Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior

动物行为综合研究计划和中心（CISAB）于1990年在美国国家科学基金会研究培训小组（RTG）资助的帮助下在印第安纳州大学成立。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，他们合作联合收割机从各个学科的方法，以更好地了解动物行为。我们的REU网站奖动物行为的更新将使我们能够继续每年夏天带来10名本科生到印第安纳州大学花10个星期进行研究的指导下CISAB科学家。这些实习生主要是从在科学领域代表性不足的群体和无法提供密集研究培训的学校招募的。实习生有机会完成自己的研究项目，分析和准备他们的发现，并在总结研讨会上提出这些发现。此外，实习生定期会面：（1）一系列介绍性教师研究报告，向他们介绍动物行为研究中使用的研究问题和不同方法，（2）关于科学伦理和行为的研讨会;和（3）与校园范围的暑期研究机会计划一起提供的辅导和职业问题课程。该计划的中心目标，像所有的REU计划，是给学生一个密集的研究经验，并介绍了科学作为一种职业的行为。特别是这个建议是第二个重要的目标，即向学生介绍跨学科的思维和研究模式，使他们能够应用各种观点和技术来研究动物行为。

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.