REU Site in Microbiology at The University of Iowa

该项目的目标：(1)招募和挑选优秀的学生，包括妇女、具有不同地理出身和族裔背景的个人，以及来自研究机会有限的非博士学位授予机构的学生。(2)让学生参与微生物学的基础实验研究。(3)让学生接触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。总体而言，目标是促进学生对科学职业的兴趣，并提高他们成功的可能性。实现目标的方法：学生参与者将被整合到教师研究项目中，并将被期望表现得像刚开始的研究生一样。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互动。在每个暑期计划结束时，学生将准备口头报告，并在暑期计划研讨会上发表。每个学生还将在学生导师的指导下准备一份书面研究报告。总体意义：暑期研究项目是非常有价值的环境，让聪明的学生体验基础科学研究。很大一部分暑期学生在他们所在的机构没有研究机会，可能会因为缺乏对基础研究的接触而选择非科学职业。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职业，但经验表明，几乎所有的学生都要继续在研究生或专业学校进行研究生培训。选择继续攻读理科研究生课程的暑期班毕业生对未来会发生什么有更好的认识，他们成功的机会也更大。

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.