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。位于罗德岛州纳拉甘西特的罗德岛大学海洋学研究生院（GSO）的本科生研究经验（REU）计划将续签两年。这个项目被称为海洋学暑期本科生研究奖学金（SURFO），每年夏天将有12名本科生来到GSO校园。每个学生将与一名研究顾问和一名研究生导师合作，根据每个学生的背景（数学、物理、生物、地质、化学、计算机科学或工程）和兴趣，在海洋学领域开发和开展一个实践项目。预期的结果是培养每个学生对海洋科学研究的兴趣，为他们在该领域的职业和/或研究生学习做好准备，并将他们留在科学领域。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，包括实验室安全、科学伦理、科学写作、研究生院经历和职业选择，以及一系列研讨会、实地考察和外展活动。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。在为期两年的时间里，大学外经贸学院将为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，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），这些分支学科反映了该领域的广度和跨学科特征，并与GSO的优势密切相关。教师和海洋研究科学家开展海洋学主题的研究，包括大气化学、藻华、底栖海洋耦合、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、海底测绘等。另外，学院的研究人员和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（CELS）保持密切联系，该学院拥有90多名教师，在海洋生物学，渔业，水产养殖，地质学和海洋事务方面拥有强大的研究项目，其中许多人使用海湾校区的海水设施。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 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.