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

REU 站点：山湖生物站生态、进化和行为领域研究

• 批准号: 1461169
• 负责人: Eric Nagy
• 金额: $ 55.33万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 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 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1461169&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Ecology; Evolution; Behavior

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 [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Butch Brodie at [e-mail]).

该REU站点奖授予位于弗吉尼亚州吉尔斯县的弗吉尼亚大学山湖生物站，将在2015-2019年夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。该项目支持在野外生态学、进化和行为方面进行有指导但独立、自我激励的原创性生物学研究。学生们在生物野外站全职生活和工作。他们参加研究设计和实施、科学伦理和职业行为、写作和演讲技巧以及其他科学和学术生活方面的正式培训。学生准备书面和口头提案和最终报告。参与者被包括在丰富的，支持的，协作的，刺激的知识和社会生活在野外站。自1993年以来，山湖一直是NSF REU-Sites项目的东道主。预计总共将有50名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将接受该项目的培训。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。很高比例的项目校友发表了他们的作品（33%），并进入研究生课程（44%）。该项目包括女性（过去几年为72%），来自小型学院的学生（39%），以及来自科学领域代表性不足群体的参与者（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SEEDS项目。通过近1000人的个人和组织联系人名单以及合作伙伴预筛选，在全国范围内招募学生。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。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://mlbs.org/reuprogram或联系PI （Eric Nagy博士[e-mail]）或联合PI （Butch Brodie博士[e-mail]）。