REU: Ecosystems Studies at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

该奖项为生物学系提供资金， 俄勒冈州继续成功的10周计划 （1993年、1994年和1995年夏季），将提供11 生物科学本科生 在安德鲁斯实验生态系统研究的经验 森林这片实验森林是几个 跨学科项目，包括NSF赞助的长期， 长期生态研究计划。学生将学习和 发展技能，因为他们互动和密切合作， 来自多个学科的科学家参与单个项目 在更大的研究项目中。 为了促进学生的发展和监测什么职业，他们 在他们完成计划后，一个四阶段的计划是 计划：一个概述阶段，解释综合 生态系统研究，一个学徒阶段， 学生技能，个人研究阶段和评估 后续阶段。根据学生的兴趣， 将与一位合作科学家一起， 阶段。REU领导人（PI）将协调该计划， 组织概览阶段、实地考察和研讨会， 整合学生和合作的科学家， 促进学生走向独立的科学 研究，并监测评估和后续阶段， 学生可以跟踪。 学生将被安置在外地站与其他 研究人员，一种鼓励下班后 讨论和帮助打破学科之间的障碍。 该项目将把有前途的学生安置在一个风景优美的 一个由跨学科科学家组成的研究中心 产生好的科学，并培养对 生物学研究

This award provides funds to the Biology Department at Oregon State to continue a successful 10-week program (summers 1993, 1994, and 1995) that will provide 11 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 disciplines 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. An REU leader (the PI) 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.