REU Site: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences - Undergraduate Research Experience in the Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean

位于缅因州东布斯湾的毕格罗海洋科学实验室将在三个夏季（2020-2022）举办本科生研究体验（REU）网站。这个项目被称为“缅因湾和世界海洋的本科生研究经历”，每年夏天将有12名本科生前往毕格罗大学，为期10周。这个REU项目的目标是i)为来自美国的本科生提供指导，并获得高质量的海洋学研究机会，并有机会了解其跨学科性质，ii)提高学生独立学习的能力和信心，iii)增加代表性不足的第一代学生参与海洋科学事业，iv)帮助本科生为他们的职业生涯做好准备。学生将有机会与毕格罗的科学家一起工作，他们在化学和生物海洋学、建模、卫星海洋学、基因组学、有机体和种群生物学、渔业和海气交换等领域拥有专业知识，并将生物海洋学作为一门跨学科的科学。毕格罗大学的REU项目结合了小组学习和指导个人研究，帮助学生解决有关海洋的社会问题。作为一个小组，学生们参加当地河口的采样巡航，并参加每周的会议，以学习科学过程的基础知识，例如如何形成可测试的假设，批判性地评估数据，以及以科学的方式向同行和公众提供信息。在项目的早期阶段，学生将参加科学伦理讨论、实验室安全课程（包括风险评估培训）和概念绘制研讨会。学生们将通过参加Bigelow每周一次的caf<s:1> Scientifique讲座（面向公众）、参加实验室的开放日和频繁的公共实验室参观来参与公共宣传。个人学习经历包括导师指导的独立研究、实验和/或实地考察，以及在海洋学主题的广泛领域汇编和评估数据。作为他们项目的一部分，学生们可能有机会潜水，直接从毕格罗码头取样或参加研究游轮。在这个项目之后，许多学生都有机会在国际会议上展示他们的研究成果或发表他们在REU的经历。提供的资金包括学生津贴、住房、差旅费和一些行政费用。该项目将为36名学生提供研究经验和专业发展，并将为下一代美国海洋科学家的发展做出贡献。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences located in East Boothbay ME, will host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site for three summers (2020-2022). The program, called “Undergraduate Research Experience in the Gulf of Maine and the World Oceans”, will bring twelve undergraduates to Bigelow each summer for ten weeks. The goals of this REU program are i) to provide undergraduate students from the USA with mentoring and access to high quality, hands on research opportunities in Oceanography and the opportunity to understand its interdisciplinary nature, ii) improve the capability and confidence of students to learn independently, iii) increase the participation of underrepresented and first generation students in marine science careers and iv) help to prepare undergraduates for their professional careers. Students will have an opportunity to work with Bigelow scientists, who have expertise in topics such as chemical and biological oceanography, modeling, satellite-oceanography, genomics, organismal and population biology, fisheries and air-sea gas exchange, and who approach biological oceanography as an inter-disciplinary science. Bigelow’s REU program combines group learning and guided individual research to help students address societal issues concerning the oceans. As a group, students participate in a sampling cruise on the local estuary, and attend weekly meetings to learn the fundamentals of the scientific process, such as how to form testable hypotheses, critically evaluate data, and present information in a scientific manner to peers and to the public. Students attend an ethics in science discussion, a lab safety course with risk assessment training and a concept mapping workshop during the early stages of their project. Students will participate in public outreach through attendance at Bigelow’s weekly Café Scientifique talks (for the general public), participation in the Lab’s Open House and frequent public lab tours. Individual learning experiences includes mentor-guided independent research, experimentation and/or fieldwork, and compiling and evaluating data in a wide arena of oceanographic topics. As part of their projects, students may have the opportunity to scuba dive, sample directly from the Bigelow’s Pier or participate in research cruises. Following the program, many students have the opportunity to present their research at international meetings or publish results from their REU experience. Funding provided supports student stipends, housing and travel and some administrative costs. The program will provide a total of thirty-six students with research experience and professional development and will contribute to the development of the next generation of U.S. ocean scientists.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.