iREU Site: The US/South America REU Site in Chemistry and Molecular Biodiversity

从化学（CHE）的分工，与国际科学与工程（OISE）的办公室共同资助的这个奖项，支持佛罗里达大学（UF）和南美洲之间的2008年至2010年夏天的一个新的国际研究经验的本科生（REU）网站。美国项目将由佛罗里达大学（UF）的兰多夫杜兰（Randolph Duran）全面指导，南美项目将由巴西圣保罗大学的何塞·曼努埃尔·里韦罗斯（Jose Manuel Riveros）全面指导。 杜兰将由佛罗里达大学的阿德里安·罗伊特伯格协助管理和协调美国学生。 每年夏天，15名美国本科生将前往巴西或阿根廷参加为期12周的化学研究项目。 在阿根廷，美国学生将融入布宜诺斯艾利斯大学（乌巴）的研究实验室，在巴西，美国学生将融入三个地点之一的研究实验室：圣保罗大学（USP）;圣保罗州立大学（UNESP）;或坎皮纳斯州立大学（UNICAMP）。 该计划是作为双边交流而设立的，通过南美资助的财团，同等数量的巴西和阿根廷学生将在12周内被带到美国，并完全融入国内REU网站。 美国学生将在暑期的大部分时间里参加“科学沉浸”活动，每个机构2-4名学生组成一组。 参与实验室的主要科学重点是化学或分子生物多样性。 每年10月，在项目结束后，将在佛罗里达自然历史博物馆举行为期三天的周末REU会议和海报会议。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE), with co-funding from the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE), supports a new international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site between the University of Florida (UF) and South America for the summers of 2008-2010. The U.S. program will be under the overall direction of Randolph Duran of the University of Florida (UF) and the South American program under the overall direction of Jose Manuel Riveros of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Duran will be assisted by Adrian Roitberg of UF in the administration and coordination of the U.S. students. Fifteen U.S. undergraduates each summer will travel to either Brazil or Argentina to participate in a twelve week chemistry research program. In Argentina, U.S. students will integrate into research laboratories at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and in Brazil, U.S. students will integrate into research laboratories at one of three locations: the University of Sao Paulo (USP); Sao Paulo State University (UNESP); or the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). This program is set up as a bilateral exchange and through a consortium of South American funding, an equivalent number of Brazilian and Argentinian students will be brought to the U.S. over the 12 week period and fully integrated into domestic REU sites. The U.S. students will each spend the vast majority of their summer in 'science immersion' distributed in groups of 2-4 students per institution. The main scientific focus of the participating laboratories is chemistry or molecular biodiversity. A three-day weekend post-REU meeting and poster session each October after the program ends will be held at the Florida Museum of Natural History.