REU: Psychobiology Research for Undergraduates

该奖项将为弗吉尼亚大学的本科生研究体验网站提供支持。该项目将扩大在大学心理学系心理生物学研究实验室工作的本科生的支持基础。这项奖励为9名本科生提供暑期津贴和适度的供应预算，让他们在暑期担任本科生研究助理。本科生将从弗吉尼亚大学以及邻近地区以黑人为主的学院和大学(即霍华德大学、诺福克州立大学、弗吉尼亚联合大学等)中挑选。每个学生将被分配到一名教员指导他/她的日常活动。除了他们的实验室作业，所有的学生每隔一周都会在一个正式的研讨会上与一位教师讨论心理生物学的研究问题。最后，每个学生将在暑期结束时提交一个研究研讨会，总结他/她的研究成果。我们希望这一计划将鼓励有前途的本科生考虑从事心理生物学的实验室研究。

This award will provide support for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at the University of Virginia. This project will expand the base of support available to undergraduate students working in Psychobiology research laboratories within the Department of Psychology at the University. This award provides summer stipends and modest supply budgets for 9 undergraduate students to serve as undergraduate research assistants during the summer months. Undergraduates will be selected from the University of Virginia as well as predominantly black colleges and universities in the immediate region (i.e. Howard University, Norfolk State University, Virginia Union University, etc). Each student will be assigned to a faculty preceptor who will direct his/her daily activities. In addition to their laboratory assignments, all students will meet every other week in a formal seminar with one of the faculty preceptor to discuss research issues in Psychobiology. Finally, each student will present a research seminar at the end of the summer which summarizes his/her research effort. This program, we hope will provide encouragement to promising undergraduates to consider careers in laboratory research in Psychobiology.