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塔利纳岛的南加州大学箭牌海洋科学中心（WMSC）的本科生（REU）新研究经验项目提供资金。拟议的为期8周的暑期实习计划将为来自全国各地的8名本科生提供为期三年的实验室和实地研究专业知识。 “沿海海洋系统REU的可持续性”（SCOS-REU）计划将提供接触多种活动，为与沿海海洋可持续性相关的跨学科本科生培训提供综合背景。该计划的第一周将侧重于整个小组的培训，包括海洋科学的短期课程和海洋学安定巡航。然后，学生将开始与教师和“近同行”导师的独立研究计划。学生项目将有助于更大的，资助的研究计划，由他们的导师有关人类对环境系统的影响的理解，并与学生研究研讨会封顶。除了独立研究外，参与者还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学和功能，科学方法，方法学方法以及职业和专业发展方面的培训。定期到岛屿和生态系统的不同部分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.