REU Site: Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Rapid Environmental Change (EERREC)

REU 网站：对快速环境变化的生态和进化反应 (EERREC)

• 批准号: 1950536
• 负责人: Richard Grosberg
• 金额: $ 29.68万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Ecological; Evolutionary; Responses

This REU Site award to the University of California, Davis, CA, will support the training of eight students for nine weeks during the summers of 2021- 2023. Research is conducted at laboratories at UC Davis or nearby field sites. It is anticipated that a total of 24 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities (including partner institutions Howard University, CSU Fullerton, CSU Sacramento, and CSU Sonoma) or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how to conduct research aimed at understanding ecological and evolutionary responses of organisms, communities and ecosystems to rapid environmental change and will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Program assessment will be done thru the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.The UC Davis REU Site focuses on two major research themes: (a) ecological and evolutionary effects of changing environmental regimes and (b) the biology of organisms in human-dominated ecosystems. These areas (1) encompass important challenges that organisms and ecosystems face as a result of rapid environmental change, (2) reflect shared interests of UC Davis and partner-institution faculty, and (3) include specific research questions in urban, rural, agricultural, and natural systems and thus span the spectrum of effects of rapid environmental change that must be addressed by a diverse society. Faculty and graduate student mentors from the College of Biological Sciences or College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences will guide REU scholars in projects that include studies of marine invertebrate range limits, plant phenology, thermal stress in butterfly caterpillars, salmonid physiology, ecological interactions in managed terrestrial ecosystems, human influences on bees or birds, and estuarine restoration ecology. The program includes instruction in responsible conduct of research, scientific communication, and the scripting language R, discussion about careers in environmental biology, field trips to nearby research reserves, and post-program mentoring. Review of applications will begin on 1 February, with applicants reviewed by faculty from UC Davis and partners. For more information and to apply, please see https://eerrec.ucdavis.edu, or contact Program Coordinator Dr. Carole Hom ([e-mail]) or the PI Dr. Rick Grosberg ([e-mail]).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.

这个REU网站奖给加州大学戴维斯分校，将支持八名学生在2021年至2023年的夏天为期九周的培训。研究是在加州大学戴维斯分校或附近的现场实验室进行的。预计共有24名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校（包括合作机构霍华德大学，CSU富勒顿，CSU萨克拉门托和CSU索诺马）或来自代表性不足的群体，将在该计划中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行旨在了解生物，社区和生态系统对快速环境变化的生态和进化反应的研究，并将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。计划评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具完成。加州大学戴维斯分校REU网站专注于两个主要的研究主题：（a）不断变化的环境制度的生态和进化影响和（B）在人类主导的生态系统中的生物学。这些领域（1）包括生物体和生态系统面临的重要挑战，由于快速的环境变化，（2）反映加州大学戴维斯分校和合作机构教师的共同利益，（3）包括城市，农村，农业和自然系统的具体研究问题，从而跨越了必须由多元化社会解决的快速环境变化的影响范围。来自生物科学学院或农业与环境科学学院的教师和研究生导师将指导REU学者进行项目，包括海洋无脊椎动物范围限制，植物物候学，蝴蝶毛虫热应力，鲑鱼生理学，管理陆地生态系统中的生态相互作用，人类对蜜蜂或鸟类的影响，以及河口恢复生态学。该计划包括研究，科学交流和脚本语言R的负责任行为的指导，关于环境生物学职业的讨论，到附近研究储备的实地考察，以及程序后指导。申请审查将于2月1日开始，申请人将由加州大学戴维斯分校及其合作伙伴的教师进行审查。欲了解更多信息和申请，请访问https://eerrec.ucdavis.edu，或联系项目协调员Carole Hom博士（[e-mail]）或PI Rick Grosberg博士（[e-mail]）。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。