REU Site: Exploration of marine biology on the Oregon coast

俄勒冈大学尤金大学位于查尔斯顿的俄勒冈海洋生物研究所(OIMB)的本科生研究体验(REU)网站将与该奖项一起开发。该项目每年夏天将支持10名学生参加为期9周的研究项目。该项目模式包括为两年制大学的学生提供研究机会，采用分层学习模式，由两名学生与导师合作进行研究。资金用于支付学生津贴、住房和学生从家里到现场的交通费。在三年的资助期间，共有三十名学生将获得科学研究经验，并参加各种专业发展工作坊。学生将有机会进行广泛的生物科学研究，包括无脊椎动物胚胎、幼体和幼体的生态学；食物网中的营养相互作用；带状蠕虫的生物学和系统学；生物与海岸物理、海洋和环境过程的生态相互作用；胶状浮游动物的生态学和流体力学功能；细胞生物学；河口鱼类和无脊椎动物生态学；深海和潮下无脊椎动物的生态学。

A new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Oregon Eugene's Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) located in Charleston, OR will be developed with this award. The program will support a total of ten students each summer for a nine-week research program. The project model includes offering research opportunities to students from 2-year colleges using a tiered learning model with pairs of students working with mentors to conduct research. Funding supports student stipends, housing and student travel expenses from their home to the site. A total of thirty students will gain experience in scientific research and participate in a variety of professional development workshops during the three years of the grant.Students will have the opportunity to conduct research in a wide range of biological sciences, including research on the ecology of invertebrate embryos, larvae, and juveniles; trophic interactions in food webs; biology and systematics of the ribbon worms; ecological interactions of organisms with coastal physical oceanographic and environmental processes; the ecology and hydromechanical function in gelatinous zooplankton; cell biology; estuarine fish and invertebrate ecology, and the ecology of deep-sea and subtidal invertebrates.