REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior

动物行为学本科生研究经历网站助学金允许有前途的本科生参与动物行为学的实验室或野外研究项目。每年，该计划都会向10名学生颁发实习机会，让他们亲身体验研究过程的性质、总体上的科学行为以及对动物行为的综合研究。为了实现这些目标，REU支付旅费、食宿费和津贴，这样实习生就可以在夏季花10周的时间在布鲁明顿校园或实地与印第安纳大学动物行为综合研究中心的科学家一起进行研究。参与研究项目是该计划的主要重点，但实习生也参加研究伦理研讨会，参加向他们介绍研究动物行为的综合方法的讲座，并在REU最后的研究研讨会上撰写和口头展示他们的研究成果。实习生还参加社会活动、实地考察和帮助他们为研究生院或其他研究生培训做准备的活动。REU in Animal Behavior项目的一个重要目标是为传统上在科学领域代表性较低的群体和研究机会有限的机构的学生提供获得尖端研究和研究型大学社区成员的机会。预计从长远来看，该项目将帮助这些学生考虑从事动物行为或相关学科的职业，并总体上增加他们在科学领域的代表性。

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Animal Behavior Site Grant enables promising undergraduate students to participate in laboratory or field research projects in animal behavior. Each year, the program awards internships to 10 students who experience firsthand the nature of the research process, the conduct of science in general, and the integrative study of animal behavior. To accomplish these goals, REU pays travel expenses, room & board, and a stipend so that interns can spend 10 weeks in the summer on the Bloomington campus or at a field site conducting research with scientists from Indiana University's Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. Participation in the research project provides the main focus of the program, but interns also participate in research ethics workshops, attend lectures that introduce them to the integrative approach to studying animal behavior, and write up and orally present their research findings at a final REU Research Symposium. Interns also participate in social activities, field trips and activities that help them prepare for graduate school or other postgraduate training. An important objective of the REU in Animal Behavior program is to provide to students from groups traditionally underrepresented in science and from institutions with limited research opportunities access to cutting-edge research and membership in a research university community. It is expected that in the long term this program will help such students consider careers in animal behavior or related disciplines and increase their representation in science in general.