REU Site in Microbiology at The University of Iowa

爱荷华大学微生物学 REU 网站

• 批准号: 0097361
• 负责人: David Weiss
• 金额: $ 35.91万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0097361&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Microbiology; University; Iowa

Goals of the project: (1) To recruit and select bright students, including women, individuals with diverse backgrounds with respect to geographical origin and ethnicity, and students from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions where research possibilities are limited. (2) To involve students in basic, experimental research in microbiology. (3) To expose students to a broad range of bioscience research. (4) To develop each student's critical-thinking skills. (5) To develop each student's ability to record, analyze, and present scientific information. Overall, the goal is to promote the students' interests in scientific careers and to enhance their likelihood for success. Means of achieving the goals: The student participants will be integrated into faculty research programs and will be expected to perform like beginning graduate students. Informal faculty-student discussions plus weekly seminars will supplement the laboratory research. Weekly informal lunches, two picnics and a banquet will facilitate social and scientific interactions. At the end of each summer's program, the students will prepare oral presentations to be given at a Summer Program Symposium. Each student will also prepare a written research report, under the guidance of the student's mentor. Overall significance: Summer research programs are very valuable settings for bright students to experience basic scientific research. A significant fraction of the summer students do not have research opportunities at their institutions and might choose non-science careers due to lack of exposure to basic research. Of course not all students who participate in summer research programs in basic science choose careers in basic science, but experience shows that nearly all of the students to go on to post-graduate training in a graduate or professional school. The graduates of summer programs who do choose to go on to graduate school in science have a much better idea of what to expect, and they have a much greater chance of success.

项目目标：（1）招收和选拔聪明的学生，包括妇女、具有不同地理出身和种族背景的个人以及非博士生。资助研究可能性有限的机构。 (2)让学生参与微生物学的基础实验研究。 (3)让学生接触到广泛的生物科学研究。(4)培养每个学生的批判性思维能力。 (5)培养每个学生记录、分析和呈现科学信息的能力。 总的来说，目标是促进学生对科学事业的兴趣，提高他们成功的可能性。 实现目标的手段：学生参与者将被纳入教师的研究计划，并将有望像开始研究生一样表现。 非正式的师生讨论加上每周的研讨会将补充实验室研究。 每周的非正式午餐，两次野餐和一次宴会将促进社会和科学的互动。 每年夏季课程结束时，学生将准备在夏季课程研讨会上进行的口头演讲。 每个学生还将在导师的指导下准备一份书面研究报告。 总体意义：暑期研究项目是聪明的学生体验基础科研的非常有价值的设置。 很大一部分暑期学生在他们的机构没有研究机会，由于缺乏基础研究，他们可能会选择非科学职业。 当然，并不是所有参加基础科学暑期研究项目的学生都选择基础科学领域的职业，但经验表明，几乎所有的学生都希望继续在研究生院或专业学校进行研究生培训。 暑期项目的毕业生谁选择继续在科学研究生院有一个更好的想法是什么期望，他们有一个更大的成功机会。