REU Site: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Field Research at Mountain Lake Biological Station

该REU网站奖授予位于弗吉尼亚州彭布罗克的山湖生物站(MLBS.org，弗吉尼亚大学)，将在2020-2022年夏季支持10名学生进行为期10周的培训。预计共有30名学院和大学本科生将参加该计划，他们主要来自研究机会有限的学校，或属于科学代表性不足的群体。参与者将接受从论文生成到假设构建、实验设计和执行、分析、解释和交流的整个科学生物学研究过程的培训。许多参与者将在科学会议上展示他们的工作，并在同行评议的科学期刊上发表文章。所有参与者都将成为具有科学素养的公民。将通过SALG Urssa在线工具对该方案进行评估。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。自1993年以来，山湖一直主持着一项NSF REU站点计划。该项目支持在野外生态学、进化和行为方面进行有指导但独立、自我激励的原始生物学研究。许多在主办现场站工作的大学研究实验室将在广泛的生物学研究领域指导项目参与者(见过去的学生研究项目-mlbs.org/PASS项目)。参与者在生物野外站全职生活和工作。除了进行原创的独立研究项目外，他们还参加关于研究的设计和实施、科学道德和职业行为、写作和演示技术以及其他科学和学术生活事项的正式培训。他们被要求准备专业级别的书面和口头提案和期末报告。该计划包括项目后职业支持、研究导师培训、同行指导和三个机构合作伙伴(波多黎各大学、怀斯UVA学院、纳什社区学院)。该项目的申请(mlbs.org/reuapp)需要一篇个人论文、大学成绩单和推荐信。项目绩效指标和研究导师对申请进行评估。将向申请者提供即将到来的夏季的研究领域(mlbs.org/REUFutureProjects)。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问mlbs.org/reuProgram，或联系PI(Eric Nagy博士，enagy@virginia.edu)或联合PI(Butch Brodie博士，bbrodie@virginia.edu)。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力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 REU Site award to Mountain Lake Biological Station (MLBS.org, University of Virginia), located in Pembroke, VA, will support the training of ten students for ten weeks during the summers of 2020 - 2022. It is anticipated that a total of thirty college and university undergraduate students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, or belonging to groups under-represented in science, will participate in the program. Participants will be trained in the full process of scientific biological research, from thesis generation, to hypothesis building, experimental design and execution, analysis, interpretation, and communication. Many participants will present their work at scientific confernces and publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals. All participants will emerge as scientifically literate citizens. Assessment of the program will be done thru the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. Mountain Lake has hosted a NSF REU Sites program since 1993.The project supports guided but independent, self-motivated original biological research in field-based ecology, evolution, and behavior. Many university-based research labs working at the host field station will mentor program participants in a wide range of biological research areas (see past student research projects - mlbs.org/pastprojects). Participants live and work full-time at the biological field station. In addition to conducting their original independent research projects, they participate in formal training in the design and conduct of research, scientific ethics and professional behavior, writing and presentation techniques, and other matters of scientific and academic life. They are required to prepare professional grade written and oral proposals and final reports. The program includes post-program career support, research mentor trainng, peer mentoring, and three institutional partners (University of Puerto Rico, UVA College at Wise, Nash Community College). The program application (mlbs.org/reuapp) requires a personal essay, college transcript, and letter of recommendation. Project PIs and research mentors evaluate applications. Research areas for the upcoming summer are provided to applicants (mlbs.org/REUFutureProjects). More information about the program is available by visiting mlbs.org/reuprogram, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Eric Nagy at enagy@virginia.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Butch Brodie at bbrodie@virginia.edu).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.