CREST Center in Tropical Ecology and Evolution in Marine and Terrestrial Environments

热带保护生物学和环境科学（TCBES）计划提议在夏威夷大学希洛分校建立一个海洋和陆地环境热带生态和进化研究中心。TCBES计划的目标是成为夏威夷热带保护生物学和环境科学的一个高度合作的研究中心。该中心将促进三个研究主题：1)进化基因组学与局部适应和物种形成生态学（EGES）， 2)珊瑚礁生态系统（CRE）， 3)陆地生态与气候变化（TECC）。TCBES项目是夏威夷大学希洛分校（UH Hilo）和夏威夷社区学院（HCC）科学转型的一个组成部分。TCBES计划的使命是促进：1)在海洋和陆地环境保护生物学和环境科学方面具有国家重要性的卓越研究中心；2)培训这些领域的研究生、本科生和博士后；3)进一步发展与夏威夷联邦和州机构以及博士学位授予机构的教员的合作。美国国家科学基金会CREST项目将建立在TCBES项目目前的优势之上。这些包括a)夏威夷？b)一个综合研究和教育计划，为夏威夷从K-12到本科和研究生课程的学生建立STEM管道，以及c)与夏威夷联邦和州机构的强大合作伙伴关系。

The Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science (TCBES) Program proposes to establish a CREST Center in Tropical Ecology and Evolution in Marine and Terrestrial Environments at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. The goal of the TCBES Program is to become a highly collaborative research center in tropical conservation biology and environmental sciences in Hawaii. The center will facilitate three research themes: 1) The Evolutionary Genomics and Ecology of Local Adaptation and Speciation (EGES), 2) Coral Reef Ecosystem (CRE) 3) Terrestrial Ecology and Climate Change (TECC). The TCBES Program is an integral component in the transformation of the sciences at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) and Hawaii Community College (HCC). The TCBES Program mission is to promote: 1) a research center of excellence of national importance in conservation biology and environmental sciences in the marine and terrestrial environments, 2) the training of graduate, undergraduate, and post-doctoral students in these fields, and 3) the further development of collaborations with federal and state agencies in Hawaii and with faculty at Ph.D.-granting institutions. The NSF CREST Program will build on the current strengths of the TCBES Program. These include a) Hawaii?s outstanding natural laboratory featuring a tremendous diversity of habitats, endemic species, and endangered species, b) an integrated research and education program that is building the STEM pipeline for students in Hawaii from K-12 through to undergraduate and graduate programs, and c) strong partnerships with federal and state agencies in Hawaii.