Undergraduate Research in Biology

该奖项为塔尔萨大学生物科学系提供资金，以继续建立一个成功的REU网站。该项目将帮助本科生在哲学、力学和科学研究执行方面进行培训。这个项目将加强已经很强大的本科生研究参与计划，并将把这个计划延长到夏季。另一个目标是增加任职人数不足群体成员参与科学研究的机会。本科生暑期研究计划将包括研究工作坊、独立研究项目、每周小组会议、特邀演讲者和研究座谈会。研究工作坊将向学生介绍由参与教师代表的生物学各个领域的哲学和力学。研讨会的成果之一将是每个学生开发一个单独的研究项目。这些项目将侧重于珍珠类觅食生态学、生殖行为生态学、脊椎动物生殖生理学(生态学和进化论)、藻类进化和系统学或蓝藻微生物学。学生们将在整个暑假期间完成他们的项目。每周一次的小组会议将提供一个论坛，用于审查文献、研究项目的进展报告，以及解决项目过程中出现的问题。被邀请的演讲者将使学生接触到比参与教师更广泛的生物学观点。最后，学生将通过研究座谈会交流他们项目的结果，并体验批判性的同行评议。

This award provides funds to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tulsa to continue a successful REU SITE. The program will help train undergraduate students in the philosophy, mechanics, and execution of scientific research. This project will enhance an already strong program in undergraduate research participation, and will extend this program into the summer. Another goal is to enhance opportunities for participation in scientific research for members of underrepresented groups. The Undergraduate Summer Research Program will consist of a research workshop, independent research projects, weekly group meetings, invited speakers, and a research colloquium. The research workshop will introduce the students to the philosophy and mechanics of the various fields in biology represented by the participating faculty. One result of the workshop will be the development by each student of an individual research project. These projects will focus on nectivore foraging ecology, reproductive behavioral ecology, vertebrate reproductive physiology (ecology & evolution), algal evolution & systematics, or cyanobacterial microbiology. The students will complete their projects over the course of the summer. The weekly group meetings will provide a forum for review of literature, progress reports on research projects, and for solving problems that arise during the course of the projects. The invited speakers will expose the students to a wider variety of view points in biology than is available through the participating faculty. Finally, students will communicate the results of their projects and experience critical peer review through the research colloquium.