Undergraduate Research in Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution

9732519 这个REU网站将提供一个令人兴奋的和从事介绍研究的10个本科生每年夏天。 这些经验将发生在科罗拉多大学的山区研究站，并将集中在亚高山和高山生物的行为，生态和进化。 该计划是通过以前REU网站赠款获得的经验形成的，有三个组成部分。 第一个是为期一周的密集介绍研究，围绕一系列领域的问题，进行越来越多的独立性。 第二个是一个夏季课程，涉及研究和去研究生院的实用性。 本课程与9周的学生项目同时进行，这些项目与教师导师一起完成。 夏季的高潮是以科学会议的形式进行的项目演示。 对先前REU赠款的评估表明，该计划成功地鼓励学生上研究生院，并产生了对参与者科学事业发展产生深远影响的夏季经验。

9732519 This REU Site will provide an exciting and engaging introduction to research for 10 undergraduates each summer. These experiences will take place at the University of Colorado's Mountain Research Station and will focus on the behavior, ecology, and evolution of subalpine and alpine organisms. The program, which has been shaped through experiences gained in previous REU Site grants, has three components. The first is a week-long intensive introduction to research, built around a series of field problems that are conducted with increasing levels of independence. The second is a summer-long course that deals with the practicalities of research and of going to graduate school. This course operates in parallel with 9-week student projects done in association with faculty mentors. The summer culminates in project presentations that are given in a scientific-meeting format. Evaluations of prior REU grants show that this program has been successful in encouraging students to go to graduate school and in generating a summer experience that has a profound effect on the development of the participants' scientific careers.