REU: Ecosystem Studies at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest

该奖项为俄勒冈州立大学生物系继续本科生研究体验网站提供支持。为期10周的暑期项目将在安德鲁斯实验森林为10名生物科学本科生提供生态系统研究方面的研究经验，该森林是几个跨学科项目的所在地，包括NSF赞助的长期生态研究计划。学生们将在与来自几个学科的科学家在更大的协调研究中的个别项目上进行互动和密切合作的过程中学习和发展技能。为了促进学生的发展并监测他们在完成项目后所从事的职业，计划了一个分4个阶段的计划：概述阶段解释综合生态系统研究，学徒阶段发展技能，个人研究阶段，以及评估后续阶段。根据学生的兴趣，他们将加入第二和第三阶段的合作科学家。首席调查员将协调项目，组织概述阶段、实地考察和研讨会，整合学生和合作的科学家，促进独立提问的进展，并评估结果。学生们将与其他研究人员一起住在野外空间站，这一安排鼓励了课外讨论，并有助于打破学科之间的障碍。该项目将把有前途的学生安排在一个风景秀丽的研究地点，与一个跨学科的科学家团队合作，以产生良好的科学成果，并培养对生物研究的热情。

This award provides support to the Department of Biology at Oregon State University to continue a Research Experience for Undergraduates Site. A 10-week summer program will provide 10 undergraduates in biological sciences with research experiences in ecosystem studies at the Andrews Experimental Forest which is the site for several interdisciplinary projects, including the NSF sponsored Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Students will learn and develop skills as they interact and work closely with scientists from several disciplines on individual projects within the larger coordinated studies. To foster student development and monitor what careers they pursue after they complete the program, a 4-phase program is planned: an overview phase which explains integrated ecosystem studies, an apprenticeship phase to develop skills, a personal research phase, and an evaluation follow-up phase. According to their interests, students will join a collaborating scientist for the second and third phases. The Principal Investigator will coordinate the program, organize the overview phase, field trips, and seminars, integrating the students and collaborating scientists, facilitate progress toward independent questioning, and evaluating results. Students will be housed at the field station with other researchers, an arrangement that encourages afterhours discussions and helps break the barriers between disciplines. The project will place promising students at a scenic research site with an interdisciplinary team of scientists to produce good science and develop an enthusiasm for biological research.