REU Site: Ecology in Context: Research Strategies and Applications for Undergraduates

生态系统研究所(IES)将通过由美国国家科学基金会(NSF)资助的“环境中的生态学”项目，为本科生提供夏季研究机会。每年夏天，NSF都会为10名学生提供支持，他们将与一名指导科学家密切合作，开展自己设计的尖端研究。该计划强调科学事业的社区性质。当参与者设计和完成他们的独立研究项目时，他们咨询其他科学家，提出他们的批评计划，然后在我们一年一度的本科生研究研讨会上发言，并为同行评议的IES临时出版物写一篇论文。该项目为学生提供了许多机会来反思和思考科学的过程及其在世界上的地位。研讨会和非正式会议为研究过程的许多方面提供培训。通过一个地区性环境问题的案例研究，一个职业论坛，以及花一天时间教附近城市的高中生，学生们探索作为一名生态学家的社会、政治、智力和个人层面。这个为期12周的项目为本科生提供3600美元的津贴和学院宿舍的免费住宿。有关更多信息和申请(申请必须在2003年2月15日之前邮戳)：请访问我们的网站：www.ecostudies.org/Education/reu/reu2.html或联系Heather Dahl(本科生研究计划)，电话：(845)677-9150或发送电子邮件至dahlh@ecostudies.org。

The Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) will provide undergraduate summer research opportunities through our "Ecology in Context" program through funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Each summer NSF provides support for 10 students who will carry out cutting-edge investigations of their own design, working closely with a mentor scientist. The program emphasizes the community nature of the scientific enterprise. As participants design and complete their independent research projects they consult with other scientists, present their plans for critique, and then speak in our annual Undergraduate Research Symposium and write a paper for a peer-reviewed IES Occasional Publication. The program provides students many opportunities to reflect upon and think about the process of science and its place in the world. Seminars and informal meetings provide for training in many facets of the research process. Through a case study of a regional environmental issue, a career forum, and a day spent teaching high school students from a nearby city, students explore the social, political, intellectual and personal dimensions of being an ecologist. The twelve-week program provides undergraduate students $3,600 stipend and free housing in an Institute dormitory. Some assistance is also provided for travel to and from the program.For more information and to apply (applications must be postmarked by 15 February 2003):Look at our website at: www.ecostudies.org/education/reu/reu2.htmlOr contact Heather Dahl (Undergraduate Research Program) at (845) 677-9150 or dahlh@ecostudies.org.