Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site: Ecology in Human-Dominated Lanscapes

本科生研究经历网站：人类主导景观中的生态学

• 批准号: 1460518
• 负责人: David Berg
• 金额: $ 48.86万
• 依托单位: Miami University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1460518&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Experiences; Undergraduates; Site; Ecology

This REU Site award to Miami University, located in Oxford, Ohio, will support the training of 9 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2019. Participants will conduct individual research projects that emphasize ecological questions presented by human activity and global climate change. Research mentors will be from diverse disciplines including biology, geology, chemistry, microbiology, and geography. The program is collaborative and interdisciplinary, so that participants can come to recognize that understanding ecology necessarily incorporates diverse views and approaches. Students participate in the workshop "A People and Their Homeland: the Miami Tribe" led by tribal educators, which provides a historical perspective on the relationship between humans and the regional landscape. The program includes a second workshop focusing on the scientific profession, discussion sessions, field trips, and visits by world-renowned scientists from other institutions. Selection of student participants is based on student qualities and the match between their interests and projects proposed by mentors.It is anticipated that a total of 45 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences and in peer-reviewed journals. In addition to expanding knowledge of climate change and environmental problems, students will come to appreciate traditional ecological knowledge and the history of human-landscape interactions. In this way, the program will prepare participants to become ecoliterate citizens in an ever-changing global society.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) helps to determine the effectiveness of the training program. In addition, participants will be asked to provide feedback throughout the summer and beyond. Together this information will be used to improve the activities and experiences. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting http://www.miamioh.edu/ecoreu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. David J. Berg at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Ann L. Rypstra at [e-mail]).

REU 授予位于俄亥俄州牛津市的迈阿密大学的场地奖将支持 9 名学生在 2015 年至 2019 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。 参与者将开展个人研究项目，重点关注人类活动和全球气候变化带来的生态问题。 研究导师将来自不同学科，包括生物学、地质学、化学、微生物学和地理学。该计划是协作性和跨学科的，以便参与者能够认识到理解生态学必然包含不同的观点和方法。 学生们参加由部落教育工作者主持的“人民及其家园：迈阿密部落”研讨会，该研讨会提供了关于人类与区域景观之间关系的历史视角。 该计划包括第二次研讨会，重点关注科学专业、讨论会、实地考察以及来自其他机构的世界知名科学家的访问。 学生参与者的选择取决于学生的素质以及他们的兴趣与导师提出的项目之间的匹配度。预计共有 45 名学生（主要来自研究机会有限的学校）将接受该计划的培训。学生将了解如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议和同行评审期刊上展示他们的工作成果。 除了扩大对气候变化和环境问题的了解外，学生还将欣赏传统的生态知识和人地相互作用的历史。 通过这种方式，该计划将使参与者成为不断变化的全球社会中具有生态素养的公民。生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有 REU 计划都使用基于网络的通用评估工具，有助于确定培训计划的有效性。 此外，参与者将被要求在整个夏季及以后提供反馈。 这些信息将一起用于改进活动和体验。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并且必须回复通过 NSF 报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。如需了解更多信息，请访问 http://www.miamioh.edu/ecoreu，或联系 PI（David J. Berg 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（Ann L. Rypstra 博士，[e-mail]）。