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

落基山生物实验室（RMBL）具有很强的野外研究和教学传统，71年来一直为野外生物学本科生提供教育和研究机会。每年夏季有30多名高级研究人员常驻，其中许多人同意指导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。学生将有机会通过参加科学研讨会、与reu相关的活动、与RMBL科学家互动以及生活在一个住宿的野外生物社区中，充分参与RMBL丰富的暑期智力生活。随着暑假的进行，随着学生们在研究项目中从相对依赖转向相对独立，我们将仔细监测每个学生的智力进步。参加者将被鼓励提交最终论文到一个新的同行评审的本科生研究电子期刊，该期刊将在人民币大学网站上保存。过去的优势在于科学家的多样性，丰富的学术传统，以及促进学生与科学家互动的社会氛围。从小型学院到重点研究型大学的40多个机构的资深科学家和研究生来到人民币大学进行广泛的进化和生态学科以及陆地和水生焦点的研究。在培养对野外生物学感兴趣的女性和吸引高级女科学家方面取得了成功，我们为此感到自豪。在过去，在人民币大学和REU项目中增加少数民族学生的努力已经取得了成功，并将继续成为招聘工作的主要重点。

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.