REU: Stable Isotopic Applications to Great Plains Ecology, Paleoecology, Archeology, and Physiology

REU：稳定同位素在大平原生态学、古生态学、考古学和生理学中的应用

• 批准号: 9300418
• 负责人: Larry Tieszen
• 金额: $ 5.1万
• 依托单位: Augustana University Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-04-15 至 1994-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9300418&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Stable; Isotopic; Applications; Great

This award provides funds to continue REU support for another year in the Department of Biology at Augustana College. The program will support undergraduate participation in a focused research program which integrates the research activities of ten investigators from Augustana College (6), Univ. Neb. (1), The Nature Conservancy (1), S.D. State Univ. (1), and Black Hills State Univ. (1). The projects are integrated at the scientific level because of the common interests in prairie ecology and paleoecology, and because each project benefits from the applications of the stable isotopes of C and N to the methodology. A coherent group and a unique methodology will be used to continue ecological and archeological reconstructions in a geographic area of rich ecological resources and to encompass growing interest in diets and physiology. The REU students will be active participants as Augustana College hosts the International Conference. on Bone Modifications in 1993. Four high school teachers will participate, funded in total by the S. Dakota-NSF State Systemic Initiative. Ten students (half women, half from off-campus) will study field and laboratory problems with a common focus. They will be expected to gain some mastery of the theoretical basis for their study as well as the experimental design and ultimate interpretation. Weekly seminars and workshops will review each project's theoretical basis and research design; enhance the students' library, laboratory, data handling, and scientific writing skills; and broaden their understanding of the related projects. The ten-week summer program and academic year independent study will culminate in an REU Symposium in which each student will present his/her results and conclusions and help develop the hypotheses for next summer's projects. Outstanding women will be selected again as seminar speakers and to serve as role models. Twenty high schools will be invited to select an outstanding woman student to attend the REU Symposium and return for one day in summer. A major ethics conference will be hosted and a report disseminated dealing with reburial of museum specimens and animal research.

这项奖励提供资金，以便在奥古斯塔纳学院生物系继续为REU提供一年的支持。该计划将支持本科生参与一项重点研究计划，该计划整合了来自大学奥古斯塔纳学院(6)的10名研究人员的研究活动。奈布。(1)，南达科他州州立大学自然保护协会(1)(1)和黑山州立大学。(1)。由于草原生态和古生态方面的共同利益，以及每个项目都受益于碳和氮的稳定同位素在方法学上的应用，这些项目在科学层面上被整合在一起。将使用一个连贯的群体和独特的方法，在生态资源丰富的地理区域继续进行生态和考古重建，并包括对饮食和生理学日益增长的兴趣。在奥古斯塔纳学院主办国际会议时，REU的学生将是积极的参与者。1993年的《关于骨的改良》。四名高中教师将参加，资金总额由南达科他州-NSF州立系统倡议提供。十名学生(一半是女性，一半来自校外)将集中学习领域和实验室的问题。他们将被期望获得一些他们研究的理论基础以及实验设计和最终的解释。每周的研讨会和工作坊将审查每个项目的理论基础和研究设计；提高学生的图书馆、实验室、数据处理和科学写作技能；并扩大他们对相关项目的理解。为期十周的暑期计划和学年的独立研究将在REU研讨会上达到高潮，每个学生将在研讨会上展示他/她的结果和结论，并帮助为明年夏天的项目开发假设。杰出女性将再次被选为研讨会演讲者和模范。20所高中将被邀请挑选一名优秀的女学生参加REU研讨会，并在夏季返回一天。将主办一次重要的伦理会议，并散发一份关于博物馆标本重新埋葬和动物研究的报告。