Undergraduate research Experience in Aquatic Ecology at the University of Kentucky

该奖项将为为期八周的夏季REU提供资金 该计划在新的水产研究设施在大学的 肯塔基州。 该计划将提供10名本科生 参与水生生态学的机会。 这十 学生将从七所肯塔基州大学招募， 大学，并将与一位指导教师相匹配， 监督学生的工作。 学习相关技术， 学生将开始他们的会议，参加 顾问的持续项目。 在2-3周内，学生将 将大部分精力投入到独立研究项目中。 夏季每周非正式研讨会和晚间研讨会 在秋季，将激发讨论，并提供信息， 研究生涯和主要研究问题和方法。 后 收集和分析自己的数据，并发展技能， 对文献的批判性分析和有效的科学 沟通，学生将完成该计划， 在内部“研究”会议上口头介绍项目成果 会议”。

This award will provide funds for an eight-week long summer REU program at the new Aquatic Research Facility at the University of Kentucky. The program will provide ten undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in aquatic ecology. These ten students will be recruited from seven Kentucky colleges and universities and will be matched with a faculty advisor who will supervise the students work. To learn the relevant techniques, students will begin their session by participating in the advisor's ongoing project. Within 2-3 weeks, the students will shift most of their effort into independent research projects. Informal weekly seminars during the summer, and evening seminars in the fall, will stimulate discussion and provide information on research careers and on major research issues and methods. After gathering and analyzing their own data and developing skills in critical analysis of the literature and effective scientific communication, the students will complete the program by presenting their project results orally at an in-house "research conference".