Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2003

这项行动为2003财政年度NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该研究金的目标是增加少数群体科学家在博士后一级的参与，并使他们为在学术界和工业界担任科学领导职务做好准备。为了实现这一目标，奖学金提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究的机会，以最近的博士获奖者。 预计通过这些研究金获得支助的研究员将在培训未来的劳动力方面发挥重要作用。 研究和培训计划的标题是“植物从哪里获得氮？氮源变化的生理和群落后果。“这项在墨西哥和加州进行的研究重点是氮源对植物光合作用、生长和群落组成的影响。 其中一个部分讨论了固氮在解释低地热带森林豆类高度丰富方面的作用。 另一个组成部分侧重于红木林下植物对雾氮的利用。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2003. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce. The research and training plan is entitled "Where do plants get their nitrogen? Physiological and community consequences of variation in nitrogen sources." This research conducted in Mexico and California focuses on the effect of nitrogen sources on plant photosynthesis, growth, and community composition. One component addresses the role of nitrogen fixation in explaining the high abundance of legumes in lowland tropical forest. Another component focuses on use of fog nitrogen by redwood forest under-story plants.