UMEB: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Ecology

本提案是在一个特殊的试点项目“环境生物学本科生指导”下提交的。这个为期四年的项目将为本科生提供在六位活跃的研究生态学家的指导下进行生态研究的第一手经验。我们将积极寻求让传统上在环境生物学中代表性不足的群体参与进来，包括拉丁裔、美洲印第安人和非洲裔美国人背景的学员以及一些非少数民族学生。这项工作将通过与亚利桑那州立大学现有的针对这些少数群体的项目密切协调而得到很大的帮助。该项目是一个专门的教育轨道，包括第一年的综合研讨会，早期接触高级课程，在学生大学生涯开始时参与研究，以及在学生制定研究生院和未来职业计划时继续跟踪和支持学生。仔细记录项目的成功和失败，其他研究经验项目的支持，针对更高级的本科生，以及学生在个别实验室的安置，将有助于该项目的校友进入环境生物学的研究事业。

9317340 Grimm This proposal is submitted under a special pilot program, Undergraduate Mentorships in Environmental Biology. The four year program will offer undergraduate students first hand experience in carrying out ecological research under the mentorships of six active research ecologists. We will aggressively seek to involve groups traditionally under represented in environmental biology, includi ng trainees of Latino, American Indian, and African American backgrounds as well as a number of non minority students. This effort will be aided considerably by close coordination with existing programs that target these minority groups at ASU. The program is a specialized educational track consisting of an integrative first year seminar, early exposure to advanced courses, research involvement at the outset of students' college careers, and continued follow up and support of individual students as they make plans for graduate school and future careers. Careful documentation of the program's successes and failures, support from other research experience programs targeting more advanced undergraduate students, and placement of students in individual laboratories will facilitate the entry of alumni and alumnae of this program into research careers in environmental biology.