REU Site: Retracing the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Contemporary Aspects of Culture and Environment Along the Missouri River

这个为期三年的项目的主要目标是在南达科他州大学（USD）开发一个真正跨学科的为期十周的本科夏季研究项目，利用独特的区域资源。八名学生将被选中在符合NSF条件的领域进行研究，并将与其他四名学生一起在其他非科学领域进行研究。整个计划包括三个主要组成部分：（i）研究本身，包括来自生物学，化学，心理学和考古学等部门的一些学科的项目;（ii）社会和教育活动，这依赖于与河流和周边地区相关的户外活动的绝佳和独特的机会;（iii）研究成果的交流，包括每周一次的刘易斯和克拉克小时会议，由项目主任、学生和研究导师参加，以及学生在全国本科生研究会议（NCUR）和美国大学年度本科生研究会议IdeaFest上的演讲。该计划提供了一种机制，以扩大整个校园的本科研究文化，并更完全地将学生奖学金融入本科教育。为了向该州其他校区的优秀本科生提供研究经验，USD将扩大参与范围，包括来自该州和地区较小学院和大学以及南达科他州两所部落学院的学生。

The main goal of this three-year project is to develop a truly interdisciplinary ten-week undergraduate summer research program at The University of South Dakota (USD) that takes advantage of unique regional resources. Eight students will be selected to conduct research in NSF-eligible areas and will join four additional students in other, non-science fields with funding from USD. The overall program consists of three major components: (i) the research itself, including projects in a number of disciplines from avariety of departments, such as Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, and Archaeology; (ii) social and educational events, which rely upon the excellent and unique opportunities for outdoor activities associated with the river and surrounding areas; (iii) communication of research results, including the weekly Lewis and Clark Hour sessions with participation of the program director, students and research mentors, and student presentations at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) and the USD annual undergraduate research conference, IdeaFest. This program provides a mechanism to expand the undergraduate research culture across campus and to more completely integrate student scholarship into undergraduate education. In an effort to provide research experiences to talented undergraduate students from other campuses in the state, USD will expand involvement to include students from smaller colleges and universities in the state and region and from South Dakota's two tribal colleges.