REU Site: A Pilot Project to Engage Underrepresented Minority Students in a Research Experience

REU 网站：让代表性不足的少数族裔学生参与研究体验的试点项目

• 批准号: 1156603
• 负责人: Nina Barcenas
• 金额: $ 26.79万
• 依托单位: Heritage 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: 2012-03-15 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156603&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Pilot; Project; Engage

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) award has been made to Heritage University (HU) to provide 10 weeks of research training for 8 students in the summers of 2012- 2014. This program also includes an academic-year component that prepares students for the summer research program and assists them in preparing abstracts and papers for submission to conferences. After preparing students for the lab work, students spend 10 weeks in the summer at partner host labs of their choosing. A diversity of REU host labs will be offered to students and placement at labs will be determined, in part, by students' interest and their needs to remain in or near the Yakama Valley. Potential host laboratories include those that are close enough for students to return home on weekends and others where students can return home daily. "Distant" REU sites include: (1) University of Washington, Seattle, WA (bacterial antibiotic resistance; dendrology, paleoecology); (2) University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA (polyploidy in plant evolution); and (3) NSF Science and Technology Center and Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission, Beaverton, OR (fisheries biology and ecology). Local REU sites include: (4) the Yakama Nation Fisheries Resource Management, Toppenish WA (lamprey biology, restoration); (5) USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA (insect molecular ecology); (6) Pacific Northwest University, Yakima, WA (microbiology); (7) Washington State University, Prosser, WA (molecular plant pathology); and (8) Heritage University, Toppenish WA, (DNA barcoding and well water quality assessment). The PI, coPI and partner sites prepare students for their internships and their presentations for national meetings. All REU students will participate in spring pre-REU and fall post-REU activities. Our overall strategy is to provide undergraduate students, who are mostly place-bound, with a fulfilling and challenging research experience supported by a richly mentored environment. These opportunities will provide a magnet for recruitment of STEM majors from the Yakima Valley and will help motivate students to pursue graduate studies and careers in science. Students are tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by using the REU common assessment tool. More information is available at: www.heritage.edu/science dept/summer internships/reu, or by contacting Dr. Nina Barcenas (PI) at [e-mail] or Dr. Kazuhiro Sonoda (co-PI) at [e-mail].

美国传统大学(HU)获得了本科生研究体验奖(REU)，在2012-2014年的暑期为8名学生提供为期10周的研究培训。该课程还包括一个学年部分，帮助学生为暑期研究项目做准备，并帮助他们准备提交给会议的摘要和论文。在为学生的实验工作做好准备后，学生们在夏天花10周的时间在他们选择的合作伙伴主办实验室。REU将向学生提供各种各样的寄宿实验室，实验室的名额将在一定程度上取决于学生的兴趣和他们留在Yakama山谷或附近的需要。潜在的主办实验室包括那些距离学生周末回家足够近的实验室，以及其他学生可以每天回家的实验室。“遥远的”REU地点包括：(1)华盛顿州西雅图的华盛顿大学(细菌抗生素耐药性；树类学，古生态学)；(2)华盛顿州塔科马的普吉特湾大学(植物进化中的多倍体)；(3)NSF科技中心和哥伦比亚河部落间鱼类委员会，比弗顿，OR(渔业生物学和生态学)。当地的REU站点包括：(4)亚卡马国家渔业资源管理，Toppenish WA(七鳃鳗生物学，恢复)；(5)USDA-ARS，Wapato，WA(昆虫分子生态学)；(6)太平洋西北大学，Yakima，WA(微生物学)；(7)华盛顿州立大学，Prosser，WA(分子植物病理学)；以及(8)传统大学，Toppenish WA，(DNA条形码和井水水质评估)。PI、COPI和合作伙伴网站为学生的实习和全国会议的演讲做准备。所有REU学生将参加春季REU前和秋季REU后的活动。我们的总体战略是为主要受地方限制的本科生提供有成就感和挑战性的研究体验，并提供丰富的指导环境。这些机会将吸引来自亚基马山谷的STEM专业毕业生的招聘，并将有助于激励学生攻读研究生课程和从事科学职业。对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们对学术研究领域的持续兴趣、他们的职业道路以及研究经验的持久影响。有关该方案的信息将通过使用REU通用评估工具进行评估。欲了解更多信息，请访问：www.heritage.edu/Science Department/夏季实习/reu，或联系Nina Barcenas博士(PI)，电子邮件：[e-mail]或Kazuhiro Sonoda博士(co-PI)，电子邮件：[e-mail]。