REU Site: Great Lakes ecosystem research to build foundations for successful STEM futures

REU 网站：五大湖生态系统研究为成功的 STEM 未来奠定基础

• 批准号: 1757418
• 负责人: Deric Learman
• 金额: $ 28.83万
• 依托单位: Central Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-01-15 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757418&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Great; Lakes; ecosystem

This REU Site award to Central Michigan University (CMU), located in Mount Pleasant MI, will support the training of 8 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2019-2021. Research is conducted at CMU's Biological Station, Beaver Island, MI. The interdisciplinary research theme will document how unprecedented changes currently underway (e.g. invasive and non-native species and anthropogenic stress) in the Laurentian Great Lakes, one of the world's most important and threatened freshwater ecosystems, are affecting the structure, function, and ecosystem services of the nearshore environment. Students will develop research projects (ranging from limnology, fisheries biology, conservation and spatial ecology, molecular ecology, and microbial ecology) in collaboration with CMU faculty to gain hands-on experience in all parts of the scientific process, from experimental design through data dissemination and translation. Students will engage with multiple stakeholders (e.g. government, private, and cultural) who have interests in Great Lakes resources and will learn to relate their science to these groups. It is anticipated that a total of 24 students, primarily from Tribal Colleges and Universities and 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. The educational goal is to inspire, encourage, and prepare students to pursue careers in STEM via meaningful research experiences. Students will be exposed to, and prepared for, scientific careers and/or graduate education. Additionally, students will develop communication skills to convey scientific information to the general public and thereby learn how to become scientific leaders and environmental advocates in their communities. 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://se.cmich.edu/cmubsreu or by contacting the PI (Dr. Deric Learman at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Kevin Pangel at [e-mail]).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个REU网站奖给中央密歇根大学（CMU），位于芒特普莱森特MI，将支持8名学生在2019年至2021年的夏天10周的培训。研究在密歇根州比弗岛的CMU生物站进行。跨学科的研究主题将记录如何前所未有的变化目前正在进行（例如入侵和非本地物种和人为压力）在劳伦特五大湖，世界上最重要的和受威胁的淡水生态系统之一，正在影响近岸环境的结构，功能和生态系统服务。 学生将与CMU教师合作开发研究项目（包括湖沼学，渔业生物学，保护和空间生态学，分子生态学和微生物生态学），以获得科学过程各个部分的实践经验，从实验设计到数据传播和翻译。学生将与多个利益相关者（例如政府，私人和文化）谁拥有五大湖资源的利益，并将学习他们的科学与这些群体。 预计共有24名学生，主要来自部落学院和大学以及研究机会有限的学校，将接受该方案的培训。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。教育目标是激励，鼓励和准备学生通过有意义的研究经验追求STEM事业。学生将接触，并准备，科学事业和/或研究生教育。 此外，学生将培养沟通技巧，向公众传达科学信息，从而学习如何成为社区的科学领导者和环境倡导者。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU研究中心项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训项目的有效性。 学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://se.cmich.edu/cmubsreu或联系PI（Dr. Deric Learman at deric. cmich.edu）或co-PI（Dr. Kevin Pangel at [e-mail]）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。