REU Site: Achieving Heightened Goals: Undergraduate Research in Ecology at the Mountain Research Station

2010年至2012年夏季，科罗拉多大学获得了一项奖励，为9名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。该计划的目标是为学生提供在先进水平上进行生物研究的技能和信心。该项目鼓励学生，特别是那些来自生物研究专业中代表性不足的群体的学生，在生物学领域从事研究工作，并考虑获得高级学位。招募具有不同文化背景的学生参与者将基于他们对教师导师的适当学科的兴趣、教育和职业目标以及学术成就。该计划的第一周是实地研究的密集方向。在夏季剩下的时间里，学生们在教师的指导下完成个人项目。教师导师在山地研究站对本科生培训和研究项目有着坚定的承诺，他们来自科罗拉多大学博尔德分校、德克萨斯大学、加州大学伯克利分校和默塞德分校的几个系。学生项目包括生态学、进化生物学和行为学等广泛的主题。学生项目利用山研究站周围的场地和邻近的Niwot Ridge生物圈保护区，这里是美国国家科学基金会长期生态研究基地的所在地。REU的学生被视为同事，期望他们将尽其所能，加入研究界，并在与研究生相当的水平上做出贡献。指导包括研究伦理和负责任行为的讨论，以及可能的研究和学术方面的职业和培训。通过每年的电子邮件，以及最近通过建立学生管理的Facebook页面，与该项目的学生校友保持长期联系。欲了解更多信息和申请材料，请联系比尔·鲍曼reuebio@colorado.edu，或访问http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/。

An award was made to the University of Colorado to provide research training for 10 weeks for 9 students, for the summers of 2010-2012. The goal of the program is to provide students with the skills and confidence to conduct biological research at an advanced level. The program encourages students, particularly those from groups that are underrepresented in biological research professions, to pursue research careers in field biology and to consider earning advanced degrees. Recruitment of a culturally diverse group of student participants will be based on interest in the appropriate disciplines of their faculty mentors, educational and career goals, and academic achievement. The first week of the program is an intensive orientation to field research. During the remainder of the summer, students work on faculty-mentored individual projects. Faculty mentors have a strong commitment to undergraduate training, research projects at the Mountain Research Station and are from several departments at the University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Texas, and University of California, Berkeley and Merced campuses. Student projects include a wide diversity of topics in ecology, evolutionary biology, and behavior. Student projects utilize sites surrounding the Mountain Research Station and the adjacent Niwot Ridge Biosphere Reserve, home to a NSF Long Term Ecological Research site. REU students are treated as colleagues, with the expectation that they will work to the best of their ability, and will join the research community and contribute at a level comparable to that of graduate students. Mentoring includes discussions of research ethics and responsible conduct, and possible careers and training in research and academics. Long-term contact with student alumni of the program is maintained through annual emails, and more recently through the establishment of student run Facebook pages. For further information and application materials, please contact Bill Bowman at reuebio@colorado.edu, or visit http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/.