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)计划建议在夏威夷大学希洛分校建立一个热带生态和海洋和陆地环境进化的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方面的高度合作研究中心。该中心将促进三个研究主题：1)当地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)陆地生态和气候变化(TECC)。TCBES计划是夏威夷大学希洛分校(UH HELO)和夏威夷社区学院(HCC)科学变革的一个组成部分。TCBES计划的使命是促进：1)在海洋和陆地环境中建立一个在保护生物学和环境科学方面具有全国重要意义的卓越研究中心；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的联邦和州机构以及授予博士学位的机构的教师之间的合作。NSF CREST计划将建立在TCBES计划现有优势的基础上。这些项目包括a)夏威夷--S杰出的自然实验室，该实验室拥有丰富多样的栖息地、特有物种和濒危物种；b)一个综合性的研究和教育项目，正在为夏威夷的学生建立从K-12到本科生和研究生课程的STEM管道；以及c)与夏威夷的联邦和州机构建立了牢固的合作伙伴关系。

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.