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

REU 网站：变化环境的生态学和进化的本科生研究：响应机制

• 批准号: 1156571
• 负责人: Bruce Snyder
• 金额: $ 28.77万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156571&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Research; Ecology

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 [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Theodore J. Morgan at [e-mail]).

本科生研究经验（REU）网站奖已作出堪萨斯州立大学，将提供研究培训，为9名学生参加在2012年至2014年夏季为期10周的计划。该计划广泛关注生态和进化反应对环境变化的短期和长期反应的机械理解。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，这些项目涉及进化和生态对不断变化的环境的反应的机制基础。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：i）独立的研究项目，培训学生实地方法，实验室技术和实验设计，ii）关于生态学和进化生物学现代方法的每周研讨会，iii）一套科学研讨会的伦理培训，重点是负责任的研究和案例研究的评估，iv）在专业发展，研究生院申请过程中，和专门的研究技能，五）实地考察生态重要的实地考察，生物收藏，并在堪萨斯和密苏里州的基因组设施，和vi）研究成果的口头报告在研究座谈会在程序的结论。来自生物学系和昆虫学，地理学和植物病理学系的30多名教师将担任潜在的导师。REU参与者将可以完全使用个人导师的设施，以及生态基因组学研究所和Konza Prairie LTER网站的设施。该计划的招聘工作包括传统的“硬拷贝”格式以及基于数字的广告。 学生被选为生物学杰出研究的潜力。跟踪参与者的职业道路，以确定研究经验的持久影响。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（布鲁斯A.斯奈德在[e-mail]）或共同PI（西奥多J摩根博士在[e-mail]）。