Research Experiences in Biology for Undergraduates

该奖项提供资金，用于在亚利桑那大学生物化学系继续为本科生提供三年的研究经验。NSF基金将为9名学生提供津贴，亚利桑那大学将为另外10名学生提供津贴。学生们将申请REU项目，一旦被教师/学生委员会选中，他们将与110名参与的教师赞助人中的几名进行面谈，然后再决定他们希望与谁合作。这种配对过程确保学生将致力于他们感兴趣的问题，并培养富有成效的工作关系。然后，学生们将他们的研究问题作为研究小组的一部分进行研究。除了学生的研究、实验室会议和研讨会外，该项目还提供方向，包括辐射和实验室安全培训，以及每周一次的午餐，学生和教职员工在午餐中讨论生物学和生物研究方面的问题和职业。有一年一度的本科生生物学研究会议和本科生生物学研讨会系列，有世界知名的生物学家参加。该计划的共同主线是，学生们都参与了对生物学中的一些问题的独立研究。

This award provides funds to continue a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Arizona for another three years. NSF funds will provide stipends for nine students with the University of Arizona providing stipends for an additional ten students. Students will apply to the REU program and once selected by a faculty/student committee, they interview several of the 110 participating faculty sponsors before deciding with whom they wish to work. This matching process insures that students will be working on a problem that is of interest to them and fosters a productive working relationship. Students then pursue their research problems as part of a research group. In addition to students' research, lab meetings and seminars, the program offers an orientation that includes radiation and laboratory safety training and a weekly brown bag lunch where students and faculty discuss issues and careers in biology and biological research. There is an annual Undergraduate Biology Research Conference and an Undergraduate Biology Colloquium Series featuring world renowned biologists. The common thread that unites the program is that students are all involved in independent research on some problem in biology.