Research Experience for Undergraduates in Coastal Bays of New England

该奖项为位于马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔的海洋生物实验室（MBL）的本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供了新的资金支持。这个项目的目标是在全国范围内招募经过精心挑选的本科生实习生，从事行为学、生态学、生物地球化学、水文地质学以及新英格兰沿海海湾生物和生态系统管理方面的研究。在经验丰富的研究导师的指导下，这项工作将在新英格兰沿岸的各个实地地点进行。该项目将在每年夏天为10名本科生实习生提供为期10周的支持。学生将参加每周一次的研讨会，主题包括职业选择、研究生学习、统计分析、实验设计以及口头和书面的研究报告。每位学生将为MBL年度科学会议准备一份口头报告，报告将在会议后的MBL公报上发表。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。该计划将鼓励各种各样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，并吸引了来自全国各地的学生。

This award provides renewed funding to support the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) located in Woods Hole, MA. The goal of this program is to expose highly selected undergraduate interns, recruited nationally, to research in behavior, ecology, biogeochemistry, hydrogeology, and management of organisms and ecosystems within coastal bays of New England. The work will be done in various field sites along the coast of New England, under the direction of experienced research mentors. The program will support ten undergraduate interns for a total of ten weeks during each summer. Students will participate in weekly workshops focussed on topics such as career options, graduate school, statistical analysis, experimental design, and oral and written presentation of research. Each student will prepare an oral presentation for the Annual Scientific Meeting of the MBL and the reports will be published in the MBL Bulletin publication following this event. 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. The program will encourage a diverse set of students to continue their education in the field of oceanography. In the past the program has had more than 50% female participants and has drawn students from across the nation.