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

REU 站点：香农角海洋中心沿海海洋过程的现场和实验室研究

• 批准号: 1947838
• 负责人: Brian Bingham
• 金额: $ 29.16万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-02-15 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1947838&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Field; laboratory; studies

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.

该奖项将支持位于华盛顿州Anacortes的西华盛顿大学Shannon Point Marine Center（SPMC）的本科生（REU）网站的研究经验。该计划将每年夏天将八名本科生带到SPMC，以进行为期九周的研究经验。在三年（2020年至2022年）中，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进行独立的研究项目，并将参加各种专业发展活动，包括有关科学伦理学，科学写作，研究生院的经验和职业选择的讲习班，以及实地考察和外展活动。该计划对申请人进行了全国搜索，并寻求吸引来自社区大学和学校的学生，研究机会有限。大多数资金提供了支持学生津贴，住房和旅行参加该计划的支持。该项目支持发展下一代科学家和科学劳动力的国家目标。 The general theme of this REU Site involves a process-oriented approach to estuarine dynamics, emphasizing primary and secondary product, 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.在第二周，借助他/她的顾问，每个学生都会在座谈会上制定项目计划，并在适当的教师监督级别进行研究，并在该计划结束时向口头和书面报告介绍。强烈鼓励和支持科学会议上的结果和演讲。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准通过评估来诚实地支持。