Collaborative Research: IRES Track I: Ph-IRES Philippines International Research Experience for Students - Fisheries Impacts at the Global Epicenter of Marine Biodiversity

这个合作的IRES项目是由OISE（国际科学与工程办公室）和GEO/OCE（海洋科学部）共同资助的。第1部分，非技术描述：在菲律宾国际研究经验的学生项目（Ph-IRES）中，15名美国本科生将在西利曼大学（SU）与菲律宾导师进行为期八周的独立研究。 项目将探索海洋鱼类和影响其进化的人类活动。 研究将包括：（1）遗传条形码，以记录鱼类多样性;（2）生活史研究，以研究捕捞压力如何影响鱼类的生长和繁殖;（3）遗传研究，以了解鱼类种群如何相互联系;（4）研究微塑料污染如何影响珊瑚鱼。 学生将参与沉浸式的国际研究体验，强调文化间的合作，并有助于发展具有世界一流技能的多元化，全球参与的劳动力。 通过这一培训计划，我们将提高美国在研究领域的领导地位，并通过培训下一代国际研究领导人来加强经济竞争力。社会依赖海洋资源来保障粮食安全，拟议的研究将有助于我们了解我们的活动如何影响鱼类的进化，从而提高我们可持续捕捞鱼类的能力。第2部分，技术描述：本科生将进行现代生态和进化科学的研究，以测试在海洋生物多样性的中心被开发的海洋鱼类的进化。Ph-IRES将建立在现有的基础上，成功的国际夏季REU计划由“NSF-PIRE-1743711-海洋生物多样性中心的百年遗传和物种转化”合作组织，该项目的重点是海洋鱼类的短期分子进化，每年增加5名国家招聘的学生的能力，他们的研究项目重点是记录目前的日遗传多样性和人类活动对渔业物种的影响。 学生将与菲律宾导师在SU探讨四个重点领域的研究问题：（1）海洋鱼类的DNA条形码将被用来记录和比较长期的进化关系，物种和遗传多样性在一个地区最大的海洋生物多样性和相对较少的科学研究;（2）海洋鱼类生活史项目将收集生长率、生殖成熟年龄或性别变化、父母对后代的投资等数据，以便在捕捞压力不同的地区之间进行比较;（3）关于种群关联性的研究项目将使用遗传数据来测试遗传结构;（4）海洋污染和微塑料项目将直接研究菲律宾海洋鱼类面临的这些当代人为威胁。除了科学重点领域，Ph-IRES的教育目标是（1）帮助学生融入国际STEM文化，（2）促进学科实践和知识，（3）提高学生在STEM领域的参与和保留。学生将获得开发、规划、实施、分析和传播独立海外研究项目成果的真实经验。Ph-IRES还将提供文化培训，计算技能研讨会，为专业协会会员提供资金，并为参加STEM会议的国家多样性提供顶峰队列之旅，参与者可以在那里建立网络，利用专业发展活动，并展示他们的研究。拟议的工作将增加本科生研究经验的影响的现有知识，并将特别有助于学生与国际，非西方导师在海外设置工作的定量和定性数据。 此外，Ph-IRES和PIRE REU项目的合作将使我们能够对比项目之间不同导师策略的效果。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。

This collaborative IRES project is co-funding by OISE (Office of International Science and Engineering) and GEO/OCE (Division of Ocean Sciences).Part 1, Nontechnical Description: In the Philippines International Research Experience for Students project (Ph-IRES), 15 U.S. undergraduates will spend eight weeks at Silliman University (SU) conducting independent research with Filipino mentors. Projects will explore marine fishes and the human activities affecting their evolution. Research will include: (1) genetic barcoding to document fish diversity; (2) life history studies to examine how fishing pressure influences how fish grow and reproduce; (3) genetic studies to see how fish populations connect with one another, and; (4) study of how microplastics pollution may affect reef fishes. Students will be involved in an immersive international research experience that emphasizes collaboration among cultures and contributes to development of a diverse, globally-engaged workforce with world-class skills. Through this training program, we will enhance U.S. leadership in research, and strengthen economic competitiveness through training the next generation of international research leaders. Society relies upon marine resources for food security, and the proposed research will contribute to our ability to sustainably harvest fish by helping us understand how our activities affect their evolution. Part 2, Technical Description: Undergraduate students will conduct research in modern ecological and evolutionary science to test for the evolution of exploited marine fishes in the epicenter of marine biodiversity. Ph-IRES will build upon the existing, successful international summer REU program organized by the "NSF-PIRE-1743711- Centennial Genetic and Species Transformations in the Epicenter of Marine Biodiversity" collaboration, which is focused on short-term molecular evolution of marine fishes by adding capacity for five nationally recruited students/year whose research projects focus on documenting present-day genetic diversity and the impacts of human activities on fisheries species. Students will work with Filipino mentors at SU to explore research questions in four focus areas: (1) DNA barcoding of marine fishes will be used to document and compare long-term evolutionary relationships, species and genetic diversity in a region with the greatest marine biodiversity and relatively few scientific studies; (2) Marine fish life history projects will gather data on growth rate, age of reproductive maturity or sex change, and parental investment in offspring to make comparisons between areas with different levels of fishing pressure; (3) Research projects on population connectivity will use genetic data to test for genetic structure; (4) Projects in marine pollution and microplastics will directly examine these contemporary anthropogenic threats to marine fishes in the Philippines. In addition to the scientific focus areas, the educational goals of Ph-IRES are to (1) help students integrate into international STEM culture, (2) promote disciplinary practices and knowledge, and (3) increase participation and retention of students in STEM fields. Students will gain authentic experience in developing, planning, conducting, analyzing and disseminating the results of an independent overseas research project. Ph-IRES will also provide cultural training, a computational skills workshop, funding for membership in a professional society and a capstone cohort trip to the National Diversity in STEM conference where participants can network, take advantage of professional development activities, and present their research. The proposed work will add to existing knowledge of the effects of undergraduate research experiences, and will in particular contribute quantitative and qualitative data on students working with international, non-Western mentors in an overseas setting. Additionally, the partnership of the Ph-IRES and PIRE REU programs will allow us to contrast the effects of differing mentorship strategies between the programs.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.