REU Site: SURFO-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography

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。位于纳拉甘塞特的罗得岛大学海洋学研究生院（GSO）的本科生研究经验（REU）计划将延长两年。该计划被称为海洋学夏季本科生研究奖学金（SURFO），每年夏天将有12名本科生来到GSO校园。 每个学生将与研究顾问和研究生导师合作，在适合每个学生背景（数学，物理，生物，地质，化学，计算机科学或工程）和兴趣的海洋学领域开发和进行实践项目。预期的结果是发展每个学生对海洋科学研究的兴趣，为他们在该领域的职业生涯和/或研究生学习做好准备，并保留他们在科学领域。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，包括关于实验室安全，科学道德，科学写作，研究生院的经验和职业选择，以及一系列研讨会，实地考察和外联活动。该计划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。提供的大部分资金用于支持学生的助学金、住房和参加该项目的旅行。该项目支持培养下一代科学家和科学工作者的国家目标。SURFO REU网站将在两年的时间里为24名本科生提供实习机会。REU学生在GSO的研究机会主要集中在海洋学的定量方面（例如，这些次级学科反映了该领域的广度和跨学科性质，与地球静止轨道组织的强项密切相关。学院和海洋研究科学家对海洋学主题进行研究，包括大气化学，藻类水华，底栖水层耦合，海洋地球化学循环，海洋和沿海环流，全球气候变化，仪器开发，生态系统动力学，海洋物理学，海洋光学，数值模拟，遥感，污染，海底测绘。其他教师研究人员和30多名研究生参与了位于海湾校区的海洋工程系的研究。地球观测卫星还与环境和生命科学学院保持密切联系（CELS在URI主校区），拥有超过90名教师和强大的研究项目，在海洋生物学，渔业，水产养殖，地质学和海洋事务，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

Research training for the next generation of marine scientists and oceanographers is an important focus for the Division of Ocean Sciences. The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), which is located in Narragansett, RI, will be renewed for two years. The program, called the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography (SURFO), will bring twelve undergraduates to the GSO campus each summer. Each student will work with a research advisor and a graduate student mentor to develop and conduct a hands-on project in an area of oceanography appropriate to each student's background (mathematics, physics, biology, geology, chemistry, computer science, or engineering) and interests. The intended outcome is to develop each student's interest in ocean science research, to prepare them for careers and/or graduate studies in the field and to retain them in science.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 laboratory safety, scientific ethics, scientific writing, the graduate school experience and career options, as well as a seminar series, field trips and outreach events. 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 SURFO REU Site will provide a total of twenty-four undergraduates with internships over the two-year period. Research opportunities available to REU students at GSO primarily focus on quantitative aspects of oceanography (e.g., physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, population genetics and biodiversity, biogeochemical cycling) in sub-disciplines that reflect the breadth and inter-disciplinary character of the field, and which closely parallel the strengths of GSO. Faculty and Marine Research Scientists conduct research on oceanography topics as diverse as atmospheric chemistry, algal blooms, benthic pelagic coupling, biogeochemical cycling, ocean and coastal circulation, global climate change, instrument development, ecosystem dynamics, geophysics, ocean optics, numerical modeling, remote sensing, pollution, seafloor mapping. Additional faculty researchers and over thirty graduate students are involved in research in the Department of Ocean Engineering located at the Bay Campus. GSO also maintains close ties with the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS on URI main campus) that has over ninety faculty and strong research programs in marine biology, fisheries, aquaculture, geology, and marine affairs, with many who use seawater facilities at the Bay Campus.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.