REU Site: Expanding Minority Research Opportunities in Cross-Disciplinary Biology

REU 网站：扩大跨学科生物学领域的少数研究机会

• 批准号: 0851711
• 负责人: Thomas Gilmore
• 金额: $ 36.88万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851711&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Expanding; Minority; Research

This Boston University REU Site will provide research internships to undergraduate students during the summers of 2009-2012. This REU Site is supported by the NSF REU Program and by the Department of Defense through the Awards to Stimulate and Support Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE) program. The program, coordinated by the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) will award Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) to ten students, especially those from underrepresented minority groups, who will be provided support for a 10-week research experience each summer. Applications from well-qualified students within all STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are welcome. Research projects available to students use cross-disciplinary approaches to biological problems, primarily as they relate to effects of environmental cues on organismal or cellular responses. Molecular, cellular, behavioral, ecological, chemical, computational, and engineering methods are used to address biological problems. Students will acquire in-depth knowledge of a number of related areas and learn skills required to integrate information from several disciplines. Students will be matched to research teams consisting of a faculty and graduate student mentor within a given research lab. Students will attend weekly summer workshops on scientific publication, graduate school admissions, and scientific ethics. Students will also give several oral presentations during the summer and will return to Boston University in the fall semester to present at the Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Social events designed to integrate students into the research environment are included. Research stipends, housing and travel are provided. More information is available from Professor Tom Gilmore, Director (Tel [phone], [e-mail]) or Kate Sutlive, Program Manager (Tel [phone], [e-mail]), or by visiting http://www.bu.edu/surf.

波士顿大学REU网站将在2009年至2012年夏季为本科生提供研究实习机会。该网站由NSF REU计划和国防部通过奖励来刺激和支持本科生研究经验（ASSURE）计划提供支持。该计划由本科生研究机会计划（UROP）协调，将向10名学生颁发夏季本科生研究奖学金（SURF），特别是那些来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生，他们将在每年夏天获得为期10周的研究经验。欢迎来自所有STEM学科（科学，技术，工程和数学）的合格学生的申请。提供给学生的研究项目使用跨学科的方法来解决生物学问题，主要是因为它们涉及环境线索对生物体或细胞反应的影响。分子，细胞，行为，生态，化学，计算和工程方法用于解决生物学问题。学生将获得一些相关领域的深入知识，并学习整合多个学科信息所需的技能。学生将被匹配到由给定研究实验室内的教师和研究生导师组成的研究团队。学生将参加每周一次的科学出版，研究生院招生和科学道德暑期讲习班。学生还将在夏季进行几次口头报告，并将在秋季学期返回波士顿大学参加年度本科生研究研讨会。旨在将学生融入研究环境的社会活动也包括在内。研究津贴，住房和旅行提供。更多信息可从教授汤姆吉尔摩，主任（电话607-353-5444，[e-mail]）或凯特Sutlive，项目经理（电话617-353-2020，[e-mail]），或访问http://www.bu.edu/surf。