REU Site: Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services at the Nexus of Food, Water, and Energy

该REU网站奖授予位于阿肯色州费耶特维尔的阿肯色大学，将在2017年至2019年的夏季为10名本科生提供为期10周的培训。招募工作将集中于：1)由原住民服务的两年制学院、四年制大学和研究型大学开办的部落教育项目；2)与部落社区建立个人联系，包括协助管理部落环境资源。学生将参加有组织的讲座，结合实验室和实地研究，以及强调科学过程、可持续性伦理、食物、水和能源系统的可持续性以及生态与部落传统的文化联系的文化丰富活动。学生将在导师的帮助下开发并完成一个独立的研究项目，参加并出席一个专业会议，并完成一份手稿。学生将参与贯穿整个课程的负责任的研究训练和道德模块。申请应在线提交（http://ecoreu.uark.edu/Application/index.htm）。两封推荐信需要通过电子邮件发送或直接由写信人发送。学生参与者将由项目首席研究员（pi）和导师组成的委员会选出。强烈鼓励来自少数民族、残疾和研究机会有限的学生申请。关于更广泛影响的声明：预计总共有30名学生将接受该项目的培训，主要是美国原住民和其他在科学和工程领域代表性不足的少数民族。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。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http://ecoreu.uark.edu，或联系PI（米歇尔·埃文斯-怀特博士mevanswh@uark.edu）或联合PI（布莱恩·哈格德博士haggard@uark.edu和马蒂·马特洛克博士mmatlock@uark.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, AR, will support the training of 10 undergraduate students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. Recruitment efforts will focus on 1) Tribal educational programs from Native-serving two-year colleges, four-year universities, and research universities, and 2) personal connections to the Tribal communities including service to aid the stewardship of Tribal environmental resources. Students will participate in structured lectures combined with laboratory and field research, and cultural enrichment activities that emphasize the process of science, the ethic of sustainability, sustainability of food, water, and energy systems, and the cultural connections of ecology with tribal traditions. Students will develop and complete an independent research project with the aid of their mentor(s), attend and present at a professional meeting, and complete a manuscript. Students will participate in responsible conduct of research training and ethics modules interspersed throughout the program. Applications should be submitted online (http://ecoreu.uark.edu/Application/index.htm). Two letters of recommendation need to be emailed or mailed directly from letter writers. Student participants will be selected by a committee composed of project principal investigators (PIs) and mentors. Students from minority groups, those with disabilities, and those with limited access to research are strongly encouraged to apply. Statement on Broader Impacts: It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily Native American and other minorities under-represented in science and engineering fields, 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 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 http://ecoreu.uark.edu , or by contacting the PI (Dr. Michelle Evans-White at mevanswh@uark.edu) or the co-PIs (Dr. Brian Haggard at haggard@uark.edu and Dr. Marty Matlock at mmatlock@uark.edu).