REU Site: SURFO - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography

该奖项为罗得岛大学（URI）的本科生研究经验（REU）计划提供了新的资金。该计划被称为夏季本科生海洋学研究奖学金（SURFO），并提供了一个为期10周的研究/教育计划，旨在使9名本科生每年在URI？海洋学研究生院（GSO）位于纳拉甘塞特，RI。每个学生将与研究顾问和研究生合作，开发/进行适合每个学生背景和兴趣的海洋学领域的研究项目。SURFO方案填补的研究或教育领域涉及海洋学的更多定量方面，这与地球静止轨道/URI的优势密切相关。GSO还计划扩大研究项目的范围，将可再生能源纳入其中，以补充其最近由国家资助的海上可再生能源研究卓越中心。参与者所进行的研究项目通常是一个单独的NSF资助的研究计划的一部分，但学生项目的重点是一个有趣的方面的研究，这是没有预料到的。因此，这些项目往往是高风险和高回报的，对PI或研究生的支持没有预算。这些类型的项目真正让学生体验到真实，前沿研究的成功和挫折。许多学生项目代表了后续研究提案或出版物的重要初步成果。该计划针对的主要本科生群体包括在数学，物理，计算机科学和工程方面有很强背景的学生。谁已经完成了本科教育的大三学生是首选的参与者，但也考虑合格的毕业生或录取的老年人。来自地球科学代表性不足群体的学生和在本国机构接触海洋学研究有限的学生受到高度追捧。SURFO计划让学生接触到各种子学科的海洋学研究。该计划为学生提供接触研究生院的期望和生活方式。这些综合经验预计将导致更好地准备研究生和更快的学位完成时间。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。

This award provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Rhode Island (URI). The program is called the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography (SURFO) and offers a 10-week research/educational program designed to expose 9 undergraduates per year to cutting-edge, authentic, oceanographic research at the URI?s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) located in Narragansett, RI. Each student will work with a research advisor and graduate student to develop/conduct a research project in an area of oceanography appropriate to each student's background and interests. The research or educational niche filled by the SURFO program deals with the more quantitative aspects of oceanography, which closely parallels the strengths of GSO/URI. GSO also plans to expand the scope of the research projects to include renewable energy to complement their recently state-funded center of excellence for Research on Offshore Renewable Energy. The research projects undertaken by participants are typically part of a separate NSF funded research program, but the student project focuses on an interesting aspect of the research that was not anticipated. As such, these projects are often high-risk and high-reward for which support for the PIs or graduate students was not budgeted. These types of projects truly give the student a taste of the successes and frustrations of authentic, cutting-edge research. Many of the student projects represent important initial results for subsequent research proposals or publications. The primary undergraduate population targeted by the program includes students with strong backgrounds in math, physics, computer science, and engineering. Students who have completed their junior year of undergraduate education are preferred participants, but well-qualified sophomores or matriculating seniors are also considered. Students from under-represented groups in the geosciences and students with limited exposure to oceanographic research at their home institutions are highly sought. The SURFO program exposes students to a broad spectrum of oceanographic research across various sub-disciplines. The program provides students with exposure to the expectations and lifestyle of graduate school. These combined experiences are expected to result in better-prepared graduate students and faster degree completion times. The site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.