URM: Environmental Biology in the Pacific Islands

该项目以夏威夷大学马诺阿分校为基地，将通过招收和培训来自夏威夷群岛、美属萨摩亚、关岛、北马里亚纳群岛联邦和美国自由联盟密克罗尼西亚各州(帕劳共和国、密克罗尼西亚联邦和马绍尔群岛共和国)的有前途的学生来学习现代环境生物学，从而显著增加太平洋岛民攻读学士学位和高级学位的人数。研究领域包括：大体上完好的海洋生态系统以及被外来入侵物种和污染严重破坏的海洋生态系统的实地生态学研究；沿海和山区生物群的研究，重点是无脊椎动物、脊椎动物(特别是。这些活动包括：使用传统和分子方法进行生物多样性调查；以物种为重点研究岛屿特有现象。每年将有13名学生接受培训，其中8人参加暑期研究实习，另有5人从暑期实习生中挑选出来，他们将全年留在该项目中。在该计划的五年中，将有多达45名学生接受广泛培训。实习将与教师导师实验室密切相关，用于科学研究和研究生准备培训，并通过重要的队列培训来加强？如何做科学，？科学写作和口头陈述。重点是导师和其他人在她/他的实验室和学生所有人进行的一对一培训。一项研究项目。实习生将被指导发展个人研究项目的所有方面，这将有助于解决全球感受到的问题。此外，该计划将向实习生介绍涉及环境管理和保护的政府机构和非政府组织的活动。该URM将有助于理解生物多样性和保护问题，特别关注现代社会影响严重的岛屿生态系统，对许多人来说，全球气候变化不仅是一个概念，而且是对岛民的威胁？生活道路。该计划将把一群经过特殊训练的当地岛民送回岛上，让他们认识和解决当地的问题，并成为其他年轻居民的榜样和教育者。欲了解更多信息，请联系：迈克尔·G·哈德菲尔德博士，电子邮件：hadfield@hawai.edu，或登录网站：http://www.kewalo.hawaii.edu/labs/hadfield/。

URM: Environmental Biology in the Pacific IslandsThis program, based at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will significantly increase the number of Pacific Islanders pursuing bachelors and advanced degrees by recruiting and training promising students from the islands of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, and the U.S. Compact-of-Free-Association Micronesian states (Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of the Marshall Islands) in modern approaches to environmental biology. Research areas include: field ecological studies on marine ecosystems that are largely intact, as well as those that are badly damaged by invasive alien species and pollution; studies of both coastal and mountain biota, with emphases on invertebrate, vertebrate (esp. Hawaiian birds) and plant communities; biodiversity investigations using classical and molecular approaches; and species-focused research on island endemics. Thirteen students will be trained each years, eight during summer-only research internships, plus five, selected from the summer interns, who will remain in the program throughout the year. Up to 45 students will be extensively trained throughout five years of the program. Internships will be intimately tied to faculty-mentor laboratories for training in scientific research and preparation for graduate school, augmented by important cohort training in ?how to do science,? scientific writing, and oral presentations. Emphasis will be on one-on-one training by the mentor and others in her/his lab and student ?ownership? of a research project. Interns will be guided to develop all aspects of an individual research project that will contribute to the solution of globally felt problems. Additionally, the program will introduce interns to activities in governmental agencies and NGOs involved with environmental management and conservation. This URM will contribute to understanding biodiversity and conservation problems, with a particular focus on island ecosystems where impacts of modern society are heavy and where, for many, global climate change is not just a concept but a threat to the Islanders? way of life. The program will return to the islands a group of native islanders exceptionally trained to recognize and resolve local problems and to serve as role models and educators for other young residents. For additional information, contact: Dr. Michael G. Hadfield, hadfield@hawaii.edu or website, http://www.kewalo.hawaii.edu/labs/hadfield/