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

该奖项将支持位于华盛顿州阿纳科特斯的西华盛顿大学香农点海洋中心(SPMC)的本科生研究经验(REU)网站。该项目每年夏天将有8名本科生到SPMC进行为期9周的研究体验。在三年期间(2020-2022年)，该项目将为总共28名学生提供暑期实习。学生将在研究导师的指导下开展独立的研究项目，并将参加各种专业发展活动，包括关于科学道德、科学写作、研究生院经历和职业选择的讲习班，以及实地考察和外联活动。该计划在全国范围内寻找申请者，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付学生津贴、住房和参加该项目的旅费。该项目支持培养下一代科学家和科学队伍的国家目标。该REU网站的总主题涉及以过程为导向的方法来研究河口动态，强调初级和次级生产力、营养物质通量、生物地球化学、微生物生态学、水质、海洋酸化、河口和边界层尺度的沉积物和营养物质运输以及化学生态学，这些主题与太平洋岛屿委员会对无脊椎动物生态和生活史的研究很好地结合在一起。在他/她的导师的指导下，每个学生在第二周的座谈会上制定并提交一份项目计划，在适当的教师监督下进行研究，并在项目结束时提交口头和书面报告。我们强烈鼓励和支持在科学会议上发表成果和陈述。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.