MInority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2005

这一行动为NSF 2005财年少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供了资金。该奖学金的目标是增加少数族裔科学家在博士后水平上的参与，并为他们在美国科学领域担任科学领导职位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，该奖学金为最近的博士后获得者提供了高质量的博士后培训和研究机会。预计通过这些奖学金支持的研究员将在未来的劳动力培训中发挥重要作用。这项研究和培训计划的标题是“在完全由雄性父母照顾的鸟类中测试性别选择和亲子关系保险的原则”。为了测试性别选择的一般原理，这项研究包括对一夫一妻制物种中精子竞争的比较形态、解剖学和行为研究，这些物种只有男性父母照顾，鸟类交配和社会制度不同：从一夫一妻制到乱交，从独居到群居。培训目标包括学习新的实验室和现场技术来进行这项研究；它们将拓宽研究员的专业视野。她的目标是成为一名大学教授，成为少数族裔代表不足的榜样。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2005. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in US science. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "Testing principles of sexual selection and paternity insurance in birds with exclusive male parental care." To test general principles of sexual selection, this research consists of a comparative morphological, anatomical and behavioral studies of sperm competition in tinamous species with exclusive male parental care and different avian mating and social systems: from monogamy to promiscuity, and solitary to gregarious habits. The training goals include learning new laboratory and field techniques to conduct this study; they will broaden the Fellow's professional horizons. Her goal is to be a university professor and role model for underrepresented minorities.