REU Site: Achieving Heightened Goals: Undergraduate Research in Ecology at the Mountain Research Station

该REU网站授予位于科罗拉多州荷兰的科罗拉多大学山地研究站，将在2015-2017年夏季为9名学生提供为期10周的培训。学生项目将集中于山地生态学的各个方面，包括生物多样性、生态系统功能、哺乳动物觅食和动物行为，利用在Niwot Ridge和科罗拉多落基山脉周围的Front Range的众多赞助的长期研究项目。导师是来自科罗拉多大学和威斯康辛大学的教师，他们将选择与他们一起工作的学生申请人。在项目期间，学生参加每周的会议，提供科学传播和科学伦理方面的培训，以及关于研究生院优点的信息，以及学生如何找到并促进被特定研究生项目录取。学生将在课程中进行几次正式的报告，描述他们的项目。学生将参与指导有才华的高中生的研究项目接近项目结束。招生将集中在学术生态中代表性不足的群体和研究机会有限的学校。预计总共将有27名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该项目中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。学生们还将帮助在实地站参加课程的高中生灌输他们对研究的热情。由生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有REU项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生在项目结束后需要被跟踪，并且必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。更多信息请访问http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu，或联系PI （Bill Bowman博士william.bowman@colorado.edu）或co-PI （Michael Breed博士michael.breed@colorado.edu）。

This REU Site award to the Mountain Research Station, University of Colorado, located in Nederland, CO, will support the training of 9 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. Student projects will focus on aspects of mountain ecology, including biodiversity, ecosystem function, mammal foraging, and animal behavior, taking advantage of numerous sponsored long-term research programs at field sites on Niwot Ridge and the surrounding Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Mentors are faculty from the Universities of Colorado and Wisconsin, who will select the student applicants who will work with them. During the program students participate in weekly meetings providing training in science communication and ethics in science, and information on the merits of graduate school and how students can find and facilitate acceptance into specific graduate programs. Several formal presentations will be given by students describing their projects during the program. Students will participate in mentoring talented high school students on research projects near the end of the program. Recruitment will focus on students from groups underrepresented in academic ecology and on schools with limited research opportunities.It is anticipated that a total of 27 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. Students will also help instill their enthusiasm for research in high school students participating in a course at the field station.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. 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.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Bill Bowman at william.bowman@colorado.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Michael Breed at michael.breed@colorado.edu).