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

该REU Site奖授予科罗拉多大学位于科罗拉多州尼德兰的山地研究站，将在2015-2017年夏季支持9名学生为期10周的培训。学生专题将侧重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，利用在尼沃特岭和周围科罗拉多落基山脉前缘山脉的野外地点进行的许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星大学的教职员工，他们将挑选与他们合作的学生申请者。在该项目期间，学生们参加每周的会议，提供科学交流和科学伦理方面的培训，以及关于研究生院的优点以及学生如何找到并促进被特定研究生项目录取的信息。在课程期间，学生们将做几次正式的演讲，描述他们的项目。在项目接近尾声时，学生们将参与指导有才华的高中生的研究项目。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。预计总共有27名学生将在该计划中接受培训，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。学生还将帮助在现场参加课程的高中生灌输他们对研究的热情。由生物基础设施部(生物科学局)资助的所有REU项目将使用一个通用的基于网络的评估工具来确定培训计划的有效性。学生必须在项目结束后被跟踪，并必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu，，或联系PI(Bill Bowman博士，电子邮件：william.Bowman@Colorado.edu)或联席PI(Michael Breed博士，电子邮件：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).