REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Behavior, Ecology and Evolution

位于博尔德的科罗拉多大学将在每年夏天举办8名学生参加为期10周的REU行为，生态和进化课程，以山区研究站为中心。该计划的目标是为学生提供技能和信心，在先进的水平进行生物研究。 该计划鼓励学生，特别是来自生物研究专业代表性不足的群体的学生，从事生物学研究职业，并考虑获得高级学位。一个多元文化的学生参与者群体的招聘将基于他们的教师导师，教育和职业目标，以及学术成就的适当学科的兴趣。该计划的第一周是一个密集的方向实地研究。 在夏季的剩余时间里，学生将从事教师指导的个人项目。教师导师是科罗拉多大学博尔德分校、得克萨斯大学和加州大学欧文分校生态学和进化生物学系的成员。 这些导师在山区研究站或博尔德校园有积极的研究计划，并有一个坚定的承诺，指导本科生。学生的项目可能包括主题，如气候对昆虫行为的影响，污染对水生和陆生群落的影响，山地森林的火生态学，植物和微生物对高山和亚高山陆地生态系统中营养循环的影响，植物适应山地环境中繁殖和生存的进化，社会昆虫和鸟类的行为生态学，以及鱼类择偶的进化。 夏季在学生展示他们的结果在一个科学的会议格式达到高潮。山区研究站位于落基山脉前山脉海拔3000米处，距离大学博尔德校区45分钟路程。邻近的尼沃特岭生物圈保护区是国家科学基金会长期生态研究基地的所在地。参与者住在鹿、麋鹿和其他野生动物经常出没的营地中的乡村小屋里，但可以使用空间站和CU博尔德校区的世界一流的研究设施。欲了解更多信息和申请材料，请联系比尔鲍曼在reuebio@colorado.edu，（303）492-2557，或访问http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/。

The University of Colorado at Boulder will host 8 students each summer in a 10-week REU program in Behavior, Ecology and Evolution, centered at the Mountain Research Station. The goal of the program is to provide students with the skills and confidence to conduct biological research at an advanced level. The program encourages students, particularly those from groups that are under-represented in biological research professions, to pursue research careers in biology, and to consider earning advanced degrees. Recruitment of a culturally diverse group of student participants will be based on interest in the appropriate disciplines of their faculty mentors, educational and career goals, and academic achievement. The first week of the program is an intensive orientation to field research. During the remainder of the summer, students will work on faculty-mentored individual projects. Faculty mentors are members of the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Texas, and University of California, Irvine. These mentors have active research programs at the Mountain Research Station or on the Boulder campus, and have a strong commitment to mentoring undergraduate students. Student projects may include topics such as climate effects on insect behavior, pollution effects on aquatic and terrestrial communities, fire ecology of montane forests, effects of plants and microorganisms on nutrient cycling in alpine and subalpine terrestrial ecosystems, the evolution of plant adaptations for reproduction and survival in montane environments, the behavioral ecology of social insects and birds, and the evolution of mate choice in fish. The summer culminates in student presentations of their results in a scientific meeting format. The Mountain Research Station, located at 3000 meters elevation in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, is 45 minutes from the University's Boulder campus. The adjacent Niwot Ridge Biosphere Reserve is home to an NSF-Long Term Ecological Research site. Participants live in rustic cabins in a camp that is frequented by deer, elk, and other wildlife, but have access to world-class research facilities at the Station and the CU Boulder campus. For further information and application materials, please contact Bill Bowman at reuebio@colorado.edu, (303) 492-2557, or visit http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/.