REU Site: Ocean Coastal Zone Sustainability through University of Southern California Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

南加州大学瑞格利环境科学研究所将举办一个本科生研究体验（REU）网站，该网站将在三年的时间里，每年夏天为八名学生提供为期十周的积极学习体验。夏季开始时，学生们将在洛杉矶的南加州大学大学公园校区（UPC）度过几天，接受培训和项目开发，然后将转移到卡塔利娜岛的南加州大学箭牌海洋科学中心（WMSC），在那里他们将与教职员工、其他学生和工作人员合作开展夏季研究项目。然后，他们将在夏季结束时返回UPC校园，参加一个本科生联合研究研讨会。除了研究训练外，学生还将参加有针对性的专业发展，包括科学传播、研究伦理、研究生院和工作申请流程以及海洋科学方面的网络培训。学生还将有机会在由南加州大学箭牌研究所在卡塔利娜岛为其他本科生、高中生和公众举办的大规模外展活动中担任领导角色。WMSC REU网站将在三年的时间内为24名本科生提供实习机会。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。REU学生在WMSC的潜在研究项目范围非常多样，一般关注陆地-海洋界面的海洋环境。以前的REU项目集中在有机生物学、海洋生态学、生物地球化学循环、海洋微生物生态学、入侵物种生物学、渔业种群生态学、微量元素化学、土地利用影响、捕食者/猎物研究、种群遗传学、环境污染和生物毒性等方面。通过这些类型的研究经验与特定的技能培训课程相结合，学生将了解陆地和沿海海洋过程之间的相互作用。该项目支持国家培养下一代科学家和科学劳动力的目标。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定任务,通过评价被认为是值得支持使用基础的知识价值和广泛影响审查标准。

The University of Southern California's Wrigley Institute of Environmental Science will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site that will provide eight students with a ten-week active learning experience each summer for three years. Students will spend several days at the start of the summer at the USC University Park Campus (UPC) in Los Angeles for orientation, training and project development, then will move to the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center (WMSC) on Catalina Island where they will conduct a summer research project in collaboration with faculty, other students and staff. They will then return to the UPC campus at the end of the summer to participate in a joint undergraduate research symposium. In addition to research training, students will participate in targeted professional development including training in science communication, research ethics, the graduate school and job application process, and networking in the marine sciences. Students will also have opportunities to take on leadership roles in large-scale outreach activities for other undergraduates, high school students, and the general public conducted by the USC Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island.The WMSC REU Site will provide a total of twenty-four undergraduates with internships over the three-year period. 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. The range of potential research projects for REU students at WMSC is highly varied with a general focus on ocean environments at the land-ocean interface. Prior REU projects have been centered around organismal biology, marine ecology, biogeochemical cycling, marine microbial ecology, biology of invasive species, fisheries population ecology, trace element chemistry, land use impacts, predator/prey studies, population genetics, environmental contamination, and organism toxicity. Through these types of research experiences paired with specific skills training sessions, students will gain an understanding of interactions between land and coastal oceans processes. This project supports national goals of developing the next generation of scientists and the scientific workforce.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.