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

该奖项为位于加州卡塔利娜岛的南加州大学箭牌海洋科学中心（WMSC）的一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供资金。提议的为期8周的暑期实习项目将为来自全国各地的8名本科生提供实验室和实地研究专业知识，为期三年。“沿海海洋系统可持续性REU”（SCOS-REU）计划将提供多种活动的机会，为与沿海海洋可持续性相关的跨学科本科培训提供综合背景。该计划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学的试航。然后，学生们将与教师和“近乎同行”的导师一起开始独立的研究项目。学生的项目将为导师资助的大型研究项目做出贡献，这些项目与理解人类对环境系统的影响有关，并以学生研究研讨会为上限。除了独立研究之外，参与者还将作为一个团队工作和学习，因为他们将接受生态系统生态学和功能，科学方法，方法论以及职业和专业发展方面的培训。定期实地考察岛屿和生态系统的不同部分将促进小组的凝聚力和学习。

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.