REU Site: Research Experience for Undergradutes: Analyzing Global Databases

该奖项为位于纽约州帕利塞兹的哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站（LDEO）的本科生研究经验（REU）现场项目提供资金。该项目以全球数据库为主题，将实习生的经验集中在地质学、岩石学、物理海洋学、海洋生物学、地球化学和地球物理学等子学科中海洋和地球科学中未解决的科学问题上。支持包括津贴、住房和参加该项目的14名学生每年夏天的旅行，为期两年。学生将在全国范围内招募。LDEO拥有120多名博士级地球科学家（约80名海洋和/或地球科学）。每位学生将由其中一名科学家指导，该科学家将担任研究顾问。这个为期10周的项目让学生们从最初提出一个科学问题，到收集数据或制作模型来回答这个问题，再到提出他们自己的新问题。它包括一系列关于领先科学研究的讲座，以及关于职业道德、科学写作和职业机会的讲习班。学生将在最后的学生研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，并鼓励他们在项目结束后的专业会议上发表或展示他们的研究成果。

This award provides funding for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) located in Palisades, NY. This program has a Global Databases theme that focuses the intern experience on unsolved scientific problems in the ocean and earth sciences within the sub-disciplines of Geology, Petrology, Physical Oceanography, Marine Biology, Geochemistry, and Geophysics. Support includes stipends, housing, and travel to attend the program for a total of 14 students each summer for two years. Students will be recuited nationally. LDEO has over 120 PhD-level geoscientists (~80 in ocean and/or earth science). Each student will be mentored by one of these scientists who will serve as research advisor. The 10-week program takes the students from initially posing a scientific question, to collecting data or producing models to answer that question, to asking new questions of their own. It includes a lecture series on leading scientific research and workshops in professional ethics, scientific writing, and career opportunities. Students will present their research results at a final student symposium and will be encouraged to publish or present their research at professional conferences following the program.