REU Site in Biology: Conservation Biology in the Agricultural Midwest

REU 生物学网站：中西部农业的保护生物学

• 批准号: 9732275
• 负责人: Thomas Nelson
• 金额: $ 10.09万
• 依托单位: Eastern Illinois University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-06-01 至 2000-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9732275&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Biology; Conservation; Agricultural

9732275 The Eastern Illinois University (EIU) Zoology Department will provide intensive research experiences for 9 undergraduate students during the summers of 1998 and 1999. Student participants will form research teams to engage in studies addressing conservation biology and landscape fragmentation. The goals of this experience will be to foster in each participant an understanding of the research process, and encourage each student's growth from dependent learner to independent researcher to interdependent member of a scientific team. Participants will be recruited nationally and selected based on their professional goals, motivation and maturity, and academic achievements. Students will be fully immersed in the research process as they choose their own research problem, write a proposal, conduct the work, and report their results and conclusions. Each participant will work closely with an individual faculty mentor and team members. Opportunities to interact and collaborate with other faculty members and research teams will be provided through an orientation retreat, weekly group meetings, and a series of formal workshops and field trips. In addition, visiting scientists, recognized leaders in conservation biology, will each spend 1 or 2 days presenting seminars, participating in informal discussion groups, and critiquing research projects. Students will have ample opportunities to interact with mentors, fellow participants, and visiting scientists in both formal and informal settings. EIU is strongly committed to undergraduate research and will make important contributions to this program, including provision of a block of dormitory rooms and a common dining area for participants, waiver of tuition for three credit-hours, and free use of campus facilities, including the library, computer labs, and recreation center.

9732275东伊利诺伊大学动物系将在1998年和1999年夏季为9名本科生提供密集的研究体验。学生参与者将组成研究团队，从事保护生物学和景观破碎化的研究。这一体验的目的将是促进每个参与者对研究过程的理解，并鼓励每个学生从依赖学习者成长为独立研究人员，再到相互依赖的科学团队成员。参与者将在全国范围内招募，并根据他们的专业目标、动机和成熟度以及学术成就进行挑选。学生将完全沉浸在研究过程中，他们选择自己的研究问题，撰写提案，进行工作，并报告他们的结果和结论。每位学员将与一名教师导师和团队成员密切合作。与其他教员和研究团队互动和合作的机会将通过迎新务虚会、每周小组会议以及一系列正式的研讨会和实地考察来提供。此外，到访的科学家是保护生物学领域公认的领导者，他们每人将花一到两天的时间介绍研讨会，参加非正式讨论小组，并对研究项目进行评论。学生们将有充分的机会在正式和非正式的环境中与导师、其他参与者和来访的科学家进行互动。经济学人智库致力于本科生研究，并将为这一计划做出重要贡献，包括为参与者提供一个宿舍和一个公共就餐区，免除三个学分的学费，以及免费使用校园设施，包括图书馆、电脑室和娱乐中心。