REU Site for Oregon Marine Science: From upper estuaries to the deep sea

该奖项为俄勒冈州立大学（OSU）本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供了新的资金。该项目将在五年的时间里，每年夏天为20名学生提供为期10周的主动学习体验，在整个项目期间，总共有100名学生。每年夏天，10名实习生将与俄勒冈州纽波特的哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心（HMSC）的科学家一起工作，10名实习生将在俄勒冈州立大学位于科瓦利斯的主校区与来自地球、海洋和大气科学学院（CEOAS）的导师一起工作。这个REU站点的主要领域被广泛定义为海洋科学，从海洋和河口生物学和生态学（HMSC）到物理科学（CEOAS的物理，地质和气候的海洋方面），提供各种各样的本科生研究机会和教师导师。REU计划的主要目标是：1)为学生提供体验海洋科学研究的机会，并了解其跨学科性质；Ii)为学生提供独特的教育机会，让他们接触到广泛的海洋科学；iii)增加代表性不足的群体和缺乏STEM研究机会的学生对海洋科学的参与和获取。实习生指导研究项目，要求提交报告和口头报告，并鼓励在区域或国家会议上发言。其他活动包括研讨会、实地考察、与研究生和相关实习项目的互动、职业发展培训、科学伦理讨论，以及了解俄勒冈州多样化环境中进行的其他跨学科研究的交流。该站点由国防部与NSF REU项目合作资助。

This award provides renewed funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Oregon State University (OSU). The program will provide 20 students with a 10-week active learning experience each summer for five years, for a total of 100 students over the duration of the program. Each summer, ten interns will work with scientists from the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) in Newport, Oregon, and ten interns will work at the OSU main campus in Corvallis with mentors from the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS). The major field for this REU site is broadly defined as marine science, ranging from marine and estuarine biology and ecology (at HMSC) through the physical sciences (marine aspects of physics, geology, and climate at CEOAS) to provide a diverse range of undergraduate research opportunities and faculty mentors. The major objectives of the REU program are to i) provide students with the opportunity to experience research in marine science and an understanding of its interdisciplinary nature; ii) provide students with a unique educational opportunity and exposure to a wide range of marine science; and iii) increase participation in and access to marine science for under-represented groups and students lacking access to STEM research. Interns have directed research projects, a required report and oral presentation, and are encouraged to present at regional or national meetings. Additional activities include seminars, fieldwork, interaction with graduate students and related intern programs, career development training, scientific ethics discussions, and exchanges to learn about other interdisciplinary research conducted in Oregon's diverse environments.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.