REU Site: Project-TRAIN-2

这个本科生研究经验项目，训练美国印第安人环境生物学- 2，有四个目标。它将：(1)通过提供研究经验和指导，增加进入环境生物学研究生院和职业生涯的美国印第安学生的数量；(2)扩大蒙大拿大学（UM）和萨利什库特奈学院（SKC）之间现有的合作关系，将该州的其他部落学院包括在内；(3)提高澳大师生对少数族裔问题的认识；(4)在印度全国传播环境生物学培训的相关性。它将提供支持，以扩大和改进现有的nsf资助的项目，本科生环境生物学指导：培训项目，通过提供额外的8个夏季奖学金，并将奖学金数量从每年夏天的6个增加到14个。学生将从蒙大拿州的七所部落学院和该地区的其他部落学院中招募。夏季研究经历将包括一个为期八周的项目，根据学生的兴趣和表现以及项目要求，可能延长至12周。每位研究员将在一位学术导师的指导下参与一个独立的研究项目。研究员将有机会从环境生物学的广泛主题中进行选择。UM和SKC的教师和工作人员将在研究方法方面进行暑期课程，并安排定向和其他活动，作为多层指导结构的一部分，学生与教师，以前的项目参与者以及彼此互动。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates Site project, Training American Indians in Environmental Biology - 2, has four objectives. It will: (1) Increase the number of American Indian students entering graduate school and careers in environmental biology by providing research experiences and mentoring; (2) Expand the existing collaborative relationship between the University of Montana (UM) and Salish Kootenai College (SKC) to include the other tribal colleges in the state; (3) Increase the knowledge of UM faculty and students about minority issues; and (4) Disseminate throughout Indian country the relevance of training in environmental biology. It will provide support to expand and improve an existing NSF-funded program, Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology: Project TRAIN by providing support for eight additional summer fellowships and increasing the number of fellowships from six to fourteen per summer. Students will be recruited from Montana's seven tribal colleges and those from other tribal colleges in the region. The summer research experience will consist of an eight-week program, with possible extension to 12 weeks based on student interest and performance as well as project requirements. Each fellow will participate in an independent research project under the supervision of an academic mentor. Fellows will have the opportunity to choose from a broad array of topics in Environmental Biology. Faculty and staff from both UM and SKC will conduct a summer course in research methods as well as arranging orientation and other events as part of a multilayered mentoring structure where students interact with faculty, previous program participants and one another.