for minority student retention, completion, and career-readiness. WaTR3 addresses three problems: (1) low enrollment in A&M-SA’s Water Resources Science and Technology Program (WaTR), particularly of women, (2) poor integration of local water issues in existing WaTR and STEM courses, and (3) limited access to opportunities for pre-and in-service professional and career development for students and current water professionals to promote workforce readiness and advancement. We will revitalize recruitment by working with admissions and through outreach activities at high schools, community colleges, and with our local water utility providers and stakeholders and utilize peer-mentoring by current students, alumni of WaTR, and current graduate students in the M.S. degree program in WaTR. We will institutionalize a sustainable educational pathway of enhanced courses that is amplified through relevance; student engagement with cutting edge and emerging water science technology; culturally relevant, context-based pedagogies; field experiences and tours of local plants and internships with water-related collaborators. Lastly, we will promote readiness for all students, through community science programs, and high-impact, vertically integrated, classroom-based undergraduate research experiences, and new or revised courses that are research-based and lay groundwork for research careers and training. Through recruitment, relevance, and readiness, WaTR3 seeks to diversify the pre- and in-service professionals addressing water issues in regional, state, national, and international contexts, and to respond to the local pressing issues of water access, protection, and conservation. SAMS 1.3.1
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