The California Academy of Sciences Summer Systematics Institute as a REU Site

该奖项每年将支持9名本科生参加由加州科学院夏季系统学研究所提供的本科生研究经验项目。该项目为期十周，在全国范围内的招募将重点放在女性和少数民族学生身上。每个潜在的实习生将申请与学院馆长一起研究一个项目。成功的申请者将参加正式的系统生物学讲座，参观科学院的九个研究部门，以及由科学院以外的科学家举办的系统生物学研究研讨会。学生们将在有指导的项目上工作，这样就可以完成对问题和要研究的生物的介绍，以及数据的收集、解释和传播。每位学生将以科学论文的形式写出项目结果的手稿，并向同行口头介绍他/她的成果。每年将对实习生和参与的学院工作人员进行评估，以便在随后的几年里微调/改进该计划。该奖项将促进个人的继续教育和培训，他们将成为下一代系统生物学基础研究人员的一部分。它还将帮助青年公民了解与生物多样性及其保护有关的问题。

This award will support the participation of nine undergraduate students each year in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program offered by the California Academy of Sciences' Summer Systematics Institute. The program is ten weeks long and recruitment on a national level will give emphasis to women and minority students in science. Each prospective intern would apply to work with an Academy curator on a research project. Successful applicants would take part in formal lectures in Systematic Biology, tours of each of the Academy's nine research departments and research seminars in systematic biology by scientists from outside the Academy. Students would work on directed programs circumscribed so that an introduction to the problem and organisms to be studied, as well as data collection, interpretation and dissemination can be accomplished. Each student will produce a manuscript of the project's results in the form of a scientific paper and will make an oral presentation of his/her results to peers. Evaluations of interns and participating Academy staff will be conducted each year to fine-tune/improve the program for subsequent years. This award will foster the continued education and training of individuals who will be part of the next generation of basic researchers in systematic biology. It will also help to inform young citizens about issues related to biological diversity and its preservation.