REU: Psychobiology Research for Undergraduates

该奖项将为弗吉尼亚大学本科生研究经验网站提供支持。此项目将扩大对在大学心理学系心理生物学研究实验室工作的本科生的支持基础。该奖项为9名本科生提供夏季津贴和适度的供应预算，以在夏季担任本科生研究助理。本科生将从弗吉尼亚大学以及邻近地区以黑人为主的学院和大学（如霍华德大学、诺福克州立大学、弗吉尼亚联合大学等）中挑选。每个学生将被分配给一个教师导师，指导他/她的日常活动。除了他们的实验任务，所有的学生将每隔一周在一个正式的研讨会上与一位教师导师讨论心理生物学的研究问题。最后，每个学生将在夏季结束时发表一个研究研讨会，总结他/她的研究工作。我们希望这个项目能鼓励有前途的本科生考虑从事心理生物学的实验室研究。

This award will provide support for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at the University of Virginia. This project will expand the base of support available to undergraduate students working in Psychobiology research laboratories within the Department of Psychology at the University. This award provides summer stipends and modest supply budgets for 9 undergraduate students to serve as undergraduate research assistants during the summer months. Undergraduates will be selected from the University of Virginia as well as predominantly black colleges and universities in the immediate region (i.e. Howard University, Norfolk State University, Virginia Union University, etc). Each student will be assigned to a faculty preceptor who will direct his/her daily activities. In addition to their laboratory assignments, all students will meet every other week in a formal seminar with one of the faculty preceptor to discuss research issues in Psychobiology. Finally, each student will present a research seminar at the end of the summer which summarizes his/her research effort. This program, we hope will provide encouragement to promising undergraduates to consider careers in laboratory research in Psychobiology.