REU Site: Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS)

该奖项为罗格斯大学本科生研究经验（REU）项目提供了新的资助。遥感、海洋观测站、自动驾驶汽车、数值模拟和分子生物学的进步正在改变海洋学。罗格斯大学的教师和研究设施允许本科生探索如何使用这些和其他技术来了解海洋生态系统。该项目每年夏天邀请10名学生到罗格斯大学学习10周。一些学生将被安置在新泽西州新不伦瑞克的主校区，一些学生将被安置在新泽西州塔克顿的罗格斯大学海洋野外站。通过独立项目和团队研究经验，学生专注于适用于任何海洋生态系统的面向过程的概念和技术。学生是通过国家和地区广告招募的。最初为期四天的培训向学生介绍正在进行的研究，重点是拉坦河-拉坦湾和穆里卡河-大湾系统。这两个河口在人类对沿海生态系统的影响方面形成了鲜明的对比。培训包括在塔克顿的罗格斯大学海洋野外站进行两天的培训，在沿海的LEO-15研究区域和穆里卡河上进行实践体验。在第一周，学生们还会咨询导师，并参加如何制定研究问题和撰写提案的研讨会。其他培训活动包括关于有效团队合作的讲习班和负责任的研究行为的在线课程。伦理训练将以个案研究小组讨论作为补充。学生在项目中期研讨会上口头报告他们的研究进展。讨论海洋科学的职业生涯，以及何时以及如何申请研究生院，将在课程结束时进行。所有参与者都将接受有关如何撰写和分析他们的数据以及如何为最后的海报会议准备海报的指导。共有30名学生将通过该奖项获得出色的暑期研究实习经历和职业培训。

This award renews funding for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Rutgers University. Advances in remote sensing, ocean observatories, autonomous vehicles, numerical modeling, and molecular biology are changing oceanography. The faculty and research facilities at Rutgers allow undergraduates to explore how to use these, and other, technologies to understand marine ecosystems. The program brings ten students to Rutgers each summer for ten weeks. Some students will be housed at the main campus in New Brunswick, NJ and some will be housed at Rutgers University Marine Field Station in Tuckerton, NJ. Through independent projects and team research experiences, students focus on process-oriented concepts and techniques applicable in any marine ecosystem. Students are recruited through national and regional advertising. An initial four-day orientation introduces students to ongoing research, focusing on the Raritan River-Raritan Bay and the Mullica River-Great Bay systems. The two estuaries provide a sharp contrast in their human impacts on coastal ecosystems. The orientation includes two days at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station in Tuckerton, with hands-on experience in the coastal LEO-15 research area, and on the Mullica River. During the first week students also consult with mentors and attend workshops on how to formulate a research question and write a proposal. Other orientation activities include workshops on effective teamwork and an online course on responsible conduct of research. Ethics training will be supplemented by group discussions of case studies. Students make oral progress reports of their research in a mid-program workshop. Discussions of careers in ocean science and when and how to apply to graduate school take place towards the end of the program. All participants receive instruction on how to write up and analyze their data and how to prepare a poster for the final poster session. A total of thirty students will recieve an excellent summer research internship experience and career training via this award.