REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Tropical Biology at the La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

这个REU网站奖给热带研究组织，位于北卡罗来纳州达勒姆，将支持10名学生在2015年至2017年夏季为期九周的培训。该计划使学生接触到在哥斯达黎加的低地潮湿热带森林的La Selva研究站进行的广泛研究。作为该计划的一部分，学生将在与热带生态学和进化生物学相关的项目的积极研究人员的指导下工作。研究领域包括森林再生、动物群减少、土地利用变化和生物走廊。此外，学生还参加了一系列关于伦理，科学传播，R统计和热带生物学的研讨会。该计划的核心目标是让学生在研究导师的指导下进行独立研究。学生从头到尾设计自己的研究项目，并在夏季结束时开发，进行和展示他们的发现。预计共有30名学生将在该方案中接受培训，这些学生来自在科学界代表性不足的群体和非国际扶轮研究机构。学生从头到尾设计自己的研究项目，并在夏季结束时开发，进行和展示他们的发现。该计划的第二个目标是让学生发表他们的研究成果，并在国家和国际会议上介绍他们的发现。 项目评估通过项目前和项目后调查以及项目范围内的评估进行记录。此外，由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU方案使用的共同网络评估工具将用于确定培训方案的有效性。学生将在课程结束后被跟踪，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OTS网站www.tropicalstudies.org或联系PI（Dr. Elizabeth C. Losos at elosos@duke.edu）。

This REU Site award to the Organization for Tropical Studies, located in Durham, NC, will support the training of 10 students for nine weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. This program exposes students to the wide array of research taking place at the La Selva Research Station in a lowland wet tropical forest of Costa Rica. As part of the program, students will work under the mentorship of active researchers on projects related to tropical ecology and evolutionary biology. Research areas include forest regeneration, faunal declines, land use changes, and biological corridors. In addition, students participate in a series of workshops on ethics, science communication, statistics in R, and tropical biology. The core objective of the program is for students to conduct independent research under the guidance of a research mentor. Students design their own research project from beginning to end and develop, conduct, and present their findings at the end of the summer. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, from groups underrepresented in the sciences and non-RI research institutions will be trained in this program. Students design their own research projects from beginning to end and develop, conduct, and present their findings at the end of the summer. A second objective of the program is for the students to publish their research results and present their findings at national and international meetings. Program assessments are documented by pre- and post-program surveys and a program-wide evaluation. In addition, 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 will be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting the OTS website at www.tropicalstudies.org or by contacting the PI (Dr. Elizabeth C. Losos at elosos@duke.edu).