REU Site: Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS)

REU 网站：海洋科学研究实习 (RIOS)

• 批准号: 1062894
• 负责人: Gary Taghon
• 金额: $ 31.31万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-15 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1062894&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Internships; Ocean

This award provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Rutgers Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences and Rutgers University Marine Field Station. The Research Internships in Ocean Science (RIOS) program will support ten students each summer for three years during a ten week summer research internship. Through independent projects and team research experiences, students will focus on process-oriented concepts and techniques applicable in any marine ecosystem. Students can choose to focus on a wide variety of research topics and technologies including remote sensing, ocean observatories, autonomous vehicles, numerical modeling, and molecular biology. The faculty and research facilities at IMCS allow undergraduates to explore these technologies to understand marine ecosystems. An initial five-day orientation introduces students to ongoing research, focusing on the Raritan River-Raritan Bay and the Mullica River-Great Bay systems. The two estuaries provide a sharp contrast in their human impacts on coastal ecosystems. The orientation includes two days at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station in Tuckerton, with hands-on experience in the coastal LEO-15 research area, and on the Mullica River. During the first week students also consult with mentors, and learn how to formulate a research question and write a proposal. Other orientation activities include workshops on effective teamwork and an online course on responsible conduct of research. Ethics training will be supplemented by group discussions of case studies. Students make oral progress reports of their research in a mid-program workshop. Discussions of careers in ocean science and when and how to apply to graduate school take place towards the end of the program. All participants receive instruction on how to write up and analyze their data, and how to prepare a poster for the final poster session. Students complete questionnaires and concept maps at the beginning and end of the program. Additionally, educational research methodologies are used to provide insight into how learning takes place during the internships. Support provided by NSF and DOD includes funding for student stipends, student travel to and from the site, student housing and meals and some administrative costs.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

该奖项为罗格斯大学海洋与海岸科学研究所和罗格斯大学海洋野外研究站的本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供了新的资金。海洋科学研究实习（RIOS）计划将在三年的每年夏天支持十名学生进行为期十周的暑期研究实习。通过独立项目和团队研究经验，学生将专注于适用于任何海洋生态系统的面向过程的概念和技术。学生可以选择专注于各种各样的研究课题和技术，包括遥感、海洋观测站、自动驾驶汽车、数值模拟和分子生物学。IMCS的教师和研究设施允许本科生探索这些技术来了解海洋生态系统。最初为期五天的培训向学生介绍正在进行的研究，重点是拉坦河-拉坦湾和穆里卡河-大湾系统。这两个河口在人类对沿海生态系统的影响方面形成了鲜明的对比。培训包括在塔克顿的罗格斯大学海洋野外站进行两天的培训，在沿海的LEO-15研究区域和穆里卡河上进行实践体验。在第一周，学生还会咨询导师，学习如何制定研究问题和撰写提案。其他培训活动包括关于有效团队合作的讲习班和负责任的研究行为的在线课程。伦理训练将以个案研究小组讨论作为补充。学生在项目中期研讨会上口头报告他们的研究进展。讨论海洋科学的职业生涯，以及何时以及如何申请研究生院，将在课程结束时进行。所有参与者都将接受指导，学习如何撰写和分析他们的数据，以及如何为最后的海报会议准备海报。学生在课程开始和结束时完成问卷调查和概念图。此外，教育研究方法用于洞察实习期间的学习情况。美国国家科学基金会和国防部提供的支持包括资助学生津贴、学生往返地点的旅费、学生住房和膳食以及一些行政费用。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。