REU Site: Addressing Environmental Challenges and Proposing Sustainable Solutions at the Lake Erie Land-Lake Interface

REU 网站：应对伊利湖陆湖交界处的环境挑战并提出可持续解决方案

• 批准号: 1852245
• 负责人: Jeanine Refsnider
• 金额: $ 34.65万
• 依托单位: University of Toledo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-15 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852245&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Addressing; Environmental; Challenges

This REU Site award to the University of Toledo, in Toledo, OH, will support the training of 30 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2019- 2021. Research is conducted at the University of Toledo's Lake Erie Center, Main Campus, Health Sciences Campus, and adjacent field sites. Students will address complex challenges at the land-lake interface to understand how natural resource use impacts biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and public health, with the goal of advancing environmental sustainability. Students will be paired with faculty and graduate student mentors from the Departments of Environmental Sciences, Geography and Planning, Public Health, or Engineering, and will design and conduct independent research projects in ecology, limnology, remote sensing, or engineering. Field trips will introduce students to the diverse habitats and ecological challenges facing Lake Erie, and students will receive training in research ethics, experimental delesign, data analysis, writing scientific papers, and applying to graduate school. Students will write a final report and present their research at a public poster gala. This program targets minority applicants, women, veterans, and first-generation college students. The PI and co-PI will evaluate applicants based on academic excellence, letter of reference, and demonstrated interest in environmental issues, and will match REU fellows with an appropriate faculty mentor based on students' indicated preference for research areas.It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. 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 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, including an online application, is available by visiting http://www.utoledo.edu/nsm/lec/REU/main.html, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jeanine Refsnider at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Kevin Czajkowski 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.

这个REU网站授予托莱多大学，在托莱多，OH，将支持30名学生在2019- 2021年夏季10周的培训。研究在托莱多大学的伊利湖中心、主校区、健康科学校区和邻近的实地进行。 学生将解决在陆地湖泊界面的复杂挑战，了解自然资源的使用如何影响生物多样性，生态系统功能和公共卫生，以促进环境可持续性的目标。 学生将与来自环境科学，地理与规划，公共卫生或工程部门的教师和研究生导师配对，并将设计和进行生态学，湖沼学，遥感或工程方面的独立研究项目。 实地考察将向学生介绍伊利湖面临的多样栖息地和生态挑战，学生将接受研究伦理，实验委托，数据分析，撰写科学论文和申请研究生院的培训。 学生将写一份期末报告，并在一个公共海报晚会上展示他们的研究。该计划针对少数族裔申请人，妇女，退伍军人和第一代大学生。 PI和co-PI将根据学术成就、推荐信和对环境问题的兴趣来评估申请人，并根据学生对研究领域的偏好为REU研究员匹配合适的教师导师。预计共有30名学生将接受该计划的培训，主要来自研究机会有限的学校。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU研究中心项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训项目的有效性。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，包括在线申请，可访问http：//www.utoledo.edu/nsm/lec/REU/main.html，或联系PI（Jeanine Refsnider博士，邮箱：jeanine. utoledo.edu）或联合PI（Kevin Czajkowski博士，邮箱：kevin. utoledo.edu）。该奖项反映了NSF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。