REU Site: Research experiences for undergraduates in coastal biology on Florida's first coast

REU 网站：佛罗里达州第一海岸的沿海生物学本科生研究经历

• 批准号: 2244665
• 负责人: Matthew Gilg
• 金额: $ 40.85万
• 依托单位: University of North Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-15 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244665&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; experiences; undergraduates

The University of North Florida's (UNF) Dept. of Biology will host a REU Site Program focused on the field of Coastal Ocean Sciences. The project will bring ten undergraduates to the UNF campus each summer for three years to complete a 10-week internship. The overall goal of the program is to enhance the training and career development of early stage (rising Sophomores and Juniors) undergraduate students who have not had significant research experience by engaging them in the research and culture of this important field. Students will be recruited each summer from a variety of urban universities (including a partnering Historically Black College, Edward Waters College). Other partnering organizations include the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation, and the Jacksonville Zoo.Research topics for interns will be offered in three general areas, including 1) Ecology and conservation of coastal and marine organisms, 2) Genetic, molecular and structural biology of coastal and marine organisms, and 3) Behavior of coastal and marine organisms. All participants will complete a one-week orientation during which they will receive training in basic research skills like conducting literature reviews, dissecting scientific papers, developing hypotheses, designing experiments, writing proposals, and ethical research practices. Afterwards, students will be paired with biologists from UNF or collaborating institutions to conduct mentored research projects on major threats to coastal biological resources in North Florida. During the program, participating students will complete two formal writing assignments (a short research proposal and an Abstract) and give both an oral and a poster presentation. Students will also be encouraged to present their research findings at professional conferences and/or in manuscripts submitted to professional journals. Additional career guidance on topics such as designing research posters, scientific writing, finding and applying to graduate schools, common types of jobs in coastal biology, and presenting scientific information to a public audience will be provided in workshops throughout the summer program. Students will attend regular research seminars by UNF faculty, graduate students and previous REU participants that have recently received graduate degrees. A strong evaluation plan has been developed to determine if the anticipated results of the program (i.e., improvements in understanding of the scientific research process, confidence in research related abilities, awareness of academic and career options in science, and retention and graduate school acceptance of students, especially underrepresented minorities) are achieved as they have been in previous years.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.

北佛罗里达大学（UNF）生物学系将举办一项重点是沿海海洋科学领域的REU现场计划。该项目将在每年夏天将十名本科生带到UNF校园三年，以完成为期10周的实习。该计划的总体目标是增强早期阶段的培训和职业发展（大二学生和大三学生）的本科生，他们通过参与这个重要领域的研究和文化而没有获得丰富的研究经验。每年夏天，学生将从各种城市大学（包括历史悠久的黑人学院，爱德华·沃特斯学院）招募。其他合作组织包括Guana Tolomato Matanzas国家河口研究保护区，东南动物园复制和保护联盟以及杰克逊维尔动物园。实习生的研究主题将在三个一般领域提供，包括1）沿海和海洋生物的生态和保护，2）遗传，分子和海洋生物的沿海和海洋生物和海洋生物和海洋生物和海洋生物和海洋生物和海洋生物和海洋生物和海洋生物，以及海岸和海洋生物的生态。所有参与者将完成一个为期一周的方向，在此期间，他们将接受基础研究技能的培训，例如进行文学评论，剖析科学论文，发展假设，设计实验，写作建议和道德研究实践。之后，学生将与来自UNF或合作机构的生物学家配对，以对北佛罗里达州沿海生物资源的主要威胁进行有指导的研究项目。在计划期间，参与的学生将完成两项正式的写作作业（一项简短的研究建议和摘要），并提供口头和海报演示文稿。还将鼓励学生在专业会议和/或提交专业期刊的手稿中介绍他们的研究结果。关于研究海报，科学写作，查找和应用于研究生院，沿海生物学的常见工作以及向公众观众提供科学信息等主题的其他职业指导，将在整个夏季计划中提供。学生将参加最近获得研究生学位的UNF教师，研究生和以前的REU参与者的定期研究研讨会。已经制定了一项强大的评估计划，以确定该计划的预期结果（即对科学研究过程的理解改善，对研究相关能力的信心，对科学的学术和职业选择的信心以及对学生的保留和研究生院的认可，尤其是代表性少数群体，尤其是少数群体的知识），这是在以前的智力上进行的，并且已经通过nsf的授权来实现。优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。