Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

培养未来一代的科学家是史密森尼环境研究中心（SERC）的主要目标之一，自1971年以来，一个非常成功的本科生实习项目已经完成了这一目标。SERC在培养本科生方面的历史和未来潜力使其成为建立环境科学REU站点的典范。被REU项目接受的实习生将选择一名导师，在该实验室工作四天，在前三周每周工作一天，轮流在其他陆地或水生实验室工作。在进入独立研究项目后，实习生将持续沉浸在科学文化和凝聚力课程中。他们将参加一系列短期课程，并参加研究生级别的讨论小组。他们还将参加中国科学研究委员会每周和晚间的系列研讨会，并到附属研究机构进行实地考察。在实习结束时，有兴趣和有动力的学生将被鼓励在整个学年中继续他们的研究，并陪同他们的SERC导师参加国家科学会议，展示他们的发现。有效的招聘是这个项目成功的关键。在万维网、电子邮件公告板和邮寄上做广告将继续。将继续与大西洋中部的一些学术机构的教师和高级管理部门合作，以确定和鼓励有才华的学生进入SERC实习计划。

Educating future generations of scientists is one of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's ( SERC ) primary objectives, and this has been accomplished since 1971 by a highly successful undergraduate internship program. SERC's history and its future potential in training undergraduates make it a model location for establishment of an REU Site in Environmental Sciences. Interns accepted into the REU program will select a mentor and spend four days in that laboratory, and one day a week during their first three weeks rotating through other terrestrial or aquatic laboratories. After settling into an independent research project, interns will be immersed continually in scientific culture and a cohesion curriculum. They will take a series of short courses and will participate in graduate-level discussion groups. They also will attend SERC's weekly and evening seminar series and take field trips to affiliated research institutions. At the end of their internship, interested and motivated students will be encouraged to continue their research through the academic year and accompany their SERC mentors to a national scientific meeting to present their findings. Effective recruitment is critical to the success of this program. Advertising on the World Wide Web, on e-mail bulletin boards, and through mailings will continue. Partnerships with faculty and higher administration at several mid-Atlantic academic institutions to identify and encourage talented students to enter the SERC internship program will continue.