UMEB: Training Ecologist Doctors for the 21st Century

UMEB：培养 21 世纪的生态学家医生

• 批准号: 0603049
• 负责人: Candace Galen
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 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: 2006-05-01 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0603049&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UMEB; Training; Ecologist; Doctors; 21st

NSF funding will establish an interdisciplinary Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) program at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU). Thirty-two students will be recruited to the program over four years. The MU UMEB program will train under-represented minority scholars in three inter-related research areas central to environmental health globally and in the American Midwest, in particular: (i) the ecology and genetics of crop improvement; (ii) the conservation of forest and grassland dwelling species; and (iii) the ecology and management of highly impacted urban environments. Students will spend at least two years at the University of Missouri-Columbia conducting year round faculty-mentored research in one of the three disciplinary themes beginning with a summer field project and leading to a poster presentation at a national professional meeting. Because solutions to environmental challenges require partnerships between agency, corporate and faculty researchers, MU UMEB scholars will spend their second summer working as research interns at partner agencies and corporations that include the Missouri Department of Conservation, the US Forest Service, Monsanto Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred, and the Missouri Botanical Garden. The MU UMEB program further emphasizes professional training during the academic year by including elective courses that lead to Certification in Environmental Studies. To promote interdisciplinary thinking, the MU UMEB includes two core courses that develop professional communication and outreach skills, consider research and environmental ethics, and provide learning service experiences in K-6 outdoor education and environmental journalism. The UMEB program broadens the recruitment pipeline for under-represented minority students through collaboration with two major urban community colleges, Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO and St. Louis Community College in St. Louis, MO. To ensure student retention, UMEB scholars will form close mentoring relationships with graduate student and peer mentors and will engage in team building activities, study groups, and family-inclusive events that celebrate their accomplishments. The UMEB program aims to equip its 32 student participants with skills to attack environmental problems from an interdisciplinary perspective and credentials to attain positions of prominence in environmental biology. For more information contact Dr. Candace Galen at [e-mail] (573-882-4832) or Dr. Charles Nilon at [e-mail] (573-882-3738).

NSF资金将在密苏里州哥伦比亚大学（MU）建立环境生物学（UMEB）计划的跨学科本科指导。在四年中，将招募32名学生参加该计划。 MU UMEB计划将在全球环境健康和美国中西部的三个相关研究领域中培训代表性不足的少数群体学者，尤其是：（i）作物改善的生态和遗传学； （ii）保护森林和草原居住物种； （iii）高度影响的城市环境的生态和管理。学生将在密苏里大学哥伦比亚大学度过至少两年的时间，以全年的教职员工研究，这三个纪律主题之一是从夏季野外项目开始，并在全国专业会议上进行了海报演讲。由于针对环境挑战的解决方案需要代理，公司和教职员工研究人员之间的合作伙伴关系，因此Mu Umeb学者将在第二个夏天度过第二个夏天，在合作伙伴机构和公司的研究实习生中工作，其中包括密苏里州保护部，美国森林服务部，蒙桑托森林服务部，Monsanto Inc. MU UMEB计划进一步强调了学年的专业培训，包括导致环境研究认证的选修课程。为了促进跨学科思维，MU UMEB包括两个核心课程，这些课程发展专业的沟通和外展技能，考虑研究和环境伦理，并在K-6户外教育和环境新闻中提供学习服务经验。 UMEB计划通过与两所主要城市社区学院，堪萨斯城的大都市社区学院，密苏里州的大都市社区学院和密苏里州圣路易斯的圣路易斯社区学院合作，扩大了代表性不足的少数民族学生的招聘管道。为了确保学生的保留，UMEB学者将与研究生和同伴导师建立密切的指导关系，并将参与团队建设活动，学习小组和包括家庭的活动，以庆祝他们的成就。 UMEB计划旨在为其32名学生参与者提供技能，从跨学科的角度和证书来攻击环境问题，以获得在环境生物学中的突出地位。 有关更多信息，请通过[e-mail]（573-882-4832）与Candace Galen博士联系，或通过[e-mail]（573-882-3738）或Charles Nilon博士与Charles Nilon博士联系。