Pacific Basin Biodiversity Ecology and Evolution in Chile and Micronesia (IRES)

该奖项将提供12名本科生和6名硕士。来自路易斯安那大学门罗分校（乌尔姆）的学生有机会通过三年内在两个研究中心的暑期实习获得国际研究经验。 每年，两名本科生和一名硕士生。与co-PI Hayes一起工作的学生将在乌尔姆和智利天主教大学的Louis Ebensperger博士的监督下接受行为和生理生态学研究的培训。 与共同PI Pezold合作的相同数量的学生将在乌尔姆接受人口生物学和进化方面的培训，并在密克罗尼西亚学院的Brian Lynch先生的监督下接受培训。 该计划的所有行政和组织方面将建立在乌尔姆霍华德休斯医学研究所研究计划（HHMI）的现有基础设施上。 在国际旅行前的两个学期，Hayes博士的学生将研究影响公共家鼠（Mus musculus）繁殖的产前因素。 Pezold博士的学生将学习鱼类收集方法，并从乌尔姆自然历史博物馆的虎鱼标本中提取和测序mtDNA，并为发展中的生物地理学增添内容。 这个NSF奖项为学生提供所需的资金，包括机票和与他们海外逗留有关的活动的支持。 许多乌尔姆学生是少数民族或第一代大学生，增加了该计划可能在代表性不足的学生中产生影响的潜力。 文化培训将提高所有学生的意识和提高语言技能，提高他们在国际上的竞争力。 所有学生将协助co-PI撰写在同行评审期刊上发表的手稿。该计划将在一个顶点事件，在此期间，学生将分享他们的文化和研究经验与乌尔姆和门罗社区作为主持人在乌尔姆肖托夸Nexus程序达到高潮。 该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室和NSF EPSCoR计划共同资助。

This award will provide 12 undergraduate and 6 M.S. students from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) with the opportunity to gain international research experience through summer internships at two research sites over a three-year period. Each year, two undergraduate students and one M.S. student working with co-PI Hayes will be trained in behavioral and physiological ecology research at ULM and in Chile under the supervision of Dr. Louis Ebensperger at Catholic University, Chile. The same number of students working with co-PI Pezold will be trained in population biology and evolution at ULM and under the supervision of Mr. Brian Lynch at the College of Micronesia. All administrative and organizational aspects of the program will be built upon the existing infrastructure of the ULM Howard Hughes Medical Institute research program (HHMI). During the two semesters preceding international travel, Dr. Hayes' students will study prenatal factors affecting the reproduction of communal house mice (Mus musculus). Dr. Pezold's students will learn fish collection methods and extract and sequence mtDNA from gobiid fish specimens in the ULM Museum of Natural History and add to a developing phylogeography. This NSF award provides needed funds for the students, covering airfare and support for activities related to their overseas stays. Many ULM students are ethnic minorities or first-generation university students, increasing the potential for impact that this program may have among underrepresented students. Cultural training will increase the awareness and improve the language skills of all students, increasing their competitiveness at the international level. All students will assist the co-PIs with the writing of manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. The program will culminate in a capstone event, during which students will share their cultural and research experiences with the ULM and Monroe communities as presenters in the ULM Chautauqua Nexus program. This award is co-funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering, and the NSF EPSCoR program.