REU-Site: Undergraduate Research in Field Biology at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

艾利森建议DBI-9987953落基山生物实验室(RMBL)具有深厚的野外研究和教育传统，71年来一直为本科生提供野外生物学教育和研究机会。每年夏天，30多名高级调查人员都会常驻RMBL，其中许多人已经同意监督REU项目的本科生。学生将在实验设计、项目选择和启动以及报告准备方面得到指导。学生们将有机会通过参加科学研讨会、REU相关活动、与RMBL科学家互动以及居住在野外生物社区，充分参与RMBL丰富的夏季智力生活。随着暑假的进行，以及学生在研究项目上从相对依赖走向相对独立，每个学生的智力进步都将受到密切关注。参与者将被鼓励向一种新的同行评议的本科生研究电子期刊提交期末论文，该期刊将在RMBL网站上维护。过去RMBL REU项目的优势在于科学家的多样性，每年夏天呈现的丰富的学术传统，以及促进学生与科学家互动的社会氛围。资深科学家和研究生来自40多个机构，从小型学院到主要的研究型大学，在广泛的进化和生态学科以及陆地和水生焦点进行研究。RMBL为其成功地培养了对野外生物学感兴趣的女性并吸引了资深女科学家而感到自豪。增加少数民族学生在RMBL和REU项目中的代表性的努力在过去取得了成功，并将继续成为招生工作的主要重点。

ABSTRACT Allison Proposal DBI- 9987953 The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) has a strong tradition of field research and education, and it has been providing education and research opportunities for undergraduates in field biology for 71 years. More than 30 senior investigators are in residence each summer at RMBL and many of them have agreed to supervise undergraduates in the REU program. Students will be given guidance in experimental design, project selection and initiation, and report preparation. Students will have the opportunity to participate fully in the rich intellectual life of summers at RMBL by attending scientific seminars, REU-related activities, interacting with RMBL scientists, and living in a residential field biology community. The intellectual progress of each student will be monitored carefully as the summer proceeds and as students move from relative dependence to relative independence in their research program.. Participants will be encouraged to submit final papers to a new peer-reviewed electronic journal of undergraduate research that will be maintained on the RMBL web site.A strength of past RMBL REU programs is the diversity of scientists, the rich intellectual tradition present each summer, and the social atmosphere that promotes student-scientist interactions. Senior scientists and graduate students come to RMBL from over 40 institutions ranging from small colleges to major research universities to conduct research in a wide range of evolutionary and ecological disciplines and terrestrial and aquatic foci. The RMBL is proud of its success in educating women interested in field biology and in attracting senior female scientists. Efforts to increase minority student representation at RMBL and in the REU program have been successful in the past and will continue to be a principal focus of recruitment efforts.