REU Site: Field and laboratory studies of coastal marine processes at the Shannon Point Marine Center

该奖项将支持在西华盛顿大学的香农点海洋中心（SPMC），这是位于阿纳科特斯，华盛顿大学的本科生（REU）网站的研究经验。该计划将带来八个本科生SPMC每年夏天为期九周的研究经验。在三年（2020-2022）期间，该项目将为28名学生提供暑期实习机会。学生将在研究导师的指导下进行独立的研究项目，并将参加各种专业发展活动，包括科学道德，科学写作，研究生院经验和职业选择，以及实地考察和外联活动的研讨会。该计划在全国范围内寻找申请人，并寻求吸引来自社区学院和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。该项目支持培养下一代科学家和科学工作者的国家目标。这个REU网站的总主题涉及一个面向过程的方法，以河口动力学，强调初级和次级生产力，营养通量，海洋地球化学，微生物生态学，水质，海洋酸化，沉积物和营养盐输运在河口和边界层尺度，和化学生态学，以及与无脊椎动物生态学和生活史的SPMC研究的主题。与他/她的顾问，每个学生在第二周的座谈会上制定并提出项目计划，在适当的教师监督下进行研究，并在课程结束时提出口头和书面报告。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。

This award will support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC), which is located in Anacortes, WA. The program will bring eight undergraduates to SPMC each summer for a nine-week research experience. During the three years (2020-2022), the project will provide summer internships for a total of twenty-eight students. Students will conduct independent research projects with the guidance of research mentors and will participate in a variety of professional development activities, including workshops on scientific ethics, scientific writing, the graduate school experience and career options, as well as field trips and outreach events. The program conducts a national search for applicants and seeks to engage students who are from community colleges and schools with limited research opportunities. Most of the funding provided supports student stipends, housing and travel to attend the program. This project supports the national goals of developing the next generation of scientists and the scientific workforce. The general theme of this REU Site involves a process-oriented approach to estuarine dynamics, emphasizing primary and secondary productivity, nutrient flux, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, water quality, ocean acidification, sediment and nutrient transport at estuarine and boundary-layer scales, and chemical ecology, topics that articulate well with the SPMC studies of invertebrate ecology and life histories. With his/her adviser, each student develops and presents a project plan in a colloquium setting during the second week, conducts the research under the appropriate level of faculty supervision, and presents oral and written reports at the conclusion of the program. Publication of results and presentation at scientific meetings is strongly encouraged and supported.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.