Research Experience for Undergraduates in Coastal Bays of New England

该奖项提供了新的资金，以支持在海洋生物实验室（MBL）位于伍兹霍尔，MA的本科生（REU）计划的研究经验。该计划的目标是暴露高度选择的本科实习生，在全国范围内招募，在行为，生态学，地球化学，水文地质学和生物和生态系统的管理研究在新英格兰的沿海海湾。这项工作将在经验丰富的研究导师的指导下，在新英格兰海岸沿着的各个现场进行。该计划将支持十个本科实习生在每年夏天总共十周。 学生将参加每周一次的研讨会，主题包括职业选择，研究生院，统计分析，实验设计以及口头和书面研究报告。每个学生将为MBL的年度科学会议准备一份口头报告，报告将在活动结束后在MBL公报上发表。该建议的理论基础是，指导和网络是招募学生进入专业和培训年轻研究人员的最有效方法。该计划旨在鼓励积极性高的学生继续追求海洋学的研究事业。该计划将鼓励不同的学生继续在海洋学领域的教育。在过去，该计划有超过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.