REU Site: Collaborative Research Experience in Environmental Biology

REU 网站：环境生物学合作研究经验

• 批准号: 0355378
• 负责人: Camellia Okpodu
• 金额: $ 28.14万
• 依托单位: Norfolk State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-15 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0355378&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Research; Experience

Norfolk State University, in partnership with Elizabeth City State University, will offer a 10-week collaborative research program for a total of twelve (12) undergraduate students. The goal of this REU site is to expose students to basic research through projects that explore various areas of environmental biology. This collaborative venture will offer opportunities for exceptional undergraduate students, primarily at the sophomore or junior level; however, students who have completed the freshman year and have shown outstanding promise and commitment to research will also be encouraged to participate to gain experience conducting research projects. Student research fellows will experience a program with a broad emphasis in environmental biology and chemistry. They will participate in active research including bioremediation, molecular biology and gene expression, water quality and meteorological effects on habitats, and environmental chemistry. Students will be assigned to specific faculty mentors for the summer. They will be awarded stipends and on-campus housing and board at the respective sites. In addition to the research program, undergraduate summer research fellows will participate in a variety of seminars, weekly meetings and social functions. The program will bring together an interdisciplinary team from two Schools of Science at two historically black colleges and universities. The result will be two model sites that will boost minority achievement and increase significantly minority representation in the environmental sciences. This will occur principally through supervised hands-on laboratory and field research activities to stimulate student interest and illustrate science concepts via hypothesis driven research. -- Information and dissemination of program activities will be via the Norfolk State University School of Science and Technology web page (http://sst.nsu.edu/bioreu.htm). For more information, contact Dr. Camellia Moses Okpodu at [e-mail]) or Kathlene Fischer at [e-mail].

诺福克州立大学将与伊丽莎白城市州立大学合作，为12名本科生提供为期10周的合作研究项目。这个REU网站的目标是通过探索环境生物学各个领域的项目，让学生接触到基础研究。这个合作项目将为优秀的本科生提供机会，主要是大二或大三的学生；但是，已经完成一年级学业并在研究方面表现出色的学生也将被鼓励参加，以获得开展研究项目的经验。学生研究人员将体验一个广泛强调环境生物学和化学的项目。他们将积极参与生物修复、分子生物学和基因表达、水质和气象对生境的影响以及环境化学等方面的研究。学生将在夏季被分配给特定的教师导师。他们将获得津贴，并在各自的地点获得校内住宿和膳食。除了研究项目，本科生暑期研究员还将参加各种研讨会、每周会议和社交活动。该项目将汇集来自两所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的两所理学院的跨学科团队。结果将是两个模范站点，它们将促进少数民族的成就，并显著增加少数民族在环境科学领域的代表性。这将主要通过有监督的动手实验和实地研究活动来激发学生的兴趣，并通过假设驱动的研究来说明科学概念。项目活动的信息和传播将通过诺福克州立大学科技学院网页（http://sst.nsu.edu/bioreu.htm）进行。更多信息，请联系Camellia Moses Okpodu博士（[e-mail]）或kathleen Fischer （[e-mail]）。