REU Site: Systematics, Evolution and Conservation for the 21st Century

该REU站点奖授予位于纽约州纽约的美国自然历史博物馆（AMNH），将在2023-2025年夏季期间为12名学生提供为期10周的培训。预计总共有36名学生将接受该项目的培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。该项目名为“面向21世纪的系统学和进化生物学”，旨在培养参与研究的学生的研究能力和技能，发展生物科学领域，以实现整个学科的多样化。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具进行。课程结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。REU项目的主题是系统学和进化，学生将在实验室和现场技术、分析方法以及科学交流和合作方面得到指导。学生们将由博物馆科学家指导。感兴趣的学生将在NSF ETAP系统（https://etap.nsf.gov）注册。在选择参与者时，重点放在学生-项目和学生-导师的匹配上。学生研究项目将涵盖系统学学科的各个领域，从描述分类学到种群基因组学、语言学和系统基因组学；学生将学习收集不同类型的新学和古生物学资料，并获得先进形态学、分子学和计算方法的经验。学生将通过熟悉AMNH的大量藏品，了解博物馆作为时空多样性管家的角色和责任。进一步的充实将通过每周的讲座和培训班以及关于伦理和负责任的科学行为的讲习班进行。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://www.amnh.org/research/richard-gilder-graduate-school/academics/fellowship-and-grant-opportunities/undergraduate-fellowships/reu-biology-program，或联系PI （Jessica Ware博士，jware@amnh.org）或副PI (Cheryl Hayashi博士，chayashi@amnh.org)这个奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in New York, NY, will support the training of 12 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2023-2025. It is anticipated that a total of 36 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. The program, Systematics and Evolutionary Biology for the 21st Century, aims to build research capacity and strengthen skills in students who participate, growing the field of biological sciences with an aim to diversify the discipline as a whole. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.The theme of the REU program is systematics and evolution and students will be mentored in lab and field techniques, analytical methods, as well as scientific communication and collaboration. Students will be mentored by museum scientists. Interested students will register in the NSF ETAP system (https://etap.nsf.gov). In selecting participants, emphasis is placed on student-project and student-mentor matching. Student research projects will cover the various fields of the systematics discipline from descriptive taxonomy to population genomics, linguistics and phylogenomics; students will learn to collect different types of neontological and paleontological data, and acquire experience with advanced morphological, molecular, and computational methods. Students will learn about the role and responsibility of museums as stewards of diversity through time and space by gaining familiarity with the AMNH’s vast collections. Further enrichment will be through weekly lectures and training sessions as well as workshops on ethics and responsible scientific conduct. More information about the program is available by visiting https://www.amnh.org/research/richard-gilder-graduate-school/academics/fellowship-and-grant-opportunities/undergraduate-fellowships/reu-biology-program, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Jessica Ware, jware@amnh.org) or the co-PI (Dr. Cheryl Hayashi, chayashi@amnh.org).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.