Research Experience for Undergraduates: Experimental Biology

这一奖项将支持本科生参加由埃默里大学提供的本科生研究体验计划。根据之前丰富的本科培训经验，Emory的教职员工已经确信，有意义的研究经验是鼓励本科生进入生物科学研究职业生涯的最佳方式。该项目的招生工作将继续主要集中在地区本科院校的学生、女性和少数族裔学生。虽然埃默里学院教员的研究兴趣跨越了许多专业，并使用不同的方法来解决生物学问题，但他们对生物问题的实验方法有共同的兴趣。该计划的目标是：(1)提供一个分支学科的密集研究经验；(2)提供对科学过程的正式和非正式介绍；(3)通过研究不同层次的生物学研究的替代方法来提供视角；以及(4)最大限度地促进参与者与其他本科生和研究生研究人员、研究导师及其研究小组的互动。该计划将包括以下部分：(1)独立的学生研究项目；(2)研究方法研讨会；(3)“成为科学家”，一个旨在评估生物学问题的不同方法的研讨会系列；(4)部门研讨会和研究领域的期刊俱乐部；以及(5)关于科学诚信的一系列讨论。该奖项将促进个人的继续教育和培训，这些人将成为下一代生物学基础研究人员的一部分。

This award will support the participation of undergraduate biology students in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program offered by Emory University. From extensive prior experiences with undergraduate training, the faculty at Emory have become convinced that meaningful research experiences are the optimal way to encourage undergraduate students to enter research careers in the biological sciences. Recruitment efforts for this program will continue to focus primarily on students from regional undergraduate institutions, women and minority students. Although research interests of the Emory faculty cross a number of specialties and use different approaches to biological problems, they share a common interest in experimental approaches to biological questions. The goals of the program are : (1) to provide an intensive research experience in one subdiscipline; (2) to provide formal and informal introductions to the processes of science; (3) to provide perspective by examining alternative approaches to biological research at different hierarchical levels; and (4) to maximize participant interaction with other undergraduate and graduate researchers, the research mentor, and his/her research group. The program will include the following components: (1) independent student research projects; (2) research methods workshops; (3) "On Being a Scientist," a seminar series designed to assess different approaches to biological questions; (4) departmental seminars and journal clubs in research areas; and (5) a series of discussions on scientific integrity. This award will foster the continued education and training of individuals who will be part of the next generation of basic researchers in biology.