REU Site: Environmental Biology for Pacific Islanders

这个REU网站奖给夏威夷马诺阿大学，位于檀香山，HI，将支持12名学生在2017年至2019年的夏天10周的培训。该奖项由生物基础设施（BIO/DBI）和海洋科学（GEO/OCE）部门支持。研究将在大学主校区及其附属海洋实验室进行，这些实验室共同设在夏威夷的奥廷加岛。该项目的重点是培训夏威夷土著人和太平洋岛民，这是一个在STEM中代表性不足的群体。实习生每周将花一天时间参加小组活动（实地考察，讲座和研究道德行为指导），其余时间在导师的实验室。实习生将从25名研究陆地生态学和进化的教师中选择导师。植物学与生物学（Botany and Biology）2）海洋和珊瑚礁生物学（Kewalo海洋实验室和夏威夷海洋生物学研究所）; 3）动物/植物-微生物相互作用（太平洋生物科学研究中心）。这些未来的岛屿领导人将接受高质量的培训，以促进他们的科学事业的发展，并使他们的家乡岛屿受益。共有36名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将接受该计划的培训。在太平洋岛屿帕劳、北方马里亚纳群岛、关岛、密克罗尼西亚联邦、马歇尔群岛和美属萨摩亚的两年制学院，每年夏天将有多达四分之三的实习生，其余的来自夏威夷的学院。学生将学习进行研究，撰写科学论文，并在课程结束时的研讨会上口头展示研究成果。许多人将在国家科学会议和专业期刊的出版物上展示他们的研究成果。由BIO/DBI资助的所有REU网站项目使用的一种通用的基于网络的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生将在课程结束后跟踪他们的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。更多信息可访问http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/reu/或联系PI（Michael G. Hadfield在hadfield@hawaii.edu）或共同PI（Matthew Medeiros博士在mcmedeir@hawaii.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Hawaii Manoa, located in Honolulu, HI, will support the training of 12 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2019. This award is supported by the Divisions of Biological Infrastructure (BIO/DBI) and Oceanic Sciences (GEO/OCE). Research will be conducted at the main campus of the University and its affiliated marine laboratories co-located on the island of O'ahu, Hawaii. The project focuses on training Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, a group under-represented in STEM. Interns will spend one day each week engaged in group activities (field trips, lectures, and instruction in the ethical conduct of research) and the remainder of the week in mentors' laboratories. Interns will choose mentors from 25 faculty investigating 1) terrestrial ecology and evolution (Depts. of Botany and Biology); 2) marine and coral reef biology (Kewalo Marine Laboratory and Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology); and 3) animal/plant-microbe interactions (Pacific Biosciences Research Center). These future island leaders will experience quality training to catalyze the development of their scientific careers and benefit their home islands A total of 36 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Two-year colleges in the Pacific islands of Palau, the Northern Marianas, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and American Samoa, will comprise up to three-quarters of the intern cohort each summer, with the remaining coming from colleges in Hawaii. Students will learn to conduct research, write scientific papers and present research results orally in an end-of-program symposium. Many will present their research results at national scientific conferences and in publications in professional journals.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by BIO/DBI will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program to follow their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available at http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/reu/ or by contacting the PI (Dr. Michael G. Hadfield at hadfield@hawaii.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Matthew Medeiros at mcmedeir@hawaii.edu).