REU Site: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Field Research at Mountain Lake Biological Station

这个REU网站奖弗吉尼亚大学的山湖生物站，位于弗吉尼亚州贾尔斯县，将支持10名学生在2015年至2019年的夏天10周的培训。该项目支持指导，但独立的，自我激励的原始生物学研究领域为基础的生态学，进化和行为。学生生活和工作在生物场站全职。他们参加正规培训的设计和研究，科学道德和专业行为，写作和演示技巧，以及科学和学术生活的其他事项进行。学生准备书面和口头建议和最终报告。参与者被包括在丰富的，支持性的，协作性的和刺激的智力和社会生活在外地站。自1993年以来，山湖一直主办NSF REU网站计划。预计共有50名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该计划中接受培训。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。很高比例的计划校友发表他们的工作（33%）和研究生课程录取（44%）。该计划包括妇女（过去几年为72%），来自小型学院的学生（39%）和来自科学领域代表性不足的群体的参与者（35%）。该项目与三个外部团体合作：汉普顿大学（HBCU），波多黎各大学和美国生态学会的种子计划。学生通过个人和组织联系人的近1000名成员名单以及合作伙伴的预先筛选在全国范围内招募。由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的共同网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并必须通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://mlbs.org/reuprogram或联系主要研究者（Eric Nagy博士，enagy@virginia.edu）或共同主要研究者（Butch Brodie博士，网址：bbrodie@virginia.edu）。

This REU Site award to University of Virginia's Mountain Lake Biological Station, located in Giles County, Virginia, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2019. The project supports guided but independent, self-motivated original biological research in field-based ecology, evolution, and behavior. Students live and work full-time at the biological field station. They participate in formal training in the design and conduct of research, scientific ethics and professional behavior, writing and presentation techniques, and other matters of scientific and academic life. Students prepare written and oral proposals and final reports. Participants are included in the rich, supportive, collaborative, and stimulating intellectual and social life at the field station. Mountain Lake has hosted a NSF REU-Sites program since 1993.It is anticipated that a total of 50 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. A high proportion of program alumni publish their work (33%) and matriculate in graduate programs (44%). The program includes women (72% in past years), students from small colleges (39%), and participants from groups underrepresented in science (35%). The project partners with three outside groups: Hampton University (HBCU), University of Puerto Rico, and the Ecological Society of America's SEEDS program. Students are recruited nationwide via a nearly 1000-member list of personal and organizational contacts and partner pre-screening. 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://mlbs.org/reuprogram or by contacting the PI (Dr. Eric Nagy at enagy@virginia.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Butch Brodie at bbrodie@virginia.edu).