REU Site: SURFO-Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography

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。位于密苏里州纳拉甘西特的罗德岛大学海洋研究生院(GSO)的本科生研究体验(REU)项目将续签两年。该项目名为夏季本科生海洋学研究奖学金(SURFO)，每年夏天将把12名本科生带到GSO校园。每名学生将与一名研究顾问和一名研究生导师合作，在适合每个学生的背景(数学、物理、生物、地质学、化学、计算机科学或工程学)和兴趣的海洋学领域开发和实施实践项目。计划的结果是培养每个学生对海洋科学研究的兴趣，为他们在实地从事职业和/或研究生学习做好准备，并保持他们在科学领域的地位。学生将在研究导师的指导下开展独立的研究项目，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、研究生院经历和职业选择的讲习班，以及一系列研讨会、实地考察和外联活动。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队伍的国家目标。SURFO REU网站将在两年内为总共24名本科生提供实习机会。在GSO为REU学生提供的研究机会主要集中在海洋学的定量方面(例如，物理海洋学、地球物理流体动力学、种群遗传学和生物多样性、生物地球化学循环)，这些子学科反映了该领域的广度和跨学科特征，并与GSO的优势密切相似。海洋研究学院和海洋研究中心的科学家从事海洋学专题的研究，范围广泛，包括大气化学、藻类水华、深海海底耦合、生物地球化学循环、海洋和沿海环流、全球气候变化、仪器开发、生态系统动力学、地球物理学、海洋光学、数值模拟、遥感、污染、海底测绘。其他教职研究人员和30多名研究生参与了位于海湾校区的海洋工程系的研究。GSO还与环境与生命科学学院(位于URI主校区的CELS)保持着密切的联系，该学院在海洋生物、渔业、水产养殖、地质学和海洋事务方面拥有90多名教员和强大的研究项目，许多人使用湾区的海水设施。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 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.