Undergraduate Research in Biology

该奖项为塔尔萨大学生物科学系提供资金，以帮助培养哲学、力学和科学研究执行方面的本科生。这个项目将加强已经很强的本科生研究参与计划，并将该计划延长到夏季。另一个目标是增加代表性不足群体成员参与科学研究的机会。本科生暑期研究计划将包括一个研究研讨会，独立研究项目，每周小组会议，邀请演讲者和一个研究研讨会。研究工作坊将向学生介绍参与的教师所代表的生物学各个领域的哲学和力学。研讨会的一个成果是每个学生的个人研究项目的发展。这些项目将重点研究野生动物觅食生态学、植物生殖生态学、脊椎动物生殖生理学或生殖行为生态学。学生们将在暑假期间完成他们的项目。每周的小组会议将提供一个论坛来回顾文献，研究项目的进展报告，以及解决项目过程中出现的问题。受邀的演讲者将使学生接触到比参与的教师所提供的更广泛的生物学观点。最后，学生将交流他们的项目成果，并通过研究研讨会体验重要的同行评审。

This award provides funds to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Tulsa to help train undergraduate students in the philosophy, mechanics, and execution of scientific research. This project will enhance an already strong program in undergraduate research participation, and will extend this program into the summer. Another goal is to enhance opportunities for participation in scientific research for members of underrepresented groups. The Undergraduate Summer Research Program will consist of a research workshop, independent research projects, weekly group meetings, invited speakers, and a research colloquium. The research workshop will introduce the students to the philosophy and mechanics of the various fields in biology represented by the participating faculty. One result of the workshop will be the development by each student of an individual research project. These projects will focus on nectivore foraging ecology, plant reproductive ecology, vertebrate reproductive physiology, or reproductive behavioral ecology. The students will complete their projects over the course of the summer. The weekly group meetings will provide a forum for review of literature, progress reports on research projects, and for solving problems that arise during the course of the projects. The invited speakers will expose the students to a wider variety of viewpoints in biology than is available through the participating faculty. Finally, students will communicate the results of their projects and experience critical peer review through the research colloquium.