UBM: Undergraduate Training in Quantitative Environmental Biology

UBM：定量环境生物学本科培训

• 批准号: 0436313
• 负责人: Edward Connor
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: San Francisco 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: 2004-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0436313&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UBM; Undergraduate; Training; Quantitative; Environmental

This project will train undergraduates in the biological and mathematical sciences to do research at the interface of the two disciplines with a focus on environmental biology. Students will take relevant classes, participate in group activities, join a research team and develop, execute, analyze, interpret, write-up, and present a project of their own design, related to the team's chosen research problem with supervision of their mentors. The science conducted by students in the program will focus on computational approaches to selecting optimal field sampling designs for multi-site population monitoring and assessment and to estimate gene flow and effective population size without the restrictive constraints of currently used models. Additional goals include stimulating and mentoring students from groups that are currently underrepresented in the sciences to consider careers in environmental biology. These objectives will be met through research experiences, close mentoring in research teams, group activities, and careful advising. Furthermore, the research problems we will focus on are of importance to designing efficient monitoring programs for rare and endangered species.

该项目将培训生物科学和数学科学的本科生在两个学科的界面上进行研究，重点是环境生物学。 学生将参加相关课程，参加小组活动，加入研究团队，开发，执行，分析，解释，撰写和展示自己设计的项目，与团队选择的研究问题有关，并由导师监督。学生在该计划中进行的科学将侧重于计算方法，以选择多地点人口监测和评估的最佳田间抽样设计，并在不受当前使用模型限制的情况下估计基因流和有效人口规模。其他目标包括刺激和指导学生从目前在科学界代表性不足的群体考虑在环境生物学的职业生涯。 这些目标将通过研究经验，在研究团队，小组活动和认真的建议密切指导。此外，我们将关注的研究问题是重要的，以设计有效的监测方案，珍稀濒危物种。