REU Site at the Shannon Point Marine Center: Marine Research in the Coastal Waters of Puget Sound

该奖项为2001-2005年夏季在西华盛顿大学香农角海洋中心（SPMC）的本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供了新的资金支持。该项目每年夏天将为八名学生提供为期九周的支持，在此期间，他们将与导师一起进行独立的研究项目。学生将在全国范围内招募，并特别注意没有本科生研究机会的机构和没有现成的海洋环境的机构。该计划的目标是为学生提供参与有效监督和独立研究的机会，因为每个项目的目标都是明确的，可识别的，并且可以在计划的过程中得出结论。大多数研究课题将集中在当地的沿海海洋和河口环境，包括生产力、生物地球化学、微生物生态学、水质问题和化学生态学。该提案基于这样一种理论，即指导和网络是招募学生进入专业领域和培训年轻研究人员的最有效方法。该项目旨在鼓励积极进取的学生继续他们在海洋学领域的研究事业。学生进行独立研究，并在实习结束时产生口头和书面报告，这些报告可能导致在研究期刊上发表。该计划将鼓励40名不同的学生继续他们在海洋学领域的教育。过去，该项目有超过50%的女性参与者，吸引了来自全国各地的学生，并吸引了来自不同种族的学生。

This award provides renewed funding to support the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC) during the summers of 2001-2005. The program will support eight students each summer for a total of nine weeks during which they will work with mentors on independent research projects. Students will be recruited nationally, with special attention given to institutions without research opportunities for undergraduates and institutions without ready access to marine environments. The goal of the program is to provide students the opportunity to engage in research that is both effectively supervised and independent, in the sense that each project's objectives are distinct, identifiable and can be brought to conclusion during the course of the program. Most research topics will focus on the local coastal marine and estuarine environments, including productivity, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, water quality issues, and chemical ecology. The proposal is based on the theory that mentoring and networking are the most effective methods for recruiting students into a profession and for training young researchers. This program is well designed to encourage highly motivated students to continue the their pursuit of research careers in oceanography. Students conduct independent research and produce oral and written reports at the end of the internship that may lead to publications in research journals. The program will encourage a diverse set of forty students to continue their education in the field of oceanography. In the past the program has had more than 50% female participants, has drawn students from across the nation, and has attracted an ethnically diverse group of students.