REU Site: Ecology in Context: Research Strategies and Applications for Undergraduates

生态系统研究所（IES）将通过国家科学基金会（NSF）的资助，通过我们的“环境生态学”计划提供本科生暑期研究机会。 每年夏天，NSF都会为10名学生提供支持，他们将与导师科学家密切合作，对自己的设计进行前沿研究。 该计划强调科学企业的社区性质。 当参与者设计和完成他们的独立研究项目时，他们与其他科学家协商，提出他们的批评计划，然后在我们的年度本科生研究研讨会上发言，并为同行评审的IES偶尔出版物撰写论文。 该计划为学生提供了许多机会来反思和思考科学的过程及其在世界上的地位。 研讨会和非正式会议为研究过程的许多方面提供了培训。 通过一个区域环境问题的案例研究，职业论坛，和一天花在附近城市的高中生教学，学生探索作为一个生态学家的社会，政治，智力和个人层面。 为期12周的课程为本科生提供3,600美元的助学金和免费住宿。 有关更多信息和申请（申请必须在2003年2月15日之前寄出）：请访问我们的网站：www.ecostudies.org/education/reu/reu2.htmlOr联系石楠达尔（本科研究项目），电话：（845）677-9150或dahlh@ecostudies.org。

The Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) will provide undergraduate summer research opportunities through our "Ecology in Context" program through funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Each summer NSF provides support for 10 students who will carry out cutting-edge investigations of their own design, working closely with a mentor scientist. The program emphasizes the community nature of the scientific enterprise. As participants design and complete their independent research projects they consult with other scientists, present their plans for critique, and then speak in our annual Undergraduate Research Symposium and write a paper for a peer-reviewed IES Occasional Publication. The program provides students many opportunities to reflect upon and think about the process of science and its place in the world. Seminars and informal meetings provide for training in many facets of the research process. Through a case study of a regional environmental issue, a career forum, and a day spent teaching high school students from a nearby city, students explore the social, political, intellectual and personal dimensions of being an ecologist. The twelve-week program provides undergraduate students $3,600 stipend and free housing in an Institute dormitory. Some assistance is also provided for travel to and from the program.For more information and to apply (applications must be postmarked by 15 February 2003):Look at our website at: www.ecostudies.org/education/reu/reu2.htmlOr contact Heather Dahl (Undergraduate Research Program) at (845) 677-9150 or dahlh@ecostudies.org.