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

该奖项为本科生研究体验（REU）站点提供了新的资助，该站点将为总共九名学生提供为期八周的生物海洋学夏季研究体验。REU站点将由康奈尔大学管理，但所有的研究都将在浅滩海洋实验室（SML）进行，这是一个由康奈尔大学和新罕布什尔大学共同管理的季节性野外工作站。SML位于阿普尔多岛，这是缅因州湾的一个小岛，距离新罕布什尔州朴茨茅斯约6英里，它以丰富的生物群、地质和历史而闻名。学生将能够在各种海洋栖息地进行研究，他们将有机会使用各种各样的仪器。康奈尔大学的研究基地于2000年夏天启动，初期资金为两年。该计划的成功是由大量的学生在8周的计划之后继续他们的研究项目所证明的。少数族裔参与该计划的情况非常好。该项目的机构支持将由康奈尔大学和SML提供，SeaGrant将资助一名学生参加。参加本课程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。该项目也有可能招收少数族裔学生到地球科学专业学习。

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.