REU Site: SURFO - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography

本科生研究体验(REU)项目位于罗德岛大学海洋研究生院(GSO)，位于密苏里州纳拉甘西特。REU网站被命名为“夏季本科生海洋学研究奖学金”(SURFO)项目，是一个为期10周的研究/教育项目，旨在每年让12名本科生接触到尖端的、真实的海洋研究。每名学生将与一名研究顾问和研究生一起开发/实施一个适合每个学生背景和兴趣的海洋学领域的研究项目。SURFO计划填补的研究或教育领域涉及海洋学的更多量化方面，这与GSO的优势密切相关。参与者承担的研究项目通常是单独资助的研究项目的一部分，但学生项目关注的是研究中没有预料到的有趣的方面。许多学生项目会为后续的研究提案或出版物带来重要的初步发现。专门为小岛屿发展中国家举办了许多研究研讨会和专业发展讲习班。在暑假结束时，学生们在学生研究研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，然后他们写一篇研究论文。强烈鼓励学生和导师继续这些项目，以便在国家/地区会议上展示，或提交给被评议的期刊。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作提供支持。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is located at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) in Narragansett, RI. Named the "Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography" (SURFO) program, the REU Site is a 10-week research/educational program designed to expose 12 undergraduates per year to cutting-edge, authentic, oceanographic research. 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. The research projects undertaken by participants are typically part of a separately funded research program, but the student project focuses on an interesting aspect of the research that was not anticipated. Many of the student projects result in important initial findings for subsequent research proposals or publications. Numerous research seminars and professional development workshops are conducted specifically for the SURFOs. At the end of the summer, students present their results during a student research symposium and they write a research paper. Students and advisors are strongly encouraged to continue the projects for presentation at national/regional meetings or submission to refereed journals.The site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.