Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Marine Biology at the Shoals Marine Laboratory

该奖项为本科生研究体验(REU)网站提供新的资金，该网站将为总共9名学生提供为期8周的生物海洋学夏季研究体验。REU站点将由康奈尔大学运营，但所有研究将在浅滩海洋实验室(SML)进行，该实验室是由康奈尔大学和新汉普郡大学联合运营的季节性野外站点。SML位于缅因湾的一个小岛，距离NH的朴茨茅斯约6英里，它提供了一个与世隔绝的环境，以其丰富的生物群、地质和历史而闻名。学生将能够在不同的海洋栖息地进行研究，他们将有机会使用各种仪器。康奈尔大学的网站于2000年夏天启动，最初的资金为两年。该计划的成功之处在于，在该计划的8周之后，大量学生继续他们的研究项目。少数族裔参与该计划的情况一直很好。该项目的机构支持将由康奈尔大学和SML提供，SeaGrant将为一名学生的参与提供资金。参加这个项目的学生将提高他们对缅因湾沿海地区重要环境问题的认识。该项目还有可能招收少数族裔学生进入地球科学学院。

This award provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site that will provide an eight-week summer research experience in biological oceanography for a total of nine students. The REU site will be run by Cornell University, but all research will be conducted at the Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML), a seasonally operated field station that is jointly run by Cornell and the University of New Hampshire. SML is located on Appledore Island, a small island in the Gulf of Maine about six miles off Portsmouth, NH, and it provides an isolated setting noted for its rich biota, geology and history. Students will be able to conduct research in a variety of marine habitats, and they will have access to a wide variety of instrumentation. The Cornell site was started in the summer of 2000 with two years of initial funding. The success of the program is demonstrated by the large number of students who continued with their research projects beyond the 8 weeks of the program. Minority participation in the program has been excellent. Institutional support for this program will be provided by Cornell and SML, and SeaGrant will fund one student's participation. Students who participate in this program will advance their awareness of important environmental issues in the Gulf of Maine coastal region. The program also has the potential to recruit minority students to the Geosciences.