REU Site: Global Change Ecology at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center-SERC

位于马里兰州埃奇沃特的史密森尼环境研究中心（SERC）将获得REU站点奖，该奖项将在2017年至2019年的夏季为10名学生提供为期11周的培训。REU项目关注全球变化的各个方面，包括气候变化、生物入侵、改变的生物地球化学循环和本地生物多样性丧失，如何改变自然生态系统提供的生态产品和服务。学生将参与生态学、化学、微生物学、遗传学、定量生态学、历史生态学、环境传播与教育等领域的实地研究、实验室工作和教育培训。学生们要参加一系列描述科学方法、数据分析、科学传播、伦理和职业的短期课程，参加研究生级别的讨论小组，参加访问科学家的研讨会，并到附属研究机构进行实地考察。在实习结束时，每个学生将向SERC科学界提交一个正式的研究研讨会，描述他们的项目，许多学生将在同行评审的期刊上发表他们的研究结果。鼓励传统上在科学领域代表性不足的学生申请。申请包括一篇短文，非正式成绩单，两封推荐信，并由全体科学人员审查。预计总共将有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该项目中接受培训。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，并为出版过程做出贡献。此外，学生将接受沟通培训，以帮助他们有效地与各种各样的观众分享他们的作品。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点计划使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/projectmenu.aspx，或与PI（约翰·帕克博士parkerj@si.edu）或副PI（艾莉森·卡伍德博士cawooda@si.edu）联系。

This REU Site award to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), located in Edgewater, MD, will support the training of 10 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. The REU program focuses on how aspects of global change, including climate change, biological invasions, altered biogeochemical cycling, and native biodiversity loss, are altering the ecological goods and services provided by natural ecosystems. Students in the program participate in field research, laboratory work, and educational training in many areas including ecology, chemistry, microbiology, genetics, quantitative ecology, historical ecology, and environmental communication and education. Students take a series of short courses describing scientific methods, data analysis, scientific communications, ethics, and careers, participate in graduate-level discussion groups, attend seminars by visiting scientists, and take field trips to affiliated research institutions. At the end of the internship, each student will present a formal research seminar describing their project to the SERC science community, and many will publish their results in peer-reviewed journals. Applications from students that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences are encouraged. Applications include a short essay, unofficial transcripts, two letters of reference, and are reviewed by the full scientific staff. It is anticipated that a total of 30 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 and contribute to the publication process. Additionally, students will receive communication training to aid them in effectively sharing their work with a wide variety of audiences.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting https://serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/projectmenu.aspx, or by contacting the PI (Dr. John Parker at parkerj@si.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Alison Cawood at cawooda@si.edu).