Ecosystems Studies at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

该奖项为俄勒冈州的生物系提供资金 继续成功的10周计划，将提供10 生物科学本科生，具有以下研究经验： 安德鲁斯实验森林的生态系统研究 这 实验森林是几个跨学科的网站 项目，包括NSF赞助的长期生态研究 程序. 学生将在互动中学习和发展技能 并与来自多个学科的科学家密切合作， 在较大的既定研究计划中的个别项目。 促进学生的发展，并监督他们追求的职业 在他们完成计划后，计划分四个阶段进行： 概述阶段，解释综合生态系统研究， 学徒阶段培养学生技能，个人研究 一个阶段，一个评估和跟踪阶段。 根据其 兴趣，学生将加入一个合作的科学家为 第二和第三阶段。 本次获奖的主要研究者 将协调计划，组织概述阶段，现场 旅行，研讨会，整合学生和合作 科学家，促进学生走向独立 科学研究，并监测评估和后续阶段 这样学生就可以被追踪。 学生将被安置在外地站与其他 研究人员，一个鼓励下班后讨论的安排 帮助打破学科之间的壁垒。 该项目将 把有前途的学生安排在风景优美的研究地点， 跨学科的科学家团队，以产生良好的科学和 培养对生物学研究的热情。

This award provides funds to the Biology Department at Oregon State to continue a successful 10-week program that will provide 10 undergraduates in biological sciences with research experiences in ecosystem studies at the Andrews Experimental Forest. This experimental forest is the site for several interdisciplinary projects, including the NSF sponsored Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Students will learn and develop skills as they interact and work closely with scientists from several discipline on individual projects within larger established research programs. To foster student development and monitor what careers they pursue after they complete the program, a 4-phase program is planned: an overview phase which explains integrated ecosystem studies, an apprenticeship phase to develop student skills, a personal research phase, and an evaluation and follow-up phase. According to their interests, students will join a collaborating scientist for the second and third phases. The principal investigator of this award will coordinate the program, organize the overview phase, field trips, and seminars, integrating the students and collaborating scientists, facilitate students' progress toward independent scientific research, and monitor the evaluation and follow-up phase so that students can be tracked. Students will be housed at the field station with other researchers, an arrangement that encourages after hours discussions and helps break barriers between disciplines. The project will place promising students at a scenic research site with an interdisciplinary team of scientists to produce good science and develop an enthusiasm for biological research.