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.

位于伊利诺伊州格伦科的芝加哥植物园获得REU Site奖，将在2018-2020年的三个夏天支持30名本科生的培训。这个植物生物学专业向本科生介绍旨在了解生态学、进化和人类对植物和真菌的影响的研究，工作范围从遗传分析到生态系统分析。该计划有两个目标：1)调查人类主导景观中的植物生态和恢复，2)激励和教育新的研究人员推动该领域的发展，同时与科学界内外的广大受众进行接触和交流。学生在网上申请该项目，研究生和教师导师负责面试和挑选与该项目匹配的学生。预计这30名学生将主要来自研究机会有限的学校，他们过去没有参加过REU或类似的经验，和/或来自传统上在生物科学领域代表性较低的群体。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，参与一系列的培训活动，对芝加哥公立高中的学生进行近距离同行指导，并在公共研讨会上展示他们的工作成果。他们还将制作一段关于他们研究的短片，供广大观众观看，并发布在花园的YouTube频道上。将使用生物基础设施司资助的所有REU站点方案使用的通用网络评估工具来确定培训方案的有效性。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://cbgreu.org，或联系国际组织(Andrea Kramer博士，电子邮件：[e-mail])或联合国际组织(Jeremie Fant博士，电子邮件：[e-mail])。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智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。