UMEB: Environmental Biology and Evolution of the Caribbean Basin

0102932弗朗西斯科-位于迈阿密、佛罗里达国际大学(FIU)和费尔柴尔德热带花园(FTG)的Ortega两所院校计划实施一项多学科、为期两年的计划，指导27名热带环境生物学方面的高年级学生。该项目涉及13名FIU教职员工和FTG的一名教育专家。该计划的直接目标是让学生在与环境有关的生物科学领域发展事业。为了实现这一目标，私人投资机构将指导一项关于加勒比地区自然历史、海洋和陆地环境以及保护生物学的指导计划。为了吸引高质量的学生，该计划将提供：津贴、三个新的高级课程、实地课程(在巴哈马和巴拿马)、佛罗里达实地考察、实验室轮换、研究用品、参加专业会议的旅费和职业指导活动。导师将提供学术、研究和职业建议。每个学生都要制作并展示一个研究项目。该项目将由一个指导委员会、两名外部评估者和一个咨询委员会进行内部和外部评估。FIU是美国领先的研究型大学之一，在招收科学方面代表性不足的学生方面(71%是非裔美国人或西班牙裔)。从长远来看，该计划将培养出训练有素的环境生物学家，他们将对加勒比海-南佛罗里达地区脆弱环境的保护产生积极影响。

0102932Francisco-OrtegaTwo institutions in Miami, Florida International University (FIU) and Fairchild Tropical Garden (FTG), plan a multidisciplinary, two-year program to mentor 27 upper-level students in tropical environmental biology. The program involves 13 FIU faculty and an education specialist from FTG. The immediate objective of the program is for students to develop careers in biological sciences relating to the environment. To achieve this objective the PIs will direct a mentoring program on the natural history, marine and terrestrial environments, and conservation biology of the Caribbean region. To attract high-quality students, the program will provide: stipends, three new upper-level courses, field courses (in the Bahamas and Panama), Florida field trips, laboratory rotations, research supplies, travel to a professional meeting, and career orientation activities. Mentors will offer academic, research and career advice. Each student will produce and present a research project. The program will have internal and external evaluations by a steering committee, two outside evaluators and an advisory committee.FIU is one of the leading U.S. research universities in recruiting students from groups that are under-represented in science (71% are African American or Hispanic). In the long term, this program will produce well trained environmental biologists who will have a positive impact on the conservation of fragile environments of the Caribbean - South Florida region.