Ecosystems Studies at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

该奖项为俄勒冈州立大学生物系提供资金，以继续一个成功的为期10周的项目，该项目将为10名生物科学本科生提供安德鲁斯实验森林生态系统研究的研究经验。这片实验森林是几个跨学科项目的所在地，包括美国国家科学基金会赞助的长期生态研究计划。学生将学习和发展技能，因为他们与来自多个学科的科学家在更大的既定研究计划的单个项目中密切互动和合作。为了促进学生的发展并监督他们在完成课程后从事的职业，计划分四个阶段：概述阶段，解释综合生态系统研究；学徒阶段，培养学生技能；个人研究阶段，以及评估和后续阶段。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。该奖项的首席研究员将协调项目，组织概述阶段、实地考察和研讨会，整合学生和合作科学家，促进学生走向独立的科学研究。并监督评估和后续阶段，以便跟踪学生。学生们将与其他研究人员一起住在野外研究站，这种安排鼓励课后讨论，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置在一个风景优美的研究地点，与一个跨学科的科学家团队一起进行科学研究，培养他们对生物学研究的热情。

This award provides funds to the Biology Department at Oregon State to continue a successful 10-week program that will provide 10 undergraduates in biological sciences with research experiences in ecosystem studies at the Andrews Experimental Forest. This experimental forest 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 discipline on individual projects within larger established research programs. 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 student skills, a personal research phase, and an evaluation and follow-up phase. According to their interests, students will join a collaborating scientist for the second and third phases. The principal investigator of this award will coordinate the program, organize the overview phase, field trips, and seminars, integrating the students and collaborating scientists, facilitate students' progress toward independent scientific research, and monitor the evaluation and follow-up phase so that students can be tracked. Students will be housed at the field station with other researchers, an arrangement that encourages after hours discussions and helps break 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.