REU Site: Tropical Ecology and Evolution at El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico

这个REU网站奖给波多黎各，圣胡安，PR的大学，将支持八名学生的培训10周期间的夏天2016 - 2020。 研究在位于波多黎各的埃尔云克国家森林的埃尔维德野外站进行。该计划的重点是热带生态学和进化-植物种群生物学，河流生态学和水生昆虫动力学，森林生态学，节肢动物生物学和热带雨林的共同进化的研究。 埃尔维德是该计划的运作基地，也是许多热带研究人员和卢基略LTER计划的基地。 学生在教师导师的建议下开发独立项目，大部分时间用于进行研究，并参加有关科学数据分析和技术的研讨会和讲习班，以研究热带系统。该计划还提供相关主题的研讨会，如研究生院申请过程。 此外，课程亦提供科学方面的负责任行为，讨论学生在职业生涯中经常遇到的问题。学生的选择是基于他们的研究兴趣，学术记录，并在生物科学的杰出研究的潜力。项目负责人将列出一份短名单，导师将进行最终选择。预计共有40名学生将接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校。该计划侧重于对生态研究和攻读研究生课程感兴趣的学生。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，有些人将在同行评议的期刊上发表他们的工作。生物基础设施司（生物科学理事会）资助的所有REU计划使用的一个共同的基于网络的评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。每年12月开始接受申请。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://reu.ites.upr.edu/或联系PI（Ramirez博士，reu@ites.upr.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, will support the training of eight students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016 - 2020. Research is conducted at El Verde Field Station, located at El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico. The program focuses on Tropical Ecology and Evolution -- the study of plant population biology, stream ecology and aquatic insect dynamics, forest ecology, arthropod biology, and coevolution in tropical rainforest. El Verde is the base of operations of the program and of many tropical researchers and the Luquillo LTER program. Students develop independent projects under the advice of faculty mentors, spending most of their time conducting research and attending seminars and workshops on scientific data analysis and techniques to study tropical systems. The program also provides workshops on relevant topics, such as graduate school application process. A responsible conduct in science component is also provided to discuss issues commonly encountered by students during their careers. Student selection is based on their research interest, academic record, and potential for outstanding research in biological sciences. The project PI makes a short list and mentors make the final selection.It is anticipated that a total of 40 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. This program focuses on students with interest in ecological research and in pursuing graduate studies. Students will learn how research is conducted, many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences, and some will publish their work in peer-reviewed journals.A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. Applications are accepted starting in December every year. More information is available by visiting http://reu.ites.upr.edu/ or by contacting the PI (Dr. Ramirez at reu@ites.upr.edu).