REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Integrative Evolutionary Biology

该奖项支持在南卡罗来纳大学建立一个专注于进化生物学综合研究的REU网站。其目的是为对进化生物学的两个或更多子专业感兴趣的本科生提供培训机会，重点是分子遗传学和生物体水平过程之间的接口。该计划将使符合条件的学生能够在一名或多名涵盖进化生物学范围的教师导师的指导下，进行长达夏季和/或学年的独立研究项目。学生将学习假设生成和检验，以及分子生物学和一个或多个其他子专业领域中使用的技术和实验设计-包括行为学、生活史进化、系统学、种群生物学或生态生理学。学生将在系里的小型座谈会上介绍他们的工作总结。学生将在全美范围内招生，重点将放在从规模较小的本科院校(特别是少数族裔人数较多的院校)招收代表性不足的群体。

This award supports the establishment of an REU Site at the University of South Carolina that focuses upon integrative research in evolutionary biology. The objective is to provide training opportunities for undergraduates interested in two or more sub-specialties of evolutionary biology with an emphasis on the interface between molecular genetics and organismal-level processes. The program will enable qualified students to undertake summer-long and/or academic-year independent research projects under the direction of one or more faculty mentors who span the range of evolutionary biology. Students will learn about hypothesis generation and testing, as well as the techniques and experimental designs employed in molecular biology and one or more other subspecialty areas - including behavior, life history evolution, systematics, population biology, or ecological physiology. Students will present summaries of their work in departmental mini-symposia. Students will be recruited throughout the USA, and a strong emphasis will be placed on recruitment of underrepresented groups from smaller undergraduate institutions (especially institutions with large minority representation).