REU Site: Plant Biology and Conservation Research Experiences for Undergraduates--From Genes to Ecosystems

REU网站：本科生植物生物学和保护研究经验——从基因到生态系统

• 批准号: 1757800
• 负责人: Norman Wickett
• 金额: $ 34.87万
• 依托单位: Chicago Horticultural Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-01 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757800&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Plant; Biology; Conservation

This REU Site award to Chicago Botanic Garden, located in Glencoe, IL, will support the training of 30 undergraduate students over the three summers from 2018- 2020. This plant biology program introduces undergraduates to research aimed at understanding the ecology, evolution, and human impacts on plants and fungi, with work spanning from genetic to ecosystem scales of analysis. The program has two goals: 1) investigate plant ecology and restoration in human-dominated landscapes, and 2) inspire and educate new researchers to move the field forward while engaging and communicating with a broad audience within and beyond the scientific community. Students apply for the program online, and graduate student and faculty mentors are responsible for interviewing and selecting the students that match well in the program.It is anticipated that the 30 students will primarily be from schools with limited research opportunities, who have not participated in REU or similar experiences in the past, and/or are from groups traditionally underrepresented in the biological sciences. Students will learn how research is conducted, engage in an array of training activities, conduct near-peer mentoring of Chicago Public high school students, and present the results of their work at a public symposium. They will also produce a short video about their research that is accessible to a broad audience and posted on the Garden's YouTube channel. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://cbgreu.org, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Andrea Kramer at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Jeremie Fant at [e-mail]).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.

这项授予伊利诺伊州格洛科的芝加哥植物园的REU网站奖将在2018年至2020年的三个夏季中支持30名本科生的培训。该植物生物学计划介绍了旨在了解生态学，进化和人类对植物和娱乐的影响的研究，旨在了解生态，进化以及对植物的影响，以及从遗传到生态学的工作范围。该计划有两个目标：1）研究植物生态学和人类主导的景观中的植物生态和恢复，以及2）激发和教育新研究人员在科学界内外与广泛的受众进行参与和交流。学生在线申请该课程，研究生和教师导师负责采访和选择在计划中匹配良好的学生。预计这30名学生将主要来自具有有限的研究机会的学校，他们过去没有参加过REU或类似经验，并且来自传统上在生物学科学中表现不佳的小组。学生将学习如何进行研究，从事一系列培训活动，对芝加哥公立高中生进行近点指导，并在公开研讨会上介绍他们的工作结果。他们还将制作一个有关他们的研究的简短视频，该视频可供广泛的受众访问并发布在花园的YouTube频道上。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU网站计划使用的常见基于Web的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。计划后将跟踪学生，以确定自己的职业道路。将要求学生回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，可以通过访问http://cbgreu.org，或通过与PI联系（通过[e-mail]）与PI（Andrea Kramer博士联系）或Co-pi（Jeremie Fant（通过[e-mail]）进行评估，并已反映了NSF的宣言，并以此为基础，并以反映的措施进行了评估。智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。