REU Site: Ocean Coastal Zone Sustainability through University of Southern California Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

该奖项为位于加利福尼亚州卡特琳娜岛的南加州大学箭牌海洋科学中心(WMSC)的本科生新研究体验(REU)项目提供资金。拟议的为期8周的暑期实习计划将在三年内，每年夏天为来自全国各地的8名本科生提供实验室和实地研究专业知识。“沿海海洋系统可持续发展”(SCOS-REU)计划将提供对多种活动的接触，这些活动为与沿海海洋可持续发展相关的跨学科本科培训提供综合背景。该项目的第一周将集中于整个团队的培训，包括海洋科学的短期课程和海洋探险巡航。然后，学生将与教员和“近乎同行”的导师一起开始独立研究项目。学生项目将为他们的导师资助的与理解人类对环境系统的影响有关的更大规模的研究项目做出贡献，并以学生研究研讨会为结束。除了独立研究，参与者将作为一个团队工作和学习，因为他们接受了生态系统生态和功能、科学方法、方法论途径以及职业和专业发展方面的培训。定期到不同地区、岛屿和生态系统进行实地考察，将促进群体凝聚力和学习。

This award provides funding for a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Southern California's Wrigley Marine Science Center (WMSC) located on Catalina Island, CA. The proposed 8-week summer internship program will provide laboratory and field-based research expertise to eight undergraduate students from across the nation each summer for three years. The "Sustainability of Coastal Ocean Systems REU" (SCOS-REU) program will provide exposure to multiple activities that provide an integrated context for interdisciplinary undergraduate training related to the sustainability of coastal oceans. The first week of the program will focus on whole-group training, including a short course in marine science and an oceanographic shake-down cruise. Students will then embark on independent research programs with faculty and "near-peer" mentors. Student projects will contribute to larger, funded research programs by their mentors related to understanding of human impacts on environmental systems and be capped with a student research seminar. In addition to independent research, participants will work and learn as a team as they receive training in ecosystem ecology and function, the scientific method, methodological approaches and career and professional development. Periodic field trips to different parts the island and ecosystems will promote group cohesiveness and learning.