Fall Semester Student Research in Oceanography and Marine Science at BIOS

对下一代海洋科学家和海洋学家的研究培训是海洋科学司的一个重要重点。在纽约注册的百慕大海洋科学研究所的本科生研究体验(REU)项目将在百慕大秋季学期为本科生提供海洋科学方面的体验式研究培训。该项目每年将向8名本科生介绍开展海洋学和海洋科学研究所需的技术、技能和智力过程，包括具有长期海洋观测项目的项目，以及基于生态学和分子生物学的近岸项目。所有REU学生都有机会加入基本输入输出系统科学家的行列，乘坐R/V大西洋探险者号进行一次研究巡航。REU的学生还将会见来自美国、加拿大和英国的访问学生，以及来自百慕大政府和工业界的当地科学家。BIOSREU网站将在三年内为总共24名本科生提供实习机会。学生将在研究导师的指导下进行独立的研究项目，并将参加各种专业发展活动，包括关于科学写作和道德、研究生院经验和职业选择的研讨会，以及实地考察。该项目在全国范围内寻找申请者，并寻求吸引来自研究机会有限的学校的学生。提供的大部分资金用于支付学生津贴、住房和参加该项目的旅费。该项目支持培养下一代科学家和科学工作力量的国家目标。基本输入输出系统的REU学生的潜在研究项目范围非常不同。学生可以从事深海海洋学、近岸海洋生态学、分子生物学以及海洋和大气地球化学方面的工作。Bios得天独厚地位于大西洋中部，使学生有机会结合既定的海洋时间序列计划或世界上最北端的珊瑚礁系统之一的近岸环境来研究开阔的海洋。其他机会包括研究全球变化与海洋动物物种的生理功能和地理分布之间的关系；使用传统的形态和分布研究结合尖端分子工具研究浮游动物生态学和种群动力学；海洋中的氮循环；自主水下航行器的部署，以及海洋边界层和自由对流层之间的相互作用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Research training for the next generation of marine scientists and oceanographers is an important focus for the Division of Ocean Sciences. The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), which is incorporated in New York, will provide undergraduate students with experiential research training in the ocean sciences during the fall semester in Bermuda. The program will introduce eight undergraduate students per year to the techniques, skills and intellectual processes required to conduct research in oceanography and the marine sciences, including projects with long-term, ocean observation programs and near-shore projects based in ecology and molecular biology. All REU students have an opportunity to join BIOS scientists for a research cruise aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer. REU students will also meet visiting students from the USA, Canada and the UK and local scientists from the Bermuda Government and from industry. The BIOS REU Site will provide a total of twenty-four undergraduates with internships over the three-year period. Students will conduct independent research projects with the guidance of research mentors and will participate in a variety of professional development activities, including workshops on scientific writing and ethics, the graduate school experience and career options, as well as field trips. The program conducts a national search for applicants and seeks to engage students who are from schools with limited research opportunities. Most of the funding provided supports student stipends, housing and travel to attend the program. This project supports the national goals of developing the next generation of scientists and the scientific workforce.The range of potential research projects for REU students at BIOS is highly varied. Students may work on deep-sea oceanography, near-shore marine ecology, molecular biology, and marine and atmospheric geochemistry. BIOS is uniquely situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, allowing students the opportunity to study the open ocean in conjunction with established oceanographic time-series programs or the near-shore environment of one of the most northerly coral reef systems in the world. Additional opportunities include studying the relationship between global change and the physiological function and geographic distribution of marine animal species; zooplankton ecology and population dynamics using traditional morphological and distributional studies paired with cutting-edge molecular tools; nitrogen cycling in the ocean; deployments of autonomous underwater vehicles, and the interaction between the marine boundary layer and the free troposphere.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.