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

REU SITE奖授予位于马里兰州埃奇沃特的史密森环境研究中心(SERC)，将支持2017-2019年夏季为期11周的10名学生的培训。REU计划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的丧失，这些方面正在如何改变自然生态系统提供的生态产品和服务。该项目的学生参与多个领域的实地研究、实验室工作和教育培训，包括生态学、化学、微生物学、遗传学、数量生态学、历史生态学和环境传播与教育。在实习结束时，每个学生将向SERC科学界提交一份正式的研究研讨会，描述他们的项目，许多人将在同行评议的期刊上发表他们的结果。鼓励那些传统上在理科方面代表性不足的学生的申请。申请包括一篇短文，非官方成绩单，两封推荐信，并由全体科学工作人员审查。预计共有30名学生将在该计划中接受培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，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广泛的受众分享他们的工作。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU网站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。项目结束后，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报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多有关该计划的信息，请访问https://serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/projectmenu.aspx，，或联系国际和平组织(John Parker博士，电子邮件：parkerj@si.edu)或联合国际组织(Alison Cawood博士，电子邮件：cawood a@si.edu)。

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).