IRES: International Research Experiences for Graduate Students in Tropical Ecology in Costa Rica

IRES：哥斯达黎加热带生态学研究生的国际研究经验

• 批准号: 0553925
• 负责人: Elizabeth Losos
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 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: 2006-05-01 至 2010-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0553925&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; International; Research; Experiences; Graduate

In this IRES project supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering, Elizabeth Losos and colleagues will establish an international research-experience program for fifteen U.S. graduate students at the Palo Verde Biological Station in Costa Rica. This station, located within Palo Verde National Park in northwest Costa Rica, protects a significant portion of the Tempisque River Basin. Each year for the three-year life of this project, five U.S. students in the early stages of their graduate careers will be selected on a competitive basis from educational institutions throughout the United States. They will spend 10 weeks during the summer working with scientists from the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) on research projects in tropical biology, such as wetlands restoration, flood control, water usage, and reducing negative agricultural impacts on the region.This IRES activity should develop a cadre of tropical researchers with international experience and connections. The U.S. graduate students, drawn from groups traditionally underrepresented in science, are at a formative phase in their careers, when they are still developing their research skills and defining their research direction and questions. This IRES project will allow OTS to offer an international, collaborative research opportunity to U.S. students at a point in their education when such international mentorship and professional relationships can have the greatest impact on the selection of research questions, research design, study systems, and study locations. The work with local farmers, technicians, and extension agents has the potential to have a dramatic impact on the entire local community as well as on a wider audience.

在这个由国际科学与工程办公室支持的IRES项目中，Elizabeth Losos及其同事将在哥斯达黎加的Palo Verde生物站为15名美国研究生建立一个国际研究经验项目。该站点位于哥斯达黎加西北部的Palo Verde国家公园内，保护了Tempisque河流域的重要部分。在这个项目为期三年的生命周期中，每年将从美国各地的教育机构中选出五名处于研究生生涯早期阶段的美国学生。他们将在夏季花10周时间与热带研究组织（OTS）的科学家一起研究热带生物学项目，如湿地恢复、洪水控制、水资源利用以及减少农业对该地区的负面影响。这项国际热带研究所的活动应该培养一批具有国际经验和联系的热带研究人员。美国研究生来自传统上在科学领域代表性不足的群体，他们正处于职业生涯的形成阶段，他们仍在发展自己的研究技能，确定自己的研究方向和问题。这个IRES项目将允许OTS为美国学生提供一个国际合作研究的机会，当这种国际指导和专业关系对研究问题的选择、研究设计、研究系统和研究地点产生最大影响时。与当地农民、技术人员和推广人员的合作有可能对整个当地社区以及更广泛的受众产生巨大影响。