REU: Training Undergraduates in Science and Technology (TRUST)

该奖项每年将支持10名有才华的本科生参加旧金山州立大学的科学技术本科生培训（TRUST）项目。TRUST的目标是：1)为本科生提供进入科学职业的技能和灵感；2)通过强调批判性思维和学生驱动的发现，培养学生从相对依赖到相对独立的发展；3)通过学术准备、建议和确定奖学金和助学金的机会，为学生申请、进入和就读研究生院做好准备。TRUST的研究主题是遗传多样性的重要性和相关性。它包括一个为期两周的DNA技术研讨会，从之前三年的NSF支持演变而来，随后是为期八周的学生个人驱动的研究实习。小组活动包括批判性思维练习，内华达山脉和蒙特利湾实地考察，每周非正式圆桌讨论，研究生准备研讨会，生物伦理学和访问科学家研讨会。学生与教师之间的互动将通过“驻校导师”项目来培养，在该项目中，不同的导师将在每个周末与学生一起生活。TRUST预计将增加女性和代表性不足的群体在科学领域的参与，因为我们的学生招募池中有60-70%是由这些群体代表的。TRUST学生的最终体验将是模仿专业科学会议的研讨会演讲。在一个暑假的参与后，学生将通过电子邮件网络和每年的邮件和电话联系进行跟踪。此外，该计划的校友将在随后的几年里作为榜样参加。该奖项将促进个人的继续教育和培训，这些人将成为环境科学研究各个方面的下一代基础研究人员的一部分，包括生态学、系统学和种群遗传学。它还将帮助青年公民了解科学中的伦理问题以及环境问题的管理和决策方面的问题。

This award will support the participation of ten talented undergraduate students each year in the Training Undergraduates in Science and Technology (TRUST) program at San Francisco State University. The goals of TRUST are to: 1) prepare undergraduate students with the skills and inspiration to enter careers in science; 2) foster student development from relative dependence to relative independence through emphasis on critical thinking and student-driven discovery, and 3) prepare students for applying, entering and attending graduate schools through academic preparation, advising and identification of opportunities for fellowships and grants. The research theme of TRUST is the importance and relevance of genetic diversity. It consists of a two week DNA technology workshop, evolved from three years of prior NSF support, followed by eight week, individual student-driven research internships. Group activities include critical thinking exercises, trips to Sierra Nevada and Monterey Bay field sites, weekly informal round-table discussions, graduate preparation workshops, and bioethics and visiting scientists seminars. Student faculty interactions will be cultivated by a "mentor-in-residence" program in which different mentors will live with the group of students each weekend. TRUST is expected to increase the participation of women and under-represented groups in science because 60-70% of our student recruitment pool is represented by these groups. The culminating experience for TRUST students will be seminar presentations modeled after professional scientific meetings. After a summer's participation, students will be tracked through an E-mail network and annual contact by mail and phone. In addition, alumni of the program will participate as role models in 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 the various aspects of research i n environmental sciences, including ecology, systematics and population genetics. It will also help to inform young citizens about ethical questions in science and aspects of management and decision making in environmental issues.