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

REU 网站：南加州大学瑞格利环境研究所的海洋沿海地区可持续性

• 批准号: 1852220
• 负责人: John Heidelberg
• 金额: $ 39.79万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852220&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Ocean; Coastal; Zone

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.

南加州大学加州的箭牌环境科学研究所将举办一个本科生研究经验（REU）网站，将提供八名学生为期三年的十周的积极学习经验，每年夏天。学生将在夏季开始时在南加州大学大学公园校园（UPC）在洛杉矶的方向，培训和项目开发几天，然后将移动到南加州大学箭牌海洋科学中心（WMSC）在卡塔利纳岛，他们将与教师，其他学生和工作人员合作进行夏季研究项目。然后，他们将在夏季结束时返回UPC校园，参加联合本科生研究研讨会。除了研究培训外，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过程以及海洋科学网络的培训。学生们也将有机会在南加州大学箭牌研究所在卡塔利纳岛为其他本科生、高中生和公众举办的大型外展活动中担任领导角色。WMSC REU网站将在三年内为24名本科生提供实习机会。该计划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。提供的大部分资金用于支持学生的助学金、住房和参加该项目的旅行。REU学生在WMSC的潜在研究项目的范围是高度不同的，一般侧重于在陆地-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。通过这些类型的研究经验与特定的技能培训课程配对，学生将获得陆地和沿海海洋过程之间的相互作用的理解。该项目支持培养下一代科学家和科学工作者的国家目标。该奖项反映了NSF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。

项目成果

Effects of depth-cycling on nutrient uptake and biomass production in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.110747
• 发表时间: 2021-05
• 期刊: Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
• 影响因子: 15.9
• 作者: Ignacio A. Navarrete;Diane Y. Kim;Cindy Wilcox;D. Reed;D. Ginsburg;J. Dutton;J. Heidelberg;Yubin Raut;Brian Wilcox