Fall Semester Student Research in Oceanography and Marine Science at BIOS

为下一代海洋科学家和海洋学家提供研究培训是海洋科学司的一个重要重点。位于纽约的百慕大海洋科学研究所（BIOS）的本科生研究经验（REU）计划将在百慕大的秋季学期为本科生提供海洋科学的体验研究培训。该计划每年将向八名本科生介绍进行海洋学和海洋科学研究所需的技术、技能和智力过程，包括长期的海洋观测项目和基于生态学和分子生物学的近岸项目。所有REU学生都有机会与BIOS科学家一起乘坐R/V大西洋探险家号进行研究巡航。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本地科学家。BIOS REU网站将在三年内提供总共24名本科生实习机会。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，包括科学写作和伦理研讨会、研究生院经历和职业选择，以及实地考察。该项目在全国范围内寻找申请人，并寻求吸引来自研究机会有限的学校的学生。大部分资金用于支持学生的津贴、住房和参加项目的旅费。该项目支持国家培养下一代科学家和科学劳动力的目标。REU学生在BIOS的潜在研究项目范围非常多样。学生可以学习深海海洋学、近岸海洋生态学、分子生物学、海洋和大气地球化学。BIOS位于大西洋中部，使学生有机会结合已建立的海洋学时间序列项目或世界上最北的珊瑚礁系统之一的近岸环境来研究开放的海洋。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；浮游动物生态学和种群动态：传统形态学和分布研究与前沿分子工具相结合；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。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

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.