IRES: Collaborative Research: US - Costa Rica International Research Experience for Students: Tropical Ecology Mentorship Program of Southern California

IRES：合作研究：美国-哥斯达黎加学生国际研究经验：南加州热带生态学指导计划

• 批准号: 0526551
• 负责人: Elizabeth Braker
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Occidental College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0526551&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Collaborative; Research; US; Costa

This award supports Elizabeth Braker of Occidental College and Terrence P. McGlynn of the University of San Diego to organize an International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program in Costa Rica on the topic of tropical ecology. The U.S. investigators will coordinate collaborative research efforts with Javier Espeleta at the La Selva Biological Station. The goal of this activity is to train talented students from underrepresented groups to become field ecologists with experience in international settings. To accomplish this goal the three senior investigators will mentor four undergraduates each year in long-term tropical-field research projects. Undergraduate students first will conduct research at the tropical rain forest field station, and then they will continue their research at their home institutions in a year-round mentorship.The broader impacts of the proposal include the promotion of international research collaborations, the creation of mentorships in the sciences for undergraduates of underrepresented groups, extensive field experiences for undergraduates oriented towards ecological research, and bringing undergraduates from primarily undergraduate institutions into an active research environment with graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty. The project will foster a nascent collaboration between U.S. and Costa Rican scientists and reinforce ongoing research projects of the PIs in Costa Rica.

该奖项支持西方学院的伊丽莎白·布拉克和圣地亚哥大学的特伦斯·P·麦格林在哥斯达黎加组织一个以热带生态学为主题的国际学生研究体验(IRES)项目。美国调查人员将与拉塞尔瓦生物站的哈维尔·埃斯佩莱塔协调合作研究工作。这项活动的目标是培养来自代表性不足群体的有才华的学生成为具有国际环境经验的实地生态学家。为了实现这一目标，三名高级研究人员每年将指导四名长期热带实地研究项目的本科生。本科生首先将在热带雨林野外站进行研究，然后他们将继续在本国机构进行全年的指导。该提议的更广泛影响包括促进国际研究合作，为不具有代表性的群体的本科生建立科学导师关系，为面向生态研究的本科生提供丰富的实地经验，以及将主要来自本科生机构的本科生带入与研究生、博士后研究人员和教师一起积极的研究环境。该项目将促进美国和哥斯达黎加科学家之间新生的合作，并加强哥斯达黎加私人投资机构正在进行的研究项目。