REU: Training Undergraduates in Science and Technology (TRUST)

REU：科学技术本科生培训（TRUST）

• 批准号: 9531521
• 负责人: Steven Lee
• 金额: $ 15.3万
• 依托单位: San Francisco State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-03-01 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9531521&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Training; Undergraduates; Science; Technology

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.

这一奖项将支持每年十名有才华的本科生参加旧金山州立大学的科学与技术(TRUST)本科生培训计划。信托基金的目标是：1)使本科生具备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主导的发现，培养学生从相对依赖到相对独立的发展；3)通过学术准备、咨询和寻找获得奖学金和助学金的机会，为学生申请、进入和进入研究生院做好准备。信任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，由之前三年的NSF支持演变而来，然后是八周的个人学生驱动的研究实习。小组活动包括批判性思维练习、前往内华达山脉和蒙特利湾实地考察、每周非正式圆桌讨论、毕业准备讲习班以及生物伦理学和访问科学家研讨会。师生互动将通过“驻校导师”计划进行，每个周末，不同的导师将与这群学生住在一起。信托基金预计将增加妇女和代表性不足的群体在科学领域的参与，因为我们招生池中60%-70%的学生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示。经过一个暑假的参与，学生们将通过电子邮件网络和每年的邮件和电话联系。此外，该项目的校友将在随后的几年中作为榜样参加。这一奖项将促进对个人的持续教育和培训，这些人将成为环境科学研究的各个方面的下一代基础研究人员的一部分，包括生态学、分类学和种群遗传学。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中的管理和决策方面的问题。