REU Site: The Calder Center Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Ecology and Field Biology

REU 网站：考尔德中心生态学和野外生物学暑期本科生研究项目

• 批准号: 0552630
• 负责人: John Wehr
• 金额: $ 32.45万
• 依托单位: Fordham University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-01 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0552630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Calder; Center; Summer

The REU program at Fordham University, located at the Louis Calder Center - Biological Field Station, offers students unique opportunities for hands-on research experience in a variety of areas in field biology and ecology. The Calder Center is located in semi-rural, forested Armonk, New York, but is less than an hour's drive from New York City, creating many opportunities for conducting research on organisms or communities in ecosystems with varying levels of human impacts. The REU site especially seeks undergraduate students from colleges that serve minority populations, liberal arts colleges with limited opportunities to conduct scientific research, or from urban locales. The CSUR-REU program offers 12-week, in-depth opportunities in a variety of subjects, including biological control of disease-causing arthropods, purple sulfur bacteria in hypoxic lakes, ecology of symbiotic fungi in oak forests, expression patterns of symbiosis genes in weevils, responses of forests to human-caused stressors, and effects of exotic plants in promoting native bee diversity in urban parks. Ten students will work side-by-side with biology faculty to design and carry out their research projects. Students will also participate in mini-courses taught by resident faculty on designing experiments, analyzing data, creating scientific graphics, writing scientific papers, giving oral presentations, applying to graduate school and discussing ethics in science. At the end of the program, students will prepare an abstract for presentation at a conference, write up their results for publication on our web page, and give an oral presentation at a public symposium on Fordham's main campus. Students will be selected based on (1) statement of interest, (2) academic experience and training, (3) prior research experience, and (4) faculty recommendations. Students can contact the program directors, Dr. John Wehr and Jim Lewis by phone [phone]) or at [e-mail]. Further details and application materials can be found at: http://www.fordham.edu/Academics/Office_of_Research/Research_Centers__In/The_Louis_Calder_Cen/Research_Opportuniti_12509.html.

REU计划在福德姆大学，位于路易斯·考尔德中心-生物野外站，为学生提供了在野外生物学和生态学的各种领域的实践研究经验的独特机会。考尔德中心位于纽约半农村、森林茂密的阿尔蒙克，但距离纽约市不到一小时车程，为对具有不同程度人类影响的生态系统中的生物或群落进行研究创造了许多机会。REU网站特别寻求来自少数民族大学、从事科学研究机会有限的文理学院或城市地区的本科生。 CSUR-REU计划提供了为期12周的各种主题的深入机会，包括致病节肢动物的生物控制，缺氧湖泊中的紫硫细菌，橡树林中共生真菌的生态学，象鼻虫共生基因的表达模式，森林对人为造成的压力的反应，以及外来植物在促进城市公园中本地蜜蜂多样性方面的影响。 10名学生将与生物学教师并肩工作，设计和实施他们的研究项目。 学生还将参加由常驻教师教授的小型课程，包括设计实验，分析数据，创建科学图形，撰写科学论文，进行口头报告，申请研究生院和讨论科学伦理。 课程结束时，学生将准备一份摘要在会议上演示，撰写他们的结果以在我们的网页上发布，并在福德姆主校区的公共研讨会上进行口头演示。 学生将根据（1）兴趣陈述，（2）学术经验和培训，（3）先前的研究经验，和（4）教师的建议选择。 学生可以通过电话[phone]）或[e-mail]与项目主任John Wehr博士和Jim刘易斯联系。 更多详情和申请材料请访问：http://www.fordham.edu/Academics/Office_of_Research/Research_Centers__In/The_Louis_Calder_Cen/Research_Opportuniti_12509.html。