Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior

动物行为综合研究项目和中心（CISAB）于1990年在美国国家科学基金会研究培训小组（RTG）的资助下在印第安纳大学成立。在过去的8年里，我们聚集了81名教师、博士后和研究生研究人员，他们共同努力，将各个学科的方法结合起来，以便更好地理解动物行为。REU动物行为学网站奖的续签将允许我们每年夏天继续带10名本科生到印第安纳大学，在CISAB科学家的指导下进行为期10周的研究。这些实习生主要来自科学界代表性不足的群体，以及无法提供密集研究培训的学校。实习生有机会完成他们自己的研究项目，分析和准备他们的研究结果，并在总结研讨会上展示这些研究结果。此外，实习生还会定期见面，参加以下活动：(1)一系列介绍性的教师研究报告，向他们介绍动物行为研究中的研究问题和各种方法；(2)关于科学伦理和行为的研讨会；(3)与校园范围内的暑期研究机会计划一起提供的指导和职业问题课程。这个项目的中心目标，像所有REU项目一样，是给学生一个密集的研究经验，并介绍科学作为一种职业的行为。这一建议的第二个重要目标是，向学生介绍跨学科的思维和研究模式，使他们能够将各种观点和技术应用于动物行为的研究。

The Program and Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB) was established at Indiana University in 1990 with the aid of a National Science Foundation Research Training Group (RTG) Grant. Over the past 8 years we have gathered a group of 81 faculty, postdoctoral, and graduate researchers who work collaboratively to combine approaches from individual disciplines in order to better understand animal behavior. Renewal of our REU Site Award in Animal Behavior would allow us to continue bringing 10 undergraduates each summer to Indiana University to spend 10 weeks conducting research under the direction of CISAB scientists. These interns are recruited primarily from groups' under-represented in science and from schools that cannot offer intensive research training. Interns have the opportunity to complete their own research projects, analyze and prepare their findings, and present these findings at a concluding symposium. In addition, interns meet regularly for: (1) a series of introductory faculty research presentations that introduces them to the research issues and diverse approaches used in the study of animal behavior, (2) a workshop on ethics and conduct in science; and (3) classes on mentoring and career issues offered in conjunction with the campus-wide Summer Research Opportunities Program. The central goal of this program, like all REU programs, is to give students an intensive research experience and an introduction to the conduct of science as a profession. Particular to this proposal is a second important goal, that of introducing students to interdisciplinary modes of thinking and research that will allow them to apply a variety of perspectives and techniques to the study of animal behavior.