REU Site: Biological Basis of Social Behavior

该REU网站授予位于马里兰州巴尔的摩的约翰霍普金斯大学，将在2020年至2022年的夏季为10名学生提供为期10周的培训。参与者将与心理与脑科学系和医学院的教师导师一起进行研究，使用尖端技术。除了研究之外，该项目还将包括“科学研究与方法论基础”课程，该课程将指导参与者研究的各个方面，包括负责任的研究行为、动物福利、实验设计、统计分析和科学数据的呈现。该项目还包括GRE考试准备，在全校学生暑期研究会议上的海报展示，以及与其他暑期研究项目学生的社会活动。鼓励代表性不足的少数民族、第一代学生和研究机会有限的机构的学生申请。学生可以在线申请，并由教师导师委员会选出。预计总共将有30名学生，主要是来自研究机会有限的学校的代表性不足的群体，将在该项目中接受培训。研究重点是使用比较模型和不同的分类群（蝙蝠、猫头鹰、章鱼、灵长类动物和/或啮齿动物）来理解动物的社会行为。研究领域包括行为学、神经生物学和神经内分泌学，研究社会行为是如何产生的以及为什么产生的。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU站点计划使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。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。这些活动的结合将有助于提高学生对科学的热情和信心，提供进行科学研究的各个方面的经验，并为在研究生院及以后取得最大成功奠定科学基础。学生将被要求回复通过NSF报告系统自动发送的电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/reu-social-behavior/或联系PI （Dr. Kirsten Bohn, kbohn1@jhu.edu）。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to Johns Hopkins University, located in Baltimore, MD, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2020- 2022. Participants will conduct research with faculty mentors from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the School of Medicine that use cutting edge techniques. In addition to research, the program will include a "Foundations in Scientific Research and Methodology" course which will instruct participants on all aspects of research including responsible conduct of research, animal welfare, experimental design, statistical analysis and presentation of scientific data. The program also includes GRE preparation, poster presentations at a campus-wide student summer research conference and social activities with other summer research program students. Underrepresented minorities, first generation students and students from institutions with limited research opportunities are encouraged to apply. Students can apply online and are selected by a committee of faculty mentors. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily underrepresented groups from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Research focuses on using comparative models and diverse taxa (bats, owls, octopuses, primates and/or rodents) for understanding animal social behavior. Areas of research include ethology, neurobiology and neuroendocrinology with projects that look at both how and why social behavior is produced. 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 learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. The combination of activities will serve to promote students' enthusiasm and confidence for science, provide experience in all aspects of conducting scientific research and develop a scientific foundation that will serve to maximize success in graduate school and beyond. 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 https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/reu-social-behavior/, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Kirsten Bohn, kbohn1@jhu.edu).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.