REU Site: Undergraduate Research in the Ecology and Evolution of Changing Environments: Mechanisms to Responses

堪萨斯州立大学获得了本科生研究经验（REU）奖，将在2012-2014年夏季为9名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。该计划广泛关注生态和进化反应的机制理解，以应对不断变化的环境的短期和长期反应。为期10周的暑期课程将为参与者提供进行独立研究项目的机会，这些研究项目涉及对变化环境的进化和生态反应的机制基础。暑期课程有六个核心组成部分，将有助于本科参与者的专业和道德发展：1)培养学生实地研究方法、实验室技术和实验设计的独立研究项目；2)每周一次关于生态学和进化生物学现代方法的研讨会；3)在科学研讨会中进行一系列伦理培训，重点是负责任的研究和案例研究的评估；4)专业发展、研究生院申请过程和专业研究技能的研讨会；5)对生态重要现场的实地考察；在堪萨斯州和密苏里州的生物收藏和基因组设施，以及vi)在项目结束时的研究研讨会上口头报告研究成果。来自生物系、昆虫系、地理系和植物病理学系的30多名教师将担任潜在的导师。REU的参与者将可以完全使用个人导师的设施，以及生态基因组研究所和康扎草原LTER站点的设施。该项目的招聘工作包括传统的“硬拷贝”格式和基于数字的广告。学生被选中是为了在生物学方面有杰出研究的潜力。跟踪参与者的职业道路，以确定研究经历的持久影响。有关该计划的信息将通过离职面谈和调查进行评估，包括使用REU通用评估工具。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.ksu.edu/reu，或联系PI （Bruce A. Snyder博士biologyreu@ksu.edu）或co-PI （Theodore J. Morgan博士biologyreu@ksu.edu）。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to Kansas State University that will provide research training for 9 students to participate in a 10-week program during the summers of 2012-2014. The program has a broad focus on the mechanistic understanding of ecological and evolutionary responses to short- and long-term responses to changing environments. The 10-week summer program will provide participants with the opportunity to conduct independent research projects that address the mechanistic basis of evolutionary and ecological responses to changing environments. The summer program has six core components that will contribute to the professional and ethical development of undergraduate participants: i) independent research projects that train students in field methods, lab techniques, and experimental design, ii) a weekly seminar on modern approaches in ecology and evolutionary biology, iii) a set of ethics training in science workshops that focus on responsible research and the evaluation of case studies, iv) workshops in professional development, the graduate school application process, and specialized research skills, v) field trips to ecologically important field sites, biological collections, and genomic facilities in Kansas and Missouri, and vi) oral presentations of research results in a research symposium at the conclusion of the program. Over 30 faculty from the Division of Biology and Departments of Entomology, Geography, and Plant Pathology will serve as potential mentors. REU participants will have full access to individual mentor's facilities, as well as the facilities in the Ecological Genomics Institute and the Konza Prairie LTER site. The program's recruitment effort consists of both traditional "hard copy" formats as well as digital-based advertising. Students are selected for potential for outstanding research in biology. Participant career paths are tracked to determine the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by exit interviews and surveys, including the use of an REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting http://www.ksu.edu/reu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Bruce A. Snyder at biologyreu@ksu.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Theodore J. Morgan at biologyreu@ksu.edu).