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

CREST 热带生态学和海洋和陆地环境进化中心

• 批准号: 0833211
• 负责人: Donald Price
• 金额: $ 499.98万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii at Hilo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0833211&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CREST; Center; Tropical; Ecology; Evolution

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.

热带保护生物学和环境科学 (TCBES) 计划提议在希洛夏威夷大学建立热带生态学和海洋和陆地环境进化 CREST 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领域高度协作的研究中心。该中心将促进三个研究主题：1）局部适应和物种形成的进化基因组学和生态学（EGES），2）珊瑚礁生态系统（CRE）3）陆地生态学和气候变化（TECC）。 TCBES 计划是夏威夷大学希洛分校 (UH Hilo) 和夏威夷社区学院 (HCC) 科学转型不可或缺的组成部分。 TCBES 计划的使命是促进：1）在海洋和陆地环境中的保护生物学和环境科学方面建立具有国家重要性的卓越研究中心，2）对这些领域的研究生、本科生和博士后学生进行培训，以及 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教师的合作。 NSF CREST 计划将建立在 TCBES 计划当前优势的基础上。其中包括：a) 夏威夷杰出的自然实验室，拥有栖息地、特有物种和濒危物种的巨大多样性；b) 综合研究和教育计划，为夏威夷学生从 K-12 到本科和研究生课程建立 STEM 渠道；c) 与夏威夷联邦和州机构建立牢固的合作伙伴关系。